Abstract

This book consists of 24 papers written by the late Mr. Takaji Kamimura. He was a Professor of Kagoshima University, and he published many papers on Kyushu dialect during his life-time. This book contains the most important papers of his works. The contents of this book are; 1) an out-line of Kyushu dialect, 2) the phonemes of Kyushu dialect, 3) the grammar of Kyushu dialect, 4) the vocabulary of Kyushu dialect, 5) the dialect of the south-western island of Japan. Every chapter is highly revealing, especially interesting is the second chapter which mentions the dialect's long vowels, applosives and nasal sounds.