Tsujimura (Japanese linguistics, Indiana U.) offers a descriptive source and theoretical foundation of Japanese linguistics, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language variation including dialectal variation and gender differences, and language acquisition. The second edition includes a new chapter on language acquisition, expanded coverage of morphology to include new sections on nominalization and compounding, and expanded coverage of semantics to include a new discussion of pragmatics and discourse analysis. Each chapter includes exercises exploring descriptive and theoretical issues, and updated reading lists. For students and scholars in linguistics and in Japanese language. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The new edition of
An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics gives an updated, comprehensive account of Japanese linguistics, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language change, dialect variation, and gender differences.
- Changes in the new edition include a new chapter on language acquisition, which includes experimental research and its implications for phonological, syntactic, and semantic issues
- Introduces linguistic notions and terminology and discusses theoretical analyses of linguistic phenomena in the Japanese language
- Focuses primarily on phonology and syntax, and adopts a generative grammar framework
- Includes exercises exploring descriptive and theoretical issues and reading lists which introduce students to the research literature
