Of “gods” and “ghosts” in ancient Japan (from a historical linguistics perspective)
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Description | Based on the Nihongi, we can assume two main directions of the Yayoi influx – from the west (Korean) and from the south(east) (Austro/Tai). These directions corroborate (and are, in turn, corroborated by) the hypothetical semantic shifts in the etymology of such Old Japanese words as kam?y ‘deity’ and pyi ‘Sun. day’. |