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A Simplified Grammar of the Japanese Language: Modern Written Style
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I. The semi-classical Style, distinguished by its preference for old native words and grammatical forms. The standard translation of the New Testament is in this style.
II. The semi-colloquial Style, into which the lower class newspaper writers occasionally fall. Its phraseology savours largely, and its grammar slightly, of the peculiarities of the modern colloquial dialect.
III. The Chinese Style, or sinico-japanese, which is replete with Chinese words and idioms. It is founded on the literal translations of the Chinese classics, which were formerly the text-boo'ks in every school. This style is the ordinary vehicle of contemporary literature.
IV. The Epistolary Style. Almost exclusively Chinese in phraseology, this style has grammatical peculiarities which are so marked as to necessitate treatment in a separate chapter.
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I. The semi-classical Style, distinguished by its preference for old native words and grammatical forms. The standard translation of the New Testament is in this style.
II. The semi-colloquial Style, into which the lower class newspaper writers occasionally fall. Its phraseology savours largely, and its grammar slightly, of the peculiarities of the modern colloquial dialect.
III. The Chinese Style, or sinico-japanese, which is replete with Chinese words and idioms. It is founded on the literal translations of the Chinese classics, which were formerly the text-boo'ks in every school. This style is the ordinary vehicle of contemporary literature.
IV. The Epistolary Style. Almost exclusively Chinese in phraseology, this style has grammatical peculiarities which are so marked as to necessitate treatment in a separate chapter.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
214 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1886
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Basil Hall Chamberlain
98 books5 followersB. A. Chamberlain was a professor of Japanese at the Tokyo Imperial University and was one of the greatest European Japanologists, along with Ernest Mason Satow, Lafcadio Hearn, and William G. Ashton.
He arrived in Japan on the eve of June 1873, left for Geneva in 1911 where he lived until his death in 1935.
He arrived in Japan on the eve of June 1873, left for Geneva in 1911 where he lived until his death in 1935.
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May 15, 2007
Are you having trouble keeping your early-to-mid Meiji Era conjugations straight?
OF COURSE YOU ARE. Let's be honest: early-to-mid Meiji Era conjugations are a dark and bewildering jungle full of scary animals that want to kill and eat you. Early-to-mid Meiji Era conjugations will not just sear your eyes and destroy your brain; they will actually burn your soul.
Nineteeth-century polymath-diplomat-cum-gentleman-scholar Basil Hall Chamberlain is here to help. At least, to the extent that he, or anyone, can. This book will not actually make things much easier, but it has some useful charts.
OF COURSE YOU ARE. Let's be honest: early-to-mid Meiji Era conjugations are a dark and bewildering jungle full of scary animals that want to kill and eat you. Early-to-mid Meiji Era conjugations will not just sear your eyes and destroy your brain; they will actually burn your soul.
Nineteeth-century polymath-diplomat-cum-gentleman-scholar Basil Hall Chamberlain is here to help. At least, to the extent that he, or anyone, can. This book will not actually make things much easier, but it has some useful charts.
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