A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands
by Bentley, John R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-09
Publisher(s): Global Oriental
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Summary
Sakishima comprises a group of islands situated between Okinawa and Taiwan, forming a culturally important bridge between Japan and Taiwan. Studies of the languages of the Ryukyuan islands are valuable for an accurate understanding of the linguistic history of Japan as a whole. This monograph is the first attempt - in any language - at a large-scale reconstruction of the three languages of the southern Ryukyus (Sakishima), viz., Miyako, Yaeyama andYonaguni. An introduction outlines a brief history of the area, with a concise linguistic history, followed by an explanation of the languages studied. Succeeding chapters are devoted to the reconstruction of each of the three proto-languages. The three proto-languages are then compared and proto-Sakishima is reconstructed. This monograph provides data illustrating the importance of the language of Sakishima in understanding the linguistic history of the larger language family of Japonic.
Author Biography
John R. Bentley is Associate Professor of Japanese at Northern Illinois University.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. vii |
| List of Maps | p. x |
| List of Abbreviations and Notations | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Okinawa and Japan | p. 1 |
| Geography and history | p. 4 |
| Language history | p. 23 |
| Importance of the present study | p. 27 |
| Data for this study | p. 33 |
| Proto-Miyako | p. 40 |
| Introduction | p. 40 |
| Proto-Miyako Consonants | p. 41 |
| Proto-Miyako Vowels | p. 62 |
| Observations on Verbal Morphology | p. 74 |
| Proto-Miyako Accent | p. 85 |
| Proto-Yaeyama | p. 91 |
| Introduction | p. 91 |
| Proto-Yaeyama Consonants | p. 92 |
| Proto-Yaeyama Vowels | p. 122 |
| Observations on Verbal Morphology and Syntax | p. 147 |
| Proto-Yaeyama Accent | p. 154 |
| Pre-Yonaguni | p. 159 |
| Introduction | p. 159 |
| Pre-Yonaguni Consonants | p. 161 |
| Pre-Yonaguni Vowels | p. 182 |
| Observations on Verbal Morphology | p. 188 |
| Yonaguni Accent | p. 194 |
| Proto-Sakishima | p. 197 |
| Introduction | p. 197 |
| Proto-Sakishima Consonants | p. 197 |
| Proto-Sakishima Vowels | p. 214 |
| Observations on Verbal Morphology | p. 222 |
| Proto-Sakishima Accent | p. 231 |
| Classification of Yonaguni | p. 237 |
| Appendix | p. 243 |
| References | p. 302 |
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