| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BP515001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
一般言語学演習 B |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
イッパンゲンゴガクエンシュウB |
Subject Name in
English |
Seminar in General Linguistics A |
| Instructor |
UENO TAKAHUMI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ウエノ タカフミ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Tues7-8：LET B104 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture/Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| Lecture/ Seminar |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
B
:
Japanese／English |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Linguistics |
| Eligible Students |
students who are interested in Linguistics |
| Keywords |
Historical linguistics, Linguistic Change, Syntax, Reanalysis, Extension, Phonetics, Phonology |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Major Subjects, Major Lectures, General Introduction/Lecture |
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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 |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
The aim of this subject is to acquire the fundamental knowledge in order to study historical syntax. Historical sound change is treated, as acquiring the knowledge of phonology and phonetics. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1 What is historical linguistics about?
lesson2 Language change as a matter of fact
lesson3 The history of historical syntax/ Phonetics and Phonology
lesson4 A theory of syntactic change 1/ Phonetics (consonants)
lesson5 A theory of syntactic change 2/ Phonetics (vowels)
lesson6 A theory of syntactic change 3/ Phonetics (suprasegmentals)
lesson7 Reanalysis 1/ Sound variation (linguistic variables and
sociological variables)
lesson8 Reanalysis 2/ Sound variation (stylistic variation)
lesson9 Reanalysis 3/
Sound variation (variation and language change)
lesson10 Extension 1/ Sound change (consonant change)
lesson11 Extension 2/ Sound change (vowel change)
lesson12 Extension 3/ Sound change (suprasegmental change)
lesson13 Language contact/ Phonology (Phonemes)
lesson14 Syntactic borrowing/ Phonology (syllables)
lesson15 Review and report (test)
Perform a test or assign a report. |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Harris, Alice C. & Lyle Campbell (1995) Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistics Perspective, Cambridge University Press |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| (More Details) |
textbooks, handouts, powerpoint |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
You should read English textbook to prepare each lesson. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Class Attitude (30%), Test or Report (70%) |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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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. |