Introduction *

1

Why now Ogasawara? The Meaning and Significance of Ogasawara Research from a Sociolinguistic Standpoint

TSUDA Aoi 5

A Chronology of the Bonin Islands *

Sebastian DOBSON 21

How the Japanese of the Edo Period Perceived the Ogasawara Islands *

TANAKA Hiroyuki; translation and annotations by Stephen Wright HORN 31

The Bonin Islands

Russell ROBERTSON; translation and annotations by KONISHI Yukio 59

The History of Language Contact in the Ogasawara Islands

Daniel LONG 87

Words of Non-Japanese Derivation Handed Down in the Ogasawara Islands

NOBUSHIMA Fuyuo 129

The Formation of a Japanese Dialect in Ogasawara

ABE Shin 149

An Essay on the Language Education Environment on Chichijima

HASEGAWA Yoshio 161

A Bibliography of Humanities-Related Works on the Ogasawara Islands *

Daniel LONG (compiler) 175

Contributors

191

Guides for Submission

192

* Indicates article in English

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