全38章のうち8章で、日本語を特に取り上げている（中国語や韓国語との比較、会話の文体、第二言語習得、学術日本語など）。New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2022. The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which Asian languages should be conceptualized as a whole, the distinct characteristics of each language group and the relationships and results of interactions between the languages and language families in Asia. This handbook aims to provide a systematic overview of Asian languages in both theoretical and functional perspectives, optimally combining the two in intercultural settings.