Studies in Asian Historical Linguistics, Philology and Beyond

About the Author\nJohn Kupchik, Ph.D. (2011), University of Hawai?i at Manoa, is a Research Fellow in the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland. He has published research on Eastern Old Japanese, Hachijo, historical linguistics, etymology and phonology.\nJosé Andrés Alonso de la Fuente, Ph.D. (2012), University of the Basque Country. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on the historical and comparative linguistics of various language families from Northeast Asia, including Tense, Voice and Aktionsart in Tungusic: Another Case of »Analysis to Synthesis«? (Harrassowitz, 2011).\nMarc Hideo Miyake, Ph.D. (1999), University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, is an independent scholar specializing in deciphering extinct languages. He has published Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction (Routledge, 2003), and articles on Pyu, Tangut, Jurchen, Khitan, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.\nThis volume is a tribute to Professor Vovins research and a summary of the latest developments in his fields of expertise.