Re: Japanese References (was: I'M BACK!!! :))

I wrote:

>  > As for you Tim, I saw your request of last week, as I, <EEK!>
>  > (clutches chest and swoons into a chaise longue), return to work
>  > and have recently perused my back e-mail. I have such a reference
>  > book as you seem to be looking for -- it's most extensive and I'm
>  > quite pleased with it. It's just that over the past several days, I
>  > keep forgetting to bung it into my bag when I leave in the morning
>  > so that I can relay the requisite information to you. So fear not
>  > and a little patience, please. You are not ignored or forgotten --
>  > just the book is.
I remembered!!! (wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles....) The book
I have is one of the Routledge Grammars. I don't remember how to
write a bibliography, so:

Title: Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Authors: Stefan Kaiser, Yasuko Ichikawa, Noriko Kobayashi, Hilofumi Yamamoto
(consultant editor: Sarah Butler)

Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)

Copyright: 2001

ISBN: 0-415-09919-6 (hardback)
          0-415-09920-X (paperback)

(www.routledge.com)

I bought the paperback version, and no price is marked, but hey,
AFAIC, when it comes to language books, money is no object.

The format is much akin to the canonical Li & Thompson on Mandarin
Chinese and certainly as comprehensive (*and* with examples written
in Japanese as well as English transliteration, which neither the L &
T nor the Routledge Cantonese grammar has, alas). I think it will
meet most, if not all, of your Japanese grammatical needs.

Good luck finding it!

Kou

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