| The Language of the Old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi: Reference Grammar, with Textual Selections Contributor(s): Serafim, Leon A. (Author), Shinzato, Rumiko (Author) |
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ISBN: 900441469X ISBN-13: 9789004414693 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Japanese Published: March 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Dictionaries - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary |
| Series: Languages of Asia |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.65 lbs) 446 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Omoro Sōshi (1531-1623) is an indispensable resource for historical linguistic comparison of Old Okinawan with other Ryukyuan languages and Old Japanese. Leon A Serafim and Rumiko Shinzato offer a reference grammar, including detailed phonological analyses, of the otherwise opaque and dense poetic/religious language of the Omoro Sōshi. Meshing Western linguistic insight with existing literary/linguistic work in Ryukyuan studies, and incorporating their own research on Modern Okinawan, the authors offer a grammar and phonology of the Omoro language, with selected (excerpts of) songs grammatically analyzed, phonologically reconstructed, translated, and annotated. |