A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese: Part 2: Adjectives, Verbs, Conjunctions, Particles, Postpositions, Indexes

by Alexander Vovin

Together with Part 1 of the same grammar (Sources, Script and Phonology, Lexicon and Nominals), this two-volume set represents the most detailed and exhaustive description ever done of any language, including Japanese of the Old Japanese language of the Yamato region during the Asuka Nara period. It presents hundreds of examples drawn not only from the major Old Japanese texts such as the Man'yoshu, the Senmyo, the Kojiki kayo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190524682X
• ISBN13: 9781905246823
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 992 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"