The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)
"Shibatani's wide-ranging survey of Japanese is replete with intriguing ideas...it is a significant and timely contribution to the literature from a productive and influential scholar."   Linguistic Anthropology"This combination of breadth and boldness makes for instructive and engaging reading, all in an accessible style which promises to make this work a staple on reading lists in future courses on the history and structure of the Japanese language."   Wesley M. Jacobsen, Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese