Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Typological and historical overview
- 2 Dialects
- 3 Sound system
- 4 Writing system
- Part II Lexicon
- Part III Grammatical foundations
- Part IV Major clause types
- Part V Clause linkage
- Part VI Pragmatics (language usage)
- References
- Index
1 - Typological and historical overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Typological and historical overview
- 2 Dialects
- 3 Sound system
- 4 Writing system
- Part II Lexicon
- Part III Grammatical foundations
- Part IV Major clause types
- Part V Clause linkage
- Part VI Pragmatics (language usage)
- References
- Index
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- JapaneseA Linguistic Introduction, pp. 3 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014