AQH50002 Wonder of Meaning I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code AQH50002 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 意味の世界 I

Subject Name
（Katakana）イミノセカイ I

Subject Name in
English Wonder of Meaning I

Instructor MACHIDA AKIRA

Instructor
(Katakana) マチダ　アキラ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte：IAS K110

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture-oriented sytle

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 06 : Linguistics

Eligible Students 2nd-Year

Keywords Linguistics, Semantics, Categorization, Polysemy, Context, and Metaphor.

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them.

Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Aims of this course are to recognize the wonder of language and to understand how difficutl it is to describe the meanings of expressions. Students will learn to analyse some examples of Japanese or English expressions from semantic points of view.

Class Schedule lesson1 Semantics as a subfield of Linguistics
lesson2 What is meaning?
lesson3 Meaning and Context
lesson4 Meanings of a word
lesson5 Categorization
lesson6 Metaphor and Metonymy
lesson7 Semantic structure of Polysemy
lesson8 Consolidation and Final exam

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Handouts will be provided.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Handouts and audio-visual equipment will be used in class.

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Look and listen carefully to daily expressions around you. and analyze them using the tools  learned in this class.

Requirements This course and  Wonder of Meaning II  have to be regarded as one coherent set.
Thus, it is necessary to enroll in both courses at the time.

Grading Method quizzes and final report

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other Lecture schedule is as follows:
December 26th (Thu.) , period 3-10
December 27th (Fri.) , period 3-10

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	AQH50002	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	意味の世界 I
Subject Name （Katakana）	イミノセカイ I
Subject Name in English	Wonder of Meaning I
Instructor	MACHIDA AKIRA
Instructor (Katakana)	マチダ　アキラ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte：IAS K110
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture-oriented sytle
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students	2nd-Year
Keywords	Linguistics, Semantics, Categorization, Polysemy, Context, and Metaphor.
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. （Abilities and Skills）・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them. Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, deliver presentations at seminars or research meetings, and explain it in an easy way so that people in different cultures and areas of specialization understand. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to think in an interdisciplinary way to discover issues based on ethical research practices and subjective intellectual interests, and propose a plan to solve them.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Aims of this course are to recognize the wonder of language and to understand how difficutl it is to describe the meanings of expressions. Students will learn to analyse some examples of Japanese or English expressions from semantic points of view.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Semantics as a subfield of Linguistics lesson2 What is meaning? lesson3 Meaning and Context lesson4 Meanings of a word lesson5 Categorization lesson6 Metaphor and Metonymy lesson7 Semantic structure of Polysemy lesson8 Consolidation and Final exam
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Handouts will be provided.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Handouts and audio-visual equipment will be used in class.
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Look and listen carefully to daily expressions around you. and analyze them using the tools learned in this class.
Requirements	This course and Wonder of Meaning II have to be regarded as one coherent set. Thus, it is necessary to enroll in both courses at the time.
Grading Method	quizzes and final report
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other	Lecture schedule is as follows: December 26th (Thu.) , period 3-10 December 27th (Fri.) , period 3-10
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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