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The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
This outstanding multi-volume series covers all the major subdisciplineswithin linguistics today and, when complete, will offer a comprehensivesurvey of linguistics as a whole.
Published works:
The Handbook of Child LanguageEdited by PAUL FLETCHER and BRIAN MACWHINNEYThe Handbook of Phonological TheoryEdited by JOHN GOLDSMITHThe Handbook of Contemporary Semantic TheoryEdited by SHALOM LAPPINThe Handbook of SociolinguisticsEdited by FLORIAN COULMASThe Handbook of Phonetic SciencesEdited by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE and JOHN LAVERThe Handbook of MorphologyEdited by ANDREW SPENCER and ARNOLD ZWICKYThe Handbook of Japanese LinguisticsEdited by NATSUKO TSUJIMURA
Forthcoming:
The Handbook of Historical LinguisticsEdited by BRIAN JOSEPH and RICHARD JANDA
The Handbook ofJapanese Linguistics
Edited by
Natsuko Tsujimura
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First published 1999
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The handbook of Japanese linguistics / edited by Natsuko Tsujimura.p. cm. — (Blackwell handbooks in linguistics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0–631–20504–7 (alk. paper)1. Japanese language. I. Tsujimura, Natsuko. II. Series.
PL523.H26 1999495.6 ′5—dc21 99–10380
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To my mother
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