Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction



Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction
What did eighth century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Sanskrit and Tibetan sources, and enables the reader to approximate the original pronunciation of Old Japanese literature. more details

R3 852.00 from Loot.co.za

price history Price history

BP = Best Price   HP = Highest Price

Current Price: R3 852.00

loading...

tagged products icon   Similarly Tagged Products

Features
Author Marc Hid Miyake
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780415305754
Publisher RoutledgeCurzon
Manufacturer Routledgecurzon
Description
What did eighth century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Sanskrit and Tibetan sources, and enables the reader to approximate the original pronunciation of Old Japanese literature.

Top offers

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.