Yamada Yoshio

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Yamada Yoshio (山田 孝雄; August 20, 1873 – November 20, 1958) was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada grammar" (Also known as "Yamada's grammar", and was the first to use the word "chinjutsu" as a linguistic term.

Yamada Yoshio in 1953

Yamada's Grammar

Yamada Yoshio's grammar was first published in 1912 and underwent several changes and reprints.[1]

Yamada's grammar greatly influenced 20th century scholarship in Japan.[2]

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