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She teaches various aspects of japanese linguistics, lexical semantics, and all levels of japanese. A longitudinal study of a naturalistic child learner junko iwasaki a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the award of doctor of philosophy faculty of community services, education and social sciences, edith cowan university. Introduction to japanese linguistics tsujimura pdf the new edition of an introduction to japanese linguistics gives an updated, comprehensive account of japanese linguistics, covering. The book gives a comprehensive account of japanese linguistics covering phonetics, phonology, morphology. Ideal as a descriptive source and a theoretical foundation for students and scholars in this field, an introduction to japanese linguistics offers an invaluable pedagogical tool to learn basic notions and terminology in linguistics and to develop skills in linguistic analysis and argumentation. Our japanese base linguistics normalizes older kanji to its modern version. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
And although the modern day kanji are somewhat simplified from back then, there are still a fair number of instances where both older and modern versions are in use, leading to spelling variations. Changes in the new edition include a new chapter on language acquisition, which includes experimental research and its implications for. Her recent research area includes lexical semantics. She is currently a professor of linguistics at the university of california, santa cruz, where she served as chair of the department from 19992006 itos research focuses on phonology and morphology. An introduction jongbok kim and peter sells january 11, 2008 center for the study of language and information. What makes this book distinct from other textbooks on japanese linguistics is that linguistics is introduced by means of authentic texts which students might encounter in contemporary japan. For a more complete but accessible description of the japanese language, we refer the reader to shibatani 1990, backhouse 1993, tsujimura 2006, yamaguchi 2007, and iwasaki 20. A japanese guide to learning japanese grammar this guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the japanese language in a way that makes sense in japanese. The handbook of japanese linguistics blackwell handbooks in. For a more complete but accessible description of the japaneselanguage,wereferthereadertoshibatani1990,backhouse. Internationally renowned scholar yoshio sugimoto uses both english and japanese sources to update and expand upon his. The main goals are to learn about how the japanese language is organized and used a nd to learn about basic c oncepts and approaches in the field of linguistics. The author introduces linguistic notions and terminology and discusses theoretical analyses of linguistic phenomena in the language.
Contents preface xi 1 some basic propertiesof english syntax 1 1. Irene heim and angelika kratzer, semantics in generative grammar 14. The japanese language has had a prominent position in the development of linguistic theory over the past 30 years. Japanese and korean are typologically similar, with linguistic phenomena in one often having counterparts in the other. The japanese korean linguistics conference provides a forum for research, particularly through comparative study, of both languages.
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A construction approach to innovative verbs in japanese. An introduction to japanese linguistics, 3rd edition 3rd edition. An introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko tsujimura. Data from a broad group of languages is studied for comparison with japanese. Concerning the omission of wagao not an issue of discourse analysis either. This introduction to japanese linguistics is designed to introduce students to all of the main areas of the subject. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Natsuko tsujimura is associate professor in east asian languages and cultures and adjunct associate professor in linguistics at indiana university. Introduction there are a number of innovative verbs in japanese that are formed based on nouns of various sources such as loanwords both of chinese origin i.
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