Formally, the Farming/Language Dispersal hypothesis as applied to Japan relates to the
introduction of agriculture and spread of the Japanese language (between ca. 500 BC–AD …

The historical connection between the Transeurasian languages, ie the Japonic, Koreanic,
Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages, is among the most disputed issues of historical …

Hunter–gatherer occupations of small islands are rare in world prehistory and it is widely
accepted that island settlement is facilitated by agriculture. The Ryukyu Islands contradict …

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 …

In their highly original analysis, Frellesvig and Whitman (2008) propose a theory of deictic
shift in Japanese, arguing that an earlier proximal demonstrative* i was replaced by* kɨ …

In preparation for the 60th birthday (27 January 2021) of Alexander Vovin, an industrious
and peripatetic researcher in East and Central Asian historical linguistics most recently …

Title description This book challenges several assumptions commonly encountered in
Japanese dialectology: that the pitch-accent analysis of modern Tōkyō Japanese is an …

The use of phylogenetic methods in linguistics has provided new insights into the structure,
age, and spread of language families. Despite increasing recognition of Japonic as one of …

Мета курсової роботи полягає в тому, щоб визначити та охарактеризувати кансайський
діалект в сучасній японській мові, його підвиди та порівняти особливості лексичного …

Мета дослідження: ідентифікувати та проаналізувати граматичні особливості основних
груп японських діалектів на прикладі діалектів Хоккайдо, Осака та Кюшю у порівнянні зі …