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This is the first in-depth study of the extinct Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and northern Korea. It covers the ethnolinguistic history of the Koguryo nation, philological treatment of the sources for the language, Koguryo phonology, and a complete glossary of all Archaic Koguryo and Old Koguryo words. Special attention has been given to the theory and practice of lexically-based historical-comparative linguistics. The genetic relationship of Koguryo to Japanese is shown to be secure, unlike the non-relationship of either language to Korean or 'Altaic', and much light is shed on the ethnolinguistic origins of Japanese. The special phonological features of the underlying transcriptional language, the archaic northeastern Middle Chinese dialect once spoken in Korea, are also analyzed.Product Identifiers
PublisherBrill
ISBN-109004160256
ISBN-139789004160255
eBay Product ID (ePID)60530028
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXxii, 274 Pages
Publication NameKoguryo: the Language of Japan's Continental Relatives : An Introduction to the Historical-Comparative Study of the Japanese-Koguryoic Languages, with a Preliminary Description of Archaic Northeastern Middle Chinese. Second Edition
LanguageEnglish
SubjectKorean, Japanese, Linguistics / General, Linguistics / Etymology
Publication Year2007
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorChristopher Beckwith
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesBrill's Japanese Studies Library
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight22.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Series Volume Number21
Target AudienceScholarly & Professional