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International Studies, East Asian Series
Research Publication, Number Nine
Center for East Asian Studies.
The University of Kansas.
Dedicated
TO
The Memory of
Joseph K. Yamagiwa
Preface
I Introduction 1
The Grammatical Framework 3
The Phonological System 6
The Morphological System 8
The Structure of Collado's and Rodriguez' Descriptions
Contrasted 11
Bibliography 26
Editorial Conventions 28
II Ars Grammaticae Iaponicae Linguae
III A Grammar of the Japanese Language 105
Prologue to the Reader 107
The noun—Its Declension and its Gender 111
Pronouns 118
First Person Pronouns—Ego, etc. 118
Second Person Pronouns—Tu, tui, tibi, etc. 119
Third Person Pronouns—Ille, illa, illud. 120
Relative Pronouns 122
The Formation of the Verb and its Conjugation 123
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