summary japanese historical linguistics dear world ago asked help compiling list books articles japanese historical linguistics written published english german thank chris brockett chrisbro halcyon com gerald b mathias mathias uhunix uhcc hawaii edu nicholas ostler nostler chibcha demon co uk timothy j vance tjvan conncoll edu alexander vovin avvovin miamiu acs muohio edu references sent apologise everyone releasing summary later promised ikeda _ classical japanese grammar illustrated texts _ soka gakkai 1975 lange roland _ phonology eighth century japanese _ monumenta nipponica monographs tokyo sophia university 1973 lewin bruno grammar classical japanese german av martin samuel e _ japanese language time _ new london yale university press 1987 humongous compendious essential anyone starting cb book unparalleled achievement proto japanese reconstruction current work field mainly based martin reconstruction av thorough bibliography gm miller roy andrew _ japanese language _ chicago university chicago press 1967 miller roy andrew _ japanese altaic languages _ chicago university chicago press 1971 sansom george bailey _ historical grammar japanese _ oxford clarendon press 1928 seriously outdated still useful av serafim leon _ shodon prehistory northern ryukyuan dialect japanese _ yale university dissertation 1984 shibatani masayoshi _ languages japan _ cambridge cambridge university press 1990 unger j marshall studies early japanese morphophonemics _ indiana university linguistics club _ bloomington 1977 reprint yale university dissertation recently available revised edition cb vance timothy j origin voicing alternation japanese consonants _ journal american oriental society _ 102 1982 333341 wen c k gunther _ japanische phonologie _ old valuable cb whitman john b _ phonological basis comparison japanese korean _ phd harvard university 1985 supposed appear u michigan press distant future cb whitman john b rule medial r loss pre old japanese philip baldi ed _ linguistic change reconstruction methodology _ berlin mouton de gruyter 1990 511545 paper shows historical comparison japanese languages whitman evidence r loss correlates pitch accent middle korean japanese linguist answer verner law demonstrating beyond doubt historical relationship japanese korean cb man terrible ah wunner whit dae wi ye ivan derzhanski iad cogsci ed ac uk j stuart _ auld testament tales _ centre cognitive science 2 buccleuch place edinburgh eh8 9lw uk cowan house e113 pollock halls 18 holyrood pk rd edinburgh eh16 5bd uk