The uses of Ryukyuan in understanding Japanese language history
The uses of Ryukyuan in understanding Japanese language history
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琉球语在理解日语历史中的用途
DOI:
10.1075/cilt.294.07ser
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发表时间:
2008
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L. Serafim
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作者:
L. Serafim
This chapter seeks to give an indication of Ryukyuan (here, mostly Shuri) language history, and the ways in which the knowledge of that history illuminates what we know from work on the history and prehistory of mainland Japanese (mostly OJ and standard NJ). Then, turning things around, I will suggest how knowledge of mainland Japanese language history illuminates our understanding of what has happened in Ryukyuan. Following some general background (§§ 2-4), I will address issues of importance in the field of Ryukyuan historical phonology (§§ 5-7), morphology (§ 8), and syntax (§ 9). Finally, in the conclusion I discuss the relationship of Ryukyuan to mainland varieties of Japanese (§ 10).