An Introduction to the Japonic Languages Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages

• Other Authors: Shimoji, Michinori (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2022
• Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Descriptive grammar; Dialect; Endangered language; Historical linguistics; Japanese; Language documentation; Languages of East Asia; Linguistic typology; Ryukyuan
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Japanese is definitely one of the best-known languages in typological literature. For example, typologists often assume that Japanese is a nominative-accusative language. However, it is often overlooked that Japanese, or more precisely, Tokyo Japanese, is just one of various local varieties of the J...