Roy Andrew Miller (1925–2014)
Autor von A Japanese reader: graded lessons in the modern language
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Origins of the Japanese Language (Publications on Asia of the School of International Studies ; no. 34) (1980) 7 Exemplare
Japanese Language in Contemporary Japan: Some Sociolinguistic Observations (AEI-Hoover policy studies) (1977) 6 Exemplare
Japanese Ceramics. Art of the East Library 1 Exemplar
Utagawa Toyokuni 1 Exemplar
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Bono Homini Donum : Essays in Historical Linguistics in Memory of J. Alexander Kerns (1981) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Evidence and counter-evidence : essays in honour of Frederik Kortlandt. Vol. 2: General linguistics (2008) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
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- 1925-09-05
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- 2014-08-22
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- male
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- USA
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- Winona, Minnesota, USA
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- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Japanese and Other Altaic Languages (History and… von Roy A. Miller
Personally, I found Miller's argument that Japanese is related to other other Altaic languages convincing, but I am not really qualified to have an opinion, as the only other arguably Altaic language I know is Korean.
Miller uses historical linguistics to show a connection between the Japanese language and the Altaic languages. Unless you are a linguistic scholar, just read the introduction.
Roy Andrew Miller summons the power of structural linguistics to take down the misuse of Japanese language by the Japanese to assert their own uniqueness. His writing is a bit long-winded, but the content is very interesting.
Cranky Roy Andrew Miller takes on Nihonjinron. Most interesting are his anecdotes, especially one about the first conference in Japan about teaching Japanese to foreigners where the Japanese involved said, "What kind of Japanese should we create for foreigners to learn? Because they will never able to speak real Japanese." Also, he has a chapter on how you get into Tokyo University: you go to the most expensive juku, where they show you exactly which chapters from Graham Greene and William Sommerset Maughm will be on the entrance exam.… (mehr)
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