Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Letters
Lecture Code BP205102 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 一般・理論言語学研究法 B
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イッパン・リロンゲンゴガクケンキュウホウB
Subject Name in
English
Lecture on General and Theoretical Linguistics B
Instructor UENO TAKAHUMI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ウエノ タカフミ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Tues5-6:LET B102, (3T) Weds5-6:LET B251
Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
 
Lecture- and seminar-focused 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students 3rd grade/ Students who are interested in Linguistics
Keywords Syntax, Universal Grammar, Theoretical Linguistics, Minimalist Program 
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)
British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
(Abilities and Skills)
・Acquisition of the skill to read the sensibility and expression represented in British and American, German, and French literatures, to analyze sounds, letters, vocabulary and grammar, or to analyze other languages linguistically

Humanities in English Program
(Abilities and Skills)
・Collection and analyses of wide-ranged English information on humanities 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Focusing on syntax, we will overview syntactic structures through language theory in Universal Grammar and Syntax 
Class Schedule Lesson 1 Syntactic processes
Lesson 2 Subject movement
Lesson 3 Case and EPP
Lesson 4 Unaccusative subjects
Lesson 5 The category D
Lesson 6 AP modification in DP
Lesson 7 Complementizers
Lesson 8 Non-finite CP complementation
Lesson 9 Adjunct clauses
Lesson 10 Wh-movement
Lesson 11 Subject wh-movement
Lesson 12 Long-distance wh-movement
Lesson 13 Locality
Lesson 14 Island phenomena
Lesson 15 Wrap-up and examination (or assignment) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Adger, David (2003) Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach, Oxford University Press. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) Textbooks, Handouts, PHD 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
N/A 
Requirements It is desirable to have taken "General Introduction to Linguistics" and  "Fundamental Seminar in General Linguistics". 
Grading Method Class particpation (30%)  Examination( or reports)(70%) 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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