ABSTRACT
This chapter points out the highlights of previous research on the reconstruction of the OJ language on the basis of phonograms. It does not attempt to provide a comprehensive outline of the vast body of research conducted on this subject. Although I will deal with methodology here, I will focus more on the results of research, reserving most of my criticism of proposed OJ reconstructions for Chapters 7 and 8. I am heavily indebted here to the discussions of the subject in Ôno Susumu (1953), Lange (1973), and Bentley (1997), which contain more details about the history of phonogram studies.
