The Phonetics of Japanese Language: With Reference to Japanese ScriptThis book gives true characters of Japanese speech sounds in reference to European speech sounds. When it was first published in 1931, it was the first book of its kind. There are only 5 Japanese vowel elements as opposed to 18 in English, 13 in French and 8 in German. There are 15 Japanese consonants, 26 in English, 22 in French & 23 in German. Because of the lesser number of elements, it follows that the wider range in vowels and consonants is heard by Japanese ears, so this volume gives average sounds uttered by Japanese in the twentieth century in relation to the English sounds. |
Contents
Chapter I How Japan Acquired the Writing | 1 |
Chapter II Sounds of Kanji | 6 |
Chapter III Japanese Sounds of Kanji | 15 |
Chapter IV Japanmade Characters Japancreated Sounds | 23 |
Chapter V Calligraphy | 29 |
Chapter VI Japanese Compositions | 32 |
Chapter VII Japanese Compounds | 38 |
Chapter VIII Phonetic Use of Kanji | 43 |
Chapter X Sounds of Japanese Speech | 55 |
Chapter XI Japanese Consonants | 66 |
Chapter XII Romaji | 80 |
Chapter XIII Accents and Stresses | 89 |
Chapter XIV Japanese Orthography | 97 |
Chapter XV Early Japanese Sounds | 110 |
Errata | 116 |
Glossary | 117 |
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The Phonetics of Japanese Language: With Reference to Japanese Script P M Suski Limited preview - 2010 |
The Phonetics of Japanese Language: With Reference to Japanese Script P. M. Suski No preview available - 2013 |
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