Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code WMBT2001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 一般言語学演習A
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イッパンゲンゴガクエンシュウA
Subject Name in
English
Seminar on General Linguistics A
Instructor UENO TAKAHUMI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ウエノ タカフミ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds5-6:Faculty Office, (2T) Tues3-4:Faculty Office
Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
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Seminar  
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students
Keywords Contrastive Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Individual Languages, Theoretical Linguistics 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
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Contrastive Linguistics combines the study on individual languages with general linguistics. Historical linguistics combines the synchrony about each period with the diachronic study. Both linguistics make clear some phenomena of individual languages and time changing, by comparing and examining the difference of languages and the language change.  
Class Schedule Lesson 1 Introduction
Lesson 2 Problems for N Movement in Romance (1)
Lesson 3 Problems for N Movement in Romance (2)
Lesson 4 A Systematic Contrast between English and Italian (1)
Lesson 5 A Systematic Contrast between English and Italian (2)
Lesson 6 Phrasal Movement and Two Sources of Adnominal Adjectives (1)
Lesson 7 Phrasal Movement and Two Sources of Adnominal Adjectives (2)
Lesson 8 An Analysis of the Two Sources of Adjectives (1)
Lesson 9 An Analysis of the Two Sources of Adjectives (2)
Lesson 10 An Analysis of English (1)
Lesson 11 An Analysis of English (2)
Lesson 12 An Analysis of Italian (1)
Lesson 13 An Analysis of Italian (2)
Lesson 14 Further Difference between English and Italian
Lesson 15 Review 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Cinque, Guglielmo (2010) The Syntax of Adjectives: A Comparative Study, The MIT Press. 
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Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
You should prepare the presentation for every lesson. 
Requirements None 
Grading Method Class attitude and report 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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