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Handbook of the Ainu Language
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 868

Handbook of the Ainu Language

The volume is aimed at preserving invaluable knowledge about Ainu, a language-isolate previously spoken in Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and Kurils, which is now on the verge of extinction. Ainu was not a written language, but it possesses a huge documented stock of oral literature, yet is significantly under-described in terms of grammar. It is the only non-Japonic language of Japan and is typologically different not only from Japanese but also from other Northeast Asian languages. Revolving around but not confined to its head-marking and polysynthetic character, Ainu manifests many typologically interesting phenomena, related in particular to the combinability of various voice markers and noun incor...

アイヌ・英・和辭典
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 726

アイヌ・英・和辭典

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1905
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 724

An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary

Excerpt from An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary: Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language As the work was printed by a Japanese firm at Tokyo, nearly a thousand miles from the writer's home in Sapporo, the table of errata will be found to be considerably larger than it would have been had he been in a position to see the proofs oftener. This must be the excuse for so long a list, for which, also, every apology is made. The errata belonging to the Dictionary part will be found at the end of the Dictionary, while those appertaining to the Gram mar will be found at the end of the book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at w...

The Ainu Language
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 292

The Ainu Language

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000-07-10
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  • Publisher: Unknown

『言語学大辞典』所載の「アイヌ語」の英語版!第一次資料を駆使し、アイヌ語の概要を豊富な用例とともに解説した記述文法の決定版。アイヌ語のみならず、言語研究一般に寄与する価値ある一冊。

The Languages of Japan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

The Languages of Japan

A survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan includes the most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language yet to appear in English as well as a comprehensive analysis of Japanese linguistics.

AINU-ENGLISH-JAPANESE DICTIONARY
  • Language: en

AINU-ENGLISH-JAPANESE DICTIONARY

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 718

An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (Including a Grammar of the Ainu Language)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Early European writings on the Aïnu language
  • Language: ru
  • Pages: 676

Early European writings on the Aïnu language

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A collection of the most important early works on the Ainu people of Japan, some extremely rare, from the 17th century onwards, with an extensive introduction by Professor Refsing (Author of Ainu Grammar). This collection would be of interest to the following research fields: linguistics, anthropology, religion, material culture and oral traditions. Subsequent collections in the Ainu Library will address culture, physical anthropology, and the genetic relationship controversy.

Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore 2
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 928

Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore 2

Volume 3 is devoted exclusively to B. Piłsudski's Ainu-related materials, for their most part previously unpublished. In addition, it comprises Piłsudski's research reports on his expeditions, a superb collection of fifty prayers in Ainu as well as texts and melodies recovered from Piłsudski's famous wax-cylinder recordings of Ainu-folklore of 1902-1903. The bibliographies printed in volume 1 are extensively enhanced. Abundant illustrative material is included.

A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

A Reconstruction of Proto-Ainu

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This monograph deals with the reconstruction of the Proto-Ainu language and the problems of its genetic affiliation.