| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 290 pages) |
| Contents |
Early transcriptions of Japanese -- Previous research on phonograms -- Japanese phonology through time -- Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, and sinoxenic -- Goals and methodology -- The reconstruction of Old Japanese consonants -- The reconstruction of Old Japanese vowels |
| Summary |
What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Japanese language -- To 794 -- Phonology
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Japanese.
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Japanese language -- Phonology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203510720 |
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9780203510728 |
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9780415305754 |
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0415305756 |
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9781134403738 |
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1134403739 |
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9781134403684 |
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1134403682 |
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9781134403721 |
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1134403720 |
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9780415859912 |
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0415859913 |
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