An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements
Third Edition(1988)/ HTML Version(1997)

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II.6.5 Japanese Language Year-Book(1953- 1987)


In order to record all the opinions and surveys on language and to provide a basic source for the improvement of linguistic life, this year-book has been edited since 1953. The main parts are: "A View" clarifying the movement of each field in linguistics and in the linguistic life of the people; a "Bibliography" listing books, magazines and main newspaper articles about the Japanese language published during the year; "General News," mentioning the organizations and activities of linguistic Institutes; a "List of Persons" who are studying the Japanese language, language problems, language education and some other problems related to Japanese, an index to authors, and "Sources" presenting some important data for the study of Japanese.

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