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Eurasian Studies
Edited book | Time in East Asian Endangered Languages
Chapter | How Conservative Is the Morphology of Hachijō?
How Conservative Is the Morphology of Hachijō?
A Few Comparative Reflections on the rentaikei/shūshikei Distinction in Japonic Languages
Abstract
The opposition between ‘adnominal’ (rentaikei 連体形) and ‘final’ (shūshikei 終止形) forms of verbs and adjectives is one of the most-commented features of the Hachijō language, as it is considered both a remarkable archaism and a possible argument towards its classification within the Japonic language family. This article is dedicated to a description of this opposition in Hachijō, in comparison with other Japonic languages, and especially with Eastern Old Japanese.
Submitted: March 4, 2024 | Accepted: July 23, 2024 | Published Feb. 20, 2025 | Language: en
Keywords Old Japanese • Historical linguistics • Morphology • Japonic • Hachijō
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