Intro to Japanese Linguistics - (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) 3rd Edition by Tsujimura (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The third edition of this established textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised. It maintains its broad coverage of topics from phonetics to language variation, and increases its accessibility by incorporating a more descriptive, less theoretical approach.</p> <ul> <li>A fully updated new edition of this successful textbook introducing students to a wide range of issues, phenomena, and terminology in Japanese linguistics</li> <li>Includes extensive revisions to the chapters on phonetics, syntax and phonology, and incorporates a less theoretical, more descriptive approach</li> <li>Features the author's own data, examples and theoretical analyses throughout</li> <li>Offers an original approach by discussing first and/or second language acquisition within each chapter</li> <li>Includes exercises exploring descriptive and theoretical issues and reading lists which introduce students to the research literature, both of which have been updated in this new edition</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Updated and revised in its third edition, this successful textbook introduces readers to a wide range of cross-linguistic issues, phenomena, and terminology in Japanese linguistics. Its coverage spans phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition, and language variation, and now draws on the author's extensive expertise by incorporating her own data, examples and theoretical analyses throughout.</p> <p>The third edition introduces an approach which is less theoretical and more descriptive, leading to significant modifications to the chapters on phonetics, syntax, and phonology in particular. Updated exercises explore descriptive and theoretical issues, and each chapter now ends with a discussion on language acquisition providing useful context for readers. Ideal as a descriptive source and a theoretical foundation for students and scholars in this field, <i>An Introduction to Japanese Linguistics</i> offers an invaluable pedagogical tool to learn basic notions and terminology in linguistics and to develop skills in linguistic analysis and argumentation.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Natsuko Tsujimura</b> is Chair and Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University. She is the editor of <i>The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 1999) and <i>Japanese Linguistics: Critical Concepts</i> (2005), and is Review Editor of the journal <i>Language</i>. She has published extensively on various aspects of Japanese linguistics, including phonology, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics.</p>
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