Classical Japanese – A Grammar

Classical Japanese: A Grammar is a comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students. The volume, which explains how classical Japanese is related to modern Japanese, includes detailed explanations of basic grammar, including helpful, easy-to-use tables of grammatical forms; annotated excerpts from classical premodern texts. Classical Japanese: A Grammar – Exercise Answers and Tables (ISBN: 978-0-231-13530-6) is now available for purchase as a separate volume. – ASIN: 0231135246 | ISBN13: 9780231135245 | ISBN-13: 978-0231135245