Using Tonal Data to Recover Japanese Language History
Elisabeth M. de Boer
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 365] 2024. viii, 130 pp.
Elisabeth M. de Boer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Elisabeth M. de Boer plays a role.
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Subjects Historical linguistics | Japanese linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2024 Chapter 7. The role of geography and migration in the branching and spread of the Japonic language family Historical Linguistics 2019: Selected papers from the 24th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Canberra, 1–5 July 2019, Evans, Bethwyn, Maria Kristina Gallego and Luisa Miceli (eds.), pp. 172–193 | Chapter
This chapter investigates two extremes of the distribution of the Japonic language family: the Ryūkyū Islands in the southwest, and the Tōhoku region in the northeast. Despite the fact that both areas were settled relatively late by speakers of Japonic compared to other areas of Japan, the… read more
2024 Chapter 2. Early compound accent in Japanese Tōkyō -type dialects: An unexpected finding Historical Linguistics 2019: Selected papers from the 24th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Canberra, 1–5 July 2019, Evans, Bethwyn, Maria Kristina Gallego and Luisa Miceli (eds.), pp. 36–58 | Chapter
Japanese pitch accent is of great interest to historical linguists due to its relative stability. Japanese dialects can be grouped into accent types and subtypes, and their similarities may in some cases point to historical connections between populations. One common accentual behaviour is found… read more
