The 'Genji Monogatari' : a loose sequence of vague phrases?

In the thesis I test the hypothesis that Late Old Japanese (LOJ) is not, as has been claimed by a number of scholars, a language that is innately "vague", but that it is capable of conveying meaning clearly. To prove this I analyse the text of the Genji Monogatari in a number of ways. I st...

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Main Author: McAuley, Thomas Evelyn
Published: SOAS, University of London 1995
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307657