Re: Old Japanese
| From: | SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 8, 2000, 1:59 |
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> Unfortunately I don't know of any, but I saw mention of someone named
> Shibatani. Is that the author of _The Languages of Japan_ (or whatever)?
> That might be a place to start.
Shibatani is indeed the author of _The Languages of Japan_ which is an
excellent introduction to Japanese and Ainu. Another good source for
historical Japanese is a book by Martin, called (I believe) _Japan and
other Altaic Languages_.
Marcus