1st Edition

Historical Grammar of Japanese

By G. B. Sansom Copyright 1995
    362 Pages
    by Routledge

    362 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1928, this path-breaking work is still of importance and interest to Japanese scholars and linguists.

    Introduction1. 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 III. Predicative Words IV. The Adjective. V. The Verb VI. The Auxiliary verbs aru and suru VII. The Particles VIII. The Adverb IX. The Formation of Words X. Grammatical Functions XI. Syntax Appendix. Comparison of spoken and written forms

    Biography

    G. B. Sansom