The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys) - Image 1

£100.71

Cambridge University Press The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)

Name: The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Price: 100.71 GBP
Availability: InStock

Japanese

About as cheap as it gets. The only time it was cheaper was 3 months ago.

£101 today · all-time low £97 (Mar 2026) · usually the usual

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 50 days • 50 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 50 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £103 (28 days, 56.0%)

Price range: £97 - £103

Price levels: 4 different prices over 50 days

Description

This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. No genetic relationship has been established between them, and structurally they differ significantly. Professor Shibatani has therefore divided his study into two independent parts. The first is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals extensively with Japanese. It discusses topics from the evolution of the writing system and the differences between men's and women's speech, to issues of greater theoretical complexity, such as phonology, the lexicon and word-formation, and the syntax of agglutinative morphology. As an American-trained scholar in Japan, the author is in an unique postion that affords him a dual perspective on language deriving from Western linguistic scholarship and the Japanese grammatical tradition.

Key Features

Used Book in Good Condition

Product Specifications

Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0521360706
Category: Books > Subjects > Language Study & Reference > By Language > Japanese
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 03 May 1990
Listed Since: 13 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Cambridge University Press The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)

About as cheap as it gets. The only time it was cheaper was 3 months ago.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

A History of the Japanese Language

Using Japanese: A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Indigenous Adult Language Revitalization and Education

Principles of Japanese Discourse: A Handbook

Language and Citizenship in Japan: 04 (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)

The Korean Language (Cambridge Language Surveys)

The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

The Germanic Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)

Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey: Volume 3, Language: Psychological and Biological Aspects

WordFormation in the World's Languages: A Typological Survey

Towards Post-Native-Speakerism: Dynamics and Shifts (Intercultural Communication and Language Education)

The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity (Multilingual Matters): 146

Language and Identity: An introduction (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)

Understanding Language Change

Gender (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Native Speakers and Native Users: Loss and Gain

The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)

Language, Education and Citizenship in Japan (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)

Theory, Research and Pedagogy in Learning and Teaching Japanese Grammar

The Lexical Field of Taste: A Semantic Study of Japanese Taste Terms (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)

Chinese: A Linguistic Introduction

Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns and Adjectives: 102 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 102)

The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)