The Japanese language

The Japanese language

by Kindaichi, Haruhiko

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The relationship of Japanese to other languages is not well understood even by native speakers, and, in The Japanese Language, Professor Kindaichi sets out to examine this. He concludes that Japanese is indeed only remotely related to other world languages, although it has many features in common with the languages of so-called primitive societies. After a brief discussion on the unique isolation of the Japanese language, the author considers the varieties of ordinary speech and the differences…

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  • Full title :The Japanese language / by Haruhiko Kindaichi ; translated and annotated by Umeyo Hirano ; with a new foreword by Mineharu Nakayama.

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The relationship of Japanese to other languages is not well understood even by native speakers, and, in The Japanese Language, Professor Kindaichi sets out to examine this. He concludes that Japanese is indeed only remotely related to other world languages, although it has many features in common with the languages of so-called primitive societies. After a brief discussion on the unique isolation of the Japanese language, the author considers the varieties of ordinary speech and the differences between informal, formal and literary language. These examinations, and the many others provided, w.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010.
  • Edition:1st bilingual ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Tuttle Pub
  • Place of Publication:Tokyo
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2010.

Notes

"Originally published in Japan as Nippongo by Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo (1975)--T.p. verso.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 234 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781462902668, 1462902669
  • oclc:ocn802049729
  • LC Classification:PL523
  • Dewey Decimal:495.6

Table of Contents

pt. 1. The position of Japanese -- pt. 2. Aspects of speech -- pt. 3. Pronunciation -- pt. 4. Vocabulary -- pt. 5. Sentence construction.

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Subjects

Japanese language Japanese language -- Grammar Japanese language -- Usage Japanese language -- Vocabulary Japonais (Langue) Japonais (Langue) -- Grammaire Japonais (Langue) -- Vocabulaire

Writers

Kindaichi, Haruhiko Hirano, Umeyo Nakayama, Mineharu

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