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

• Awduron Eraill: Shimoji, Michinori (Golygydd)
• Fformat: Electronig Pennod Llyfr
• Iaith: Saesneg
• Cyhoeddwyd: Brill 2022
• Pynciau: Historical & comparative linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Descriptive grammar; Dialect; Endangered language; Historical linguistics; Japanese; Language documentation; Languages of East Asia; Linguistic typology; Ryukyuan
• Mynediad Ar-lein: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...