The historical development of Japanese tone
Subtitle: from proto-Japanese to the modern dialects : the introduction and adaptation of the Middle Chinese tones in Japan
By: Elisabeth M. de Boer
Series: Veröffentlichungen des Ostasien-Instituts der Ruhr-Universität Bochum -- Bd. 59; Veröffentlichungen des Ostasien-Instituts der Ruhr-Universität Bochum -- Bd. 59.
Publisher: Harrassowitz; Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9783447062824
Subjects: Accents and accentuation; Japanese language; Foreign elements; Tone; Ton <Phonologie>; Chinese; Dialects; Phonology; Sprachwandel; Intonation; Mundart; Einfluss; Intonation <Linguistik>
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.