世界の言語と日本語 改訂版 | Japanese and the Languages of the World: Japanese from the Perspective of Linguistic Typology

Title: 世界の言語と日本語　改訂版 言語類型論から見た日本語
Authors: 角田　太作 著
Pages: 337P
Published At: June, 2009
Description:
Japanese is not a special language. By comparing Japanese with languages around the world and reconsidering it from a broad perspective, you will simultaneously learn how to think about grammar. This standard linguistics reference, which has gone through multiple reprints since its first edition in 1991, has now been revised.

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