was a Japanese

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

. 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's Grammar

Yamada Yoshio's grammar was first published in 1912 and underwent several changes and reprints. Yamada's grammar greatly influenced 20th century scholarship in Japan.

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1873 births 1958 deaths Linguists from Japan People from Toyama (city) {{Japan-linguist-stub