Shiro Hattori (服部四郎, Hattori Shirō, May 29, 1908 – January 29, 1995) was a Japanese academic and writer.[1] Born in Kameyama, Mie, Hattori was a linguist known particularly for his work on premodern Japanese and Japonic languages and the Ainu language. He was a professor at the University of Tokyo.[2]

Selected works

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In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Shiro Hattori, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 150+ works in 200+ publications in 8 languages and 1,300+ library holdings.[3]

  • 音聲學 (1951)
  • Genealogy of the Japanese Language (日本語の系統, Nihongo no keitō) (1959)[2]
  • Dictionary of Ainu Dialects (アイヌ語方言辞典, Ainu Go Hōgen Jiten) (1964)
  • 音韻論と正書法: 新日本式つづり方の提唱 (1979)

Awards and honors

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Notes

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  1. ^ Library of Congress authority file, Hattori Shirō n83-213446
  2. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hattori Shirō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 299, p. 299, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  3. ^ WorldCat Identities: 服部四郎 1908-  

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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