Yamada Yoshio

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Yamada Yoshio in 1953

Yamada Yoshio (山田 孝雄, August 20, 1873 – November 20, 1958) was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada grammar" (Also known as "Yamada's grammar", and was the first to use the word "chinjutsu" as a linguistic term.

Yamada's Grammar[edit]

Yamada Yoshio's grammar was first published in 1912 and underwent several changes and reprints.[1]

Yamada's grammar greatly influenced 20th century scholarship in Japan.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2020-09-25). A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2 vols): Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-42281-0.
  2. ^ Eppstein, Ury (2020). "Militarism in Japanese School Songs". Il Giappone. Studi e Ricerche (in Italian). 1: 01–15. doi:10.6092/2724-4369. ISSN 2724-4369.

Vovin, Alexander (2020-09-25). A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2 vols): Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-42281-0.