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This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. This Handbook is for those who are familiar with the topic at the basic level and wish to investigate it in more detail, but it also can be used as a language-specific and typological reference. Written by leading scholars in the field Provides a unique and authoritative survey of Japanese linguistics Each chapter presents an overview of the topic and discusses current concerns and future directions
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cover title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: next page > The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Tsujimura, Natsuko. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 0631205047 9780631205043 9780631228080 English Japanese language. 1999 PL523.H26 1999eb 495.6/5 Japanese language. cover next page > < previous=""> page_i next page > Page i The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics < previous=""> page_i next page > < previous=""> page_ii next page > Page ii Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics This outstanding multi-volume series covers all the major subdisciplines within linguistics today and, when complete, will offer a comprehensive survey of linguistics as a whole. Published works: The Handbook of Child Language Edited by PAUL FLETCHER and BRIAN MACWHINNEY The Handbook of Phonological Theory Edited by JOHN GOLDSMITH The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory Edited by SHALOM LAPPIN The Handbook of Sociolinguistics Edited by FLORIAN COULMAS The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences Edited by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE and JOHN LAVER The Handbook of Morphology Edited by ANDREW SPENCER and ARNOLD ZWICKY The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics Edited by NATSUKO TSUJIMURA Forthcoming: The Handbook of Historical Linguistics Edited by BRIAN JOSEPH and RICHARD JANDA < previous=""> page_ii next page > < previous=""> page_iii next page > Page iii The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics Edited by Natsuko Tsujimura < previous=""> page_iii next page > < previous=""> page_iv next page > Page iv Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. Copyright © Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1999 First published 1999 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Blackwell Publishers Inc. 350 Main Street Malden, Massachusetts 02148 USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1JF UK All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The handbook of Japanese linguistics / edited by Natsuko Tsujimura. p. cm. (Blackwell handbooks in linguistics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0631205047 (alk. paper) 1. Japanese language. I. Tsujimura, Natsuko. II