Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese
This work lays the foundation for a systematization of aspectual categories on the basis of realized versus unrealized rather than completive and incompletive categories.
Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation
in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese, and Early Mandarin
The pioneering authority on Chinese historical phonetics Edwin Pulleyblank has compiled this Lexicon to present the result of his researches on the phonology of Middle Chinese and its evolution to Mandarin.
Asia-Pacific Diplomacy
Nongovernmental Organizations and International Relations
Asia-Pacific Diplomacy traces the evolution of the Pacific economic cooperation movement by examining the diplomatic contributions of three international nongovernmental organizations
Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia
The first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions.
New Challenges for ASEAN
Emerging Policy Issues
This book examines some of the most important policy issues confronting Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) governments.
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar
A comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese.
Chinese Opera
Images and Stories
This book introduces the reader to this unique theatrical form through an exciting series of photographs of operatic performances from many regions of the country.
A Heart at Leisure from Itself
Caroline Macdonald of Japan
This book throws light on Japanese-Canadian relations in the first few decades of this century.
Japanese Historians and the National Myths, 1600-1945
The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jinmu
This is the first comprehensive study of modern Japanese historians and their relationship to nationalism and how they interpreted ancient myths of their origins.