Chapters in this book

1. FrontmatterI
2. PrefaceV
3. Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and LinguisticsVII
4. ContentsXXXVII
5. List of tablesLXIII
6. List of figures and mapsLXXI
7. List of abbreviationsLXXV
8. ContributorsLXXIX
9. Introduction: Japanese dialects1
10. Part I: Overview of Japanese dialectology
11. 1 The classification and division of Japanese dialects19
12. 2 Dialect formation in Japanese: Evaluating Yanagita’s theory of peripheral distribution of dialect forms55
13. 3 Geolinguistics of Japanese89
14. Part II: Topics in Japanese dialectology
15. 4 Sound variations in the mainland Japanese dialects109
16. 5 VOT variations in Japanese word-initial stops129
17. 6 Accent in Japanese dialects149
18. 7 Intonation in Japanese dialects181
19. 8 Metaphorical expressions in sericultural vocabulary231
20. 9 Case and related phenomena in Japanese dialects255
21. 10 Grammaticalization of aspect and tense in Japanese dialects289
22. 11 Potential expressions in Japanese dialects319
23. 12 Verbs of giving in Japanese dialects347
24. 13 Honorific and related expressions in Kansai Dialects373
25. 14 Japonic nominalizations in cross-dialectal perspective397
26. 15 Sentence-final particles in Japanese dialects451
27. Part III: Sketch grammars of Japanese dialects
28. 16 Hokkaidō dialect485
29. 17 Tsugaru dialect (Western Aomori)517
30. 18 Fukushima dialect545
31. 19 Ibaraki dialect581
32. 20 Tōkyō dialect (Metropolitan area)621
33. 21 Toyama dialect665
34. 22 Gifu dialect699
35. 23 Kyōto dialect733
36. 24 Hiroshima dialect779
37. 25 Izumo dialect (Shimane)807
38. 26 Kagawa dialect839
39. 27 Kōchi dialect871
40. 28 Kagoshima dialect903
41. 29 Hachijō dialect937
42. Index987