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The Omoro Sōshi (1531–1623) is an indispensable resource for historical linguistic comparison of Old Okinawan with other Ryukyuan languages and Old Japanese. Leon A Serafim and Rumiko Shinzato offer a reference grammar, including detailed phonological analyses, of the otherwise opaque and dense poetic/religious language of the Omoro Sōshi. Meshing Western linguistic insight with existing literary/linguistic work in Ryukyuan studies, and incorporating their own research on Modern Okinawan, the authors offer a grammar and phonology of the Omoro language, with selected (excerpts of) songs grammatically analyzed, phonologically reconstructed, translated, and annotated.

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Author:   Leon A. Serafim ,  Rumiko Shinzato
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   21
Weight:   0.867kg
ISBN:  

9789004414693

ISBN 10:   900441469
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   04 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English, Japanese

Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations and Conventions 1 Introduction  1 What is the Omoro Sōshi?  2 Types of omoro  3 Versions  4 Song Structure  5 Overview of the Omoro Language 2 Spelling System and Phonology  1 Introduction  2 Reconstruction Methodology  3 Suprasegmentals  4 Consonants  5 Processes  6 Meter in Omoros  7 The Question of External Evidence and Its Relation to That Presented Here  8 Coda 3 Lexicon  1 PJ Origin  2 Loans from MJ  3 Loans from Sino-Japanese  4 Loans from Korean  5 Origins Unknown  6 Mishōgo (MO, Meanings Obscure) 4 Nominals  1 Nouns  2 Pronouns  3 Numerals  4 Nominal Prefixes  5 Nominal Suffixes 5 Adjectives  1 What is an Adjective?  2 Evolution of Adjectives  3 Functional Differences between/among Types  4 Functions as Modifiers, Predicates, or Noun Formatives 6 Verbs  1 Conjugation Types  2 History of Conjugational Merger: ra-gyō yodan-ka  3 Functional Split (mz)  4 Development of the Gerund 7 Auxiliaries  1 Passive/Exalting/Spontaneous -ari(·r)- ~ -uyi(·r)-  2 Causative/Exalting -as-  3 Negative -azɨ ~ -aɴ ~ -an-  4 Negative -adana  5 The Optative/Counterfactual Auxiliary -(a)masyi  6 Inference/Intention: -aɴ, -a, and -ami  7 Negative Inferential/Intentional -umazyi  8 Past -syi  9 Perfect -t˚ar-, -c˚yar-, -dar-, -ʣyar-  10 Emphatic Locative: -ʔac˚ɨr-u  11 Progressive: -ur-  12 Progressive/Perfective -yaaryi  13 Copula: -yar-, -nar-  14 The Exalting Auxiliary Verb -(u)wa·r/s-  15 Humilific Auxiliary -abir-  16 Humilific Auxiliary tʰat°imac°ɨr- References Index

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Leon A Serafim, Ph.D. (1984), Yale, was Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of Hawai‘i. He has published articles on Japonic (Ryukyuan and Japanese) (pre)history, and helped edit the Okinawan-English Wordbook and J/K 19. His current interests are, especially, grammaticalization and historical syntax. Rumiko Shinzato, Ph.D. (1984), University of Hawai‘i, is Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. She has published chapters/articles on aspect, evidentiality, subjectivity, grammaticalization and language maintenance. She and Leon A Serafim co-authored a book on Okinawan kakari musubi (Brill 2013).

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