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Cover illustration: A modern Japanese calligraphy for Man’yōshū 5.794.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Vovin, Alexander, author.
Title: A descriptive and comparative grammar of Western Old Japanese / Alexander Vovin.
Description: Revised, updated and enlarged second edition. | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: History of Oriental studies, 0921-5239 ; volume16 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020023510 (print) | LCCN 2020023511 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004424012 (v. 1 ; hardback) | ISBN 9789004424029 (v. 2 ; hardback) | ISBN 9789004422117 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004422810 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Japanese language—Grammar, Classical.
Classification: LCC PL531 .V68 2020 (print) | LCC PL531 (ebook) | DDC 495.6/7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023510
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023511
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ISSN 0921-5239
ISBN 978-90-04-42211-7 (hardback, set)
ISBN 978-90-04-42401-2 (hardback, vol. 1)
ISBN 978-90-04-42281-0 (e-book)
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