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Reconstruction and reality: A case of Japanese vowels

Reconstruction and reality: A case of Japanese vowels Abstract The purpose of this note1 is to discuss the relationship between linguistic reconstructions and their historical validity using the case of Old Japanese (8th century A.D., OJ hereafter) vowels as an example. I am using the term reconstruction in an extremely limited sense. By reconstruction I am not referring to any use of historical records such as M. R. Haas's use of Thai orthography in the study of Tai tones, K. Chang's reconstruction of Proto-Chinese using Ch'ieh 4 yün 4, and the Indo-Europeanists' use of Sanskrit, classical Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Church Slavic and other records. Nor am I referring to any use of internal reconstruction. I am referring to the cases in which the modern reflexes and phonological correspondences between two or more genetically related languages and dialects are used as the only source of information for reconstruction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Taylor & Francis

Reconstruction and reality: A case of Japanese vowels

Aoki, Haruo
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International , Volume 15 (1): 11 – Jan 1, 1974
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Reconstruction and reality: A case of Japanese vowels

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this note1 is to discuss the relationship between linguistic reconstructions and their historical validity using the case of Old Japanese (8th century A.D., OJ hereafter) vowels as an example. I am using the term reconstruction in an extremely limited sense. By reconstruction I am not referring to any use of historical records such as M. R. Haas's use of Thai orthography in the study of Tai tones, K. Chang's reconstruction of Proto-Chinese using Ch'ieh...
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Taylor & Francis
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1949-0763
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10.1080/03740463.1974.10414884
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Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this note1 is to discuss the relationship between linguistic reconstructions and their historical validity using the case of Old Japanese (8th century A.D., OJ hereafter) vowels as an example. I am using the term reconstruction in an extremely limited sense. By reconstruction I am not referring to any use of historical records such as M. R. Haas's use of Thai orthography in the study of Tai tones, K. Chang's reconstruction of Proto-Chinese using Ch'ieh 4 yün 4, and the Indo-Europeanists' use of Sanskrit, classical Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Church Slavic and other records. Nor am I referring to any use of internal reconstruction. I am referring to the cases in which the modern reflexes and phonological correspondences between two or more genetically related languages and dialects are used as the only source of information for reconstruction.

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Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 1974

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