Japanese, Austronesian and Altaic : a study of possible connections
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Summary, in English
The question of the origin of Japanese is a mystery still unsolved, proven by the academic
world teeming with various contradictory hypotheses. This thesis evaluates whether the
Austronesian connection with Japanese is plausible in the face of the by amount of evidence
much more firmly established Altaic-Japanese hypothesis, showing that measured by linguistic
evidence there may be a connection to both.
Through analysing lexical items and their semantic domains, as well as historical and
archaeological facts, this thesis attempts to determine whether the two hypotheses are
completely incompatible or not.
world teeming with various contradictory hypotheses. This thesis evaluates whether the
Austronesian connection with Japanese is plausible in the face of the by amount of evidence
much more firmly established Altaic-Japanese hypothesis, showing that measured by linguistic
evidence there may be a connection to both.
Through analysing lexical items and their semantic domains, as well as historical and
archaeological facts, this thesis attempts to determine whether the two hypotheses are
completely incompatible or not.
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Publiceringsår
2010
Språk
Engelska
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Dokumenttyp
Examensarbete för kandidatexamen
Ämne
- Languages and Literatures
Nyckelord
- Japanese
- Austronesian
- Altaic
- Genetic relationship.
Handledare
- Lars Larm