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Univ. Chicago P 1968 hardcover Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

ISBN10: 0226527174, ISBN13: 9780226527178, [publisher: The University of Chicago Press; Chicago & London] Hardcover XIX; 428 Seiten sowie Illustr. auf Tafelseiten; 23,5 cm; fadengeh., goldgepr. Orig.-Leinenband mit illustr. OUmschlag. Gutes Exemplar; der illustr. Umschlag stw. leicht berieben. - Englisch. - Roy Andrew Miller (September 5, 1924 – August 22, 2014) was an American linguist best known as the author of several books on Japanese language and linguistics, and for his advocacy of Korean and Japanese as members of the proposed Altaic language family. . (wiki, engl.) // This general introduction to the history and structure of Japanese gives the first comprehensive summary of recent scholarship on the genetic relationship, dialects, phonology, grammar, and vocabulary sources of the language. It also covers the writing system, emphasizing its social as well as its linguistic role. The book presupposes no previous knowledge of Japanese language or script, and will be especially useful as a reference source or as supplementary reading for students of Japanese or Chinese language and culture, Far Eastern history, and general linguistics. The author stresses Japan's major linguistic debt to China throughout. This emphasis on Sino-Japanese, together with new data on Japanese as an Altaic language and the application of modern linguistic analysis are the outstanding features of this book. The author also discusses loanwords from Western languages and from Ja ...
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