| A Descriptive Grammar of Early Old Japanese Prose Contributor(s): Bentley, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004123083 ISBN-13: 9789004123083 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $169.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: The oldest written stage of the Japanese language forms the subject of John Bentley's important new volume. The underlying texts (also presented here) are those of the religious liturgies "(norito) and imperial edicts (A.D. 685). Part one deals with the liturgies, the writing system, texts, and phonology and the dating problem. The main chapters of the book are a description of nominals, verbs, verbal suffixes, auxiliary verbs, particles, and conjunctions. A chapter on the lexicon, detailing many hapax legomena and interesting words, makes this into a major reference work on early Japanese. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Japanese - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 495.65 |
| LCCN: 2001035902 |
| Series: Brill's Japanese Studies Library |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.6" W x 9.76" (1.40 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The oldest written stage of the Japanese language forms the subject of John Bentley's important new volume. The underlying texts (also presented here) are those of the religious liturgies (norito) and imperial edicts (A.D. 685). Part one deals with the liturgies, the writing system, texts, and phonology and the dating problem. The main chapters of the book are a description of nominals, verbs, verbal suffixes, auxiliary verbs, particles, and conjunctions. A chapter on the lexicon, detailing many hapax legomena and interesting words, makes this into a major reference work on early Japanese. |