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An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)
An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics - Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics Author:Natsuko Tsujimura An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics gives a comprehensive account of Japanese linguistics, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language change, dialect variation, and gender differences. The author introduces linguistic notions and terminology, and discusses theoretical analyses of linguistic phenomena in the langua... more »ge. This text focuses primarily on phonology and syntax, and adopts a generative grammar framework.This new edition offers an entirely new chapter on language acquisition, which includes experimental research and its implications for phonological, syntactic, and semantic issues. The coverage of morphology has been expanded to include new sections on nominalization and compounding, and a new discussion of pragmatics and discourse analysis is incorporated into coverage of semantics. Each chapter is also supported by exercises exploring descriptive and theoretical issues, and by updated reading lists which introduce students to the research literature.« less