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1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) First published in 1928, this path-breaking work is still of importance and interest to Japanese scholars and linguists Includes index Print version record Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; I. Introductory; 1. Introduction of Writing; 2. Further development of the Script and the representation of Japanese sounds; 3. Later developments of the language, and divergence between spoken and written forms; II. The Substantive; The Pronoun; Demonstrative pronouns; Interrogative pronouns; Indefinite pronouns; Historical development of pronoun; Possessive pronouns; Relative Pronouns; Numerals; Number in the substantive; III. Predicative Words Verbs and adjectives, and their simple conjugationIV. The Adjective; Inflected adjectives; Auxiliary adjectives; Uninflected adjectives; V. The Verb; I. Simple conjugation; Stem; Predicative form; Attributive form; Conjunctive form; 'Imperfect' or negative base form; Perfect form; Imperative; Substantival forms in -ku; Development of conjugations; II. Compound Conjugation; Suffixes denoting voice or aspect; Suffixes forming causative verb

Author

George Bailey Sansom, Sir

Publisher

RoutledgeCurzon

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315026114

Subjects

Science, Language Learning, Literary Fiction