A Sociolinguistic Documentation of Honorific Verbs in Southern Amami Ōshima
(2021)
Thesis
Tsutsui, M. S. A Sociolinguistic Documentation of Honorific Verbs in Southern Amami Ōshima. (Thesis). SOAS University of London
This qualitative study describes the use and form of verbal honorifics in Southern Amami Ōshima, an endangered language spoken on the Amami Islands in the Ryukyuan archipelago in Japan. Due to historical and political factors, Amami honorific registe... Read More about A Sociolinguistic Documentation of Honorific Verbs in Southern Amami Ōshima.