The Japanese Language
E369427
The Japanese Language is a comprehensive scholarly work by linguist Roy Andrew Miller that examines the history, structure, and classification of the Japanese language within East Asian linguistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Japanese Language canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3566177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Japanese Language Context triple: [Roy Andrew Miller, notableWork, The Japanese Language]
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A.
Edo language
The Edo language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Edo (Bini) people of southern Nigeria, especially around the historic city of Benin.
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B.
Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
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C.
Classical Japanese
Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
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D.
Yapese
Yapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Yap and nearby islands in the western Pacific.
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E.
Warekena language
The Warekena language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Warekena people of the Rio Negro region in Brazil and Venezuela.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Japanese Language Target entity description: The Japanese Language is a comprehensive scholarly work by linguist Roy Andrew Miller that examines the history, structure, and classification of the Japanese language within East Asian linguistics.
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A.
Edo language
The Edo language is a Niger-Congo language spoken primarily by the Edo (Bini) people of southern Nigeria, especially around the historic city of Benin.
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B.
Hokkien language
The Hokkien language is a Southern Min Chinese dialect widely spoken in southeastern China and among overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, known for its significant influence on regional languages and cultures.
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C.
Classical Japanese
Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
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D.
Yapese
Yapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Yap and nearby islands in the western Pacific.
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E.
Warekena language
The Warekena language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Warekena people of the Rio Negro region in Brazil and Venezuela.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| academicDisciplineContext |
East Asian languages
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surface form:
East Asian linguistics
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| author | Roy Andrew Miller ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| contributesTo | debate on the classification of Japanese ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
genetic relationships of Japanese
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lexical strata of Japanese ⓘ morphological structure of Japanese ⓘ phonological history of Japanese ⓘ relationship between Japanese and other East Asian languages ⓘ syntactic structure of Japanese ⓘ typological features of Japanese ⓘ |
| field | linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of the Japanese language
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history of the Japanese language ⓘ structure of the Japanese language ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
controversial for its stance on the Altaic affiliation of Japanese
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influential study of Japanese historical linguistics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageDiscussed | Japanese language ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher | University of Chicago Press ⓘ |
| subfield |
comparative linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subject |
Transeurasian hypothesis
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surface form:
Altaic hypothesis
Japanese language ⓘ Japanese language—classification ⓘ Japanese language—grammar ⓘ Japanese language—history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Japanese Language Description of subject: The Japanese Language is a comprehensive scholarly work by linguist Roy Andrew Miller that examines the history, structure, and classification of the Japanese language within East Asian linguistics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.