{"product_id":"okinawan-english-wordbook-copy","title":"Okinawan-English wordbook (Used)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOkinawan-English Wordbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Mitsugu Sakihara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Short Lexicon of the Okinawan Language with English Definitions and Japanese Cognates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Stewart Curry. Supervising editors: Leon A. Serafin and Shigehisa Karimata. Consulting editor: Moriyo Shimabukuro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Used and in good condition. The book has a slight curve to it. There are some light brownish discolorations consistent with age on the inside of the front and back covers. The bottom-right corner of the first page has a rough spot where the top layer of paper tore off, along with a small amount of adhesive residue from a previously attached label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Okinawan-English Wordbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, written by the late Mitsugu Sakihara, historian and a native speaker of the Naha dialect of Okinawa, is an all-new concise dictionary of the modern Okinawan language with definitions and explanations in English. The first substantive Okinawan-English lexicon in more than a century, it represents a much-needed addition to the library of reference materials on the language. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWordbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens to lay users and linguists alike an area heretofore accessible almost exclusively in Japanese works and adds to the general body of scholarship on various Ryukyuan languages and dialects by providing a succinct but comprehensive picture of modern colloquial Okinawan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe current work comprises nearly 10,000 entries, many with encyclopedic discussion, drawn from a wide variety of sources in addition to the author’s native knowledge and from numerous areas of interest, with emphasis on the cultural traditions of Okinawa. Entries reflect both contemporary Naha usage and archaisms and areal variants when these are of cultural, historical, or linguistic interest. Thus, in addition to being a comprehensive portrait of the modern Okinawan language, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWordbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e serves as an implicit introduction to the rich field of Japanese dialect studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrefatory material discusses the phonology of Okinawan and the romanization scheme employed in the book, with particular attention to phonological features of the language likely to be unfamiliar to native English speakers and those acquainted only with Japanese. A general introduction to the conjugation of verbs and adjectives in Okinawan is made as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMitsugu Sakihara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1928–2001) taught in the Department of History at the University of Hawai‘i in various capacities from 1971 to 2001 and was also a professor and president of Hawaii International College. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Okinawan-English Wordbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is based on a dictionary Professor Sakihara compiled over twenty years while living and teaching in Hawai‘i.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UH Manoa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48851629834393,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/8889\/8457\/files\/IMG_3864.jpg?v=1786406967","url":"https:\/\/shophuoa.com\/products\/okinawan-english-wordbook-copy","provider":"Hawaii United Okinawa Association Online Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}