Download or read book Early European Writings on Ainu Culture written by Kirsten Refsing and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This subset of the series 'The Ainu Library' presents early European works on the Ainu and their culture through descriptions and travelogues by early European visitors.

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Download or read book Early European Writings on the Ainu Language written by Kirsten Refsing and published by . This book was released on 1996-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Early European writings on the A nu language written by Kirsten Refsing and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Early European writings on the Ainu language Dictionaries written by Kirsten Refsing and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Early European Writings on Ainu Culture written by Kirsten Refsing and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains many texts on Ainu religious beliefs as seen through the eyes of foreign visitors to Hokkaido, translations or re-tellings of Ainu folk tales and other orally transmitted literature.

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Download or read book Handbook of the Ainu Language written by Anna Bugaeva and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is aimed at preserving invaluable knowledge about Ainu, the only non-Japonic language of Japan, 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. As an isolate with no known relatives, Ainu is of great significance to linguistic typology because of the many rare or unique features that its grammar exhibits. Although Ainu is a language widely cited in the typological literature, most of the published typological work relies on secondary sources. The aim of this volume is to present an updated quality description of Ainu, which will be based only on primary sources. The interesting features of Ainu include noun incorporation, a wealth of voices, vestiges of vowel harmony, a mixed system of expressing grammatical relations with the elements of tripartite alignment, nominal classification distinguishing common and locative nouns, a four-term evidential system, and verbal number. This handbook, presenting a case of unprecedented cooperation of the leading experts of Ainu, will definitely help to increase the clarity of our understanding of Ainu, open the field of Ainu studies to the world and attract many new students. Chapter titles Introduction Part I. Overview of Ainu Studies 1.The Ainu language Anna Bugaeva (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) 2.Early Japanese records of the Ainu language Tomomi Sato (Hokkaido University) 3.European records of the Ainu language Alfred F. Majewicz (Adam Mickiewicz University) 4.History and origins of the Ainu language Osami Okuda (Sapporo Gakuin University) 5.Language contact between Ainu and Northern languages Itsuji Tangiku (Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University) & Hidetoshi Shiraishi (Sapporo Gakuin University) 6.Hokkaido dialects of Ainu Hiroshi Nakagawa (Chiba University) & Mika Fukazawa (Chiba University) 7.Sakhalin dialects of Ainu Itsuji Tangiku (Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University) 8.Sociolinguistic situation of Ainu and revitalization movements Tetsuhito Oono (Ainu language teacher) 9.Ainu oral literature ShihoEndo (Chiba University) Part II: Typologically Interesting Characteristics of the Ainu Language 10.Phonetics and phonology Hidetoshi Shiraishi (Sapporo Gakuin University) 11.Parts of speech: focusing on nominal classification Hiroshi Nakagawa (Chiba University) 12.Grammatical relations Anna Bugaeva (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) 13.Verbal valency Anna Bugaeva (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) & Miki Kobayashi (Chiba University & National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) 14.Noun incorporation TomomiSato (Hokkaido University) 15.Aspect and evidentially Yasushige Takahashi (Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University) 16.Verbal plurality Hiroshi Nakagawa (Chiba University) Appendix: Sample texts Index

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Download or read book Language and Society in Japan written by Nanette Gottlieb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language and Society in Japan deals with issues important to an understanding of language in Japan today, among them multilingualism, language and nationalism, and literacy and reading habits. It is organised around the theme of language and identity, in particular how language is used to construct national, international and personal identities. Contrary to popular stereotypes, Japanese is far from the only language used in Japan, and does not function in a vacuum, but comes with its own particular cultural implications. Language has played an important role in Japan's cultural and foreign policies, and language issues are intimately connected both with technological advance and with minority group experiences. Nanette Gottlieb is a leading authority in this field. Her book builds on and develops her previous work, and promises to be essential reading for students, scholars, and all those wishing to understand the role played by language in Japanese society.

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