Western Influence on Our Linguistic Study in the Meiji Era

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The study of language in Japan can be traced back to the eighth century, the Nara period; however, linguistic study in a modern sense was established in the late nineteenth century, the Meiji era, influenced by Western studies. In this paper the study of language before the Meiji era is introduced briefly as background of this topic; then two linguists, Friedrich Max Muller and Basil Hall Chamberlain, are focused on, who took significant roles in the pioneering days of the linguistic study in Japan. The former influenced the leading Sanskrit scholars of Japan in the early Meiji era; he himself taught them and did research as a co-worker and instructor with them. The latter was the first professor of linguistics and the study of Japanese at Tokyo University, directing the scientific study of Japanese to the Japanese, and writing unique articles on archaic Japanese, written and spoken modern Japanese, the Aino language, and the Luchuan language ; above all, his paper of 1895 is acclaimed as an immortal work, in which he established an affinity between Luchuan and Japanese. The writer investigates their influences on the linguistic study at the dawn of a new age, examining the ways in which they contributed to our linguistic study.
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