Note on the HTML version -1997-

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


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This is the HTML Version of An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements Third Edition published in 1988 for the celebration of the Fortieth Aniversary of the Institute.

This HTML version is version 0.9. Please refer to this Homepage for future revised versions.

The third edition is written in a variety of formats due to the following editing procedures. We plan to conduct a review of the third edition in the future and include revisions based on this review in the fourth edition.

Third Edition: Editing procedures

Editing of the third edition proceeded as follows.
Due to time limitations we used previously related published works.
1. As a general procedure we used all the introductions for each report up through Report 42 in An Introduction to the National Language Research Institute(the 1971 second edition) with necessary revisions.
2. We translated the Japanese introductions in The National Language Research Institute Thirty Years of Progress for Reports 43 through 62 which were not included in the above. This text was slightly longer than the text for Reports 1-42.
3. For reports not included in the above we used introductions to each year's publications in the annual report as a base for the English translation.
4. For the summaries of each research area given at the beginning of each section in II. Summary of Publications, we used previous published works and data as a base for the Japanese text and parts of the 1971 second edition.
5. For the few remaining publications not included in the above, we requested texts from the relevant researchers, and editing of the remaining 1-4 given above was carried out by the editing committee members. We requested the advice and review of relevant researchers throughout this process and review by the Head of the Institute in the final stage.

In this HTML version,

  1. Updated information is available by clicking the links [--> updated information], which we prepared for this HTML edition,
  2. Hyper-links are have been added,
  3. Previously the titles of publications were given in English and Japanese orthography. The Japanese titles have been omitted in the main body of the present version.
  4. A list with Japanese and English titles and a list with only English titles are given in III.List of Publications.
  5. Page numbers have been omitted,
  6. Section numbers have been added.

The fourth edition will appear by December 20, 1998.

The fourth edition of An Introduction to The National Language Research Institute: A Sketch of its Achievements, scheduled to appear by December 20, 1998, the fiftieth aniversary of the NLRI, will include the latest achievements of the Institute.

Any comments for improving this Introduction would be welcomed. Plese send your comments to eibun50@kokken.go.jp, the Editing Committee for preparation of the fourth edition.


The third edition was an expanded version of the second edition compiled primarily by Seiju Sugito and Naomi Shimamura of the National Language Research Institute. The English translation of the third editon and additions made to this HTML version were prepared by Polly Szatrowski, presently associate professor of Japanese language and linguistics at the University of Minesota. This HTML version was planned and compiled by Yasuo Kumagai of the National Language Research Institute.

September, 1997
Yasuo KUMAGAI:

ykumagai@kokken.go.jp

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