Classical Japanese ( "bungo") was used to write Japanese for more thirteen hundred years, until World War II. The volume, which explains how classical Japanese is related to modern Japanese, includes
Detailed explanations of basic grammar, including helpful, easy-to-use tables of grammatical forms
Annotated excerpts from classical premodern texts, with accompanying grammar and vocabulary notes
Exercises and an answer booklet
Detailed explanations of honorific expressions
Appendixes on sound changes, prefixes, and suffixes, rhetorical techniques, and auxiliary verb combinations
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Classical Japanese ( "bungo") was used to write Japanese for more thirteen hundred years, until World War II. The volume, which explains how classical Japanese is related to modern Japanese, includes
Detailed explanations of basic grammar, including helpful, easy-to-use tables of grammatical forms
Annotated excerpts from classical premodern texts, with accompanying grammar and vocabulary notes
Exercises and an answer booklet
Detailed explanations of honorific expressions
Appendixes on sound changes, prefixes, and suffixes, rhetorical techniques, and auxiliary verb combinations
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | July 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | July 2005 |
Authors | Haruo Shirane |
Dimensions | 285 x 220 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 525 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-13524-5 |
Barcode | 9780231135245 |
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LSN | 0-231-13524-6 |