The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics

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

Author: Natsuko Tsujimura
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 06/03/2002
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780631234944

About the Author
Natsuko Tsujimura is Associate Professor in East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Associate Professor in Linguistics at Indiana University. She teaches various aspects of Japanese linguistics, lexical semantics, and all levels of Japanese. Her recent research area includes lexical semantics. Her publications include An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (Blackwell, 1996). She is editor of the Journal of Japanese Linguistics.