言語学
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 言 | 語 | 学 |
| げん Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
がく Grade: 1 |
| kan’on | goon | on’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 言語學 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 言語 (gengo, “language”) + 学 (-gaku, “-logy; -graphy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- linguistics
- 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “超兵器ガ壱號 [Super-Weapon GA Mk I]”, in カンビュセスの籤 (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 76:
- お主 大学では言語学を専攻していたと？
- O-nushi Daigaku de wa gengogaku o senkō shite ita to?
- Say, you majored in linguistics, didn’t you?
- Ha…… kodai bungaku no kaidoku ga yume de arimashite Maya no emoji ya Kureta no……
- Yes, sir… I dreamed of being able to decipher ancient texts, such as Mayan logograms or Cretan…
- お主 大学では言語学を専攻していたと？
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.