| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Educational Sciences Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program |
| Lecture Code |
WND08000 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
対照言語学特講 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
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Subject Name in
English |
Contrastive Linguistics |
| Instructor |
NISHINA YOKO |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ニシナ ヨウコ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Weds1-4：EDU A103 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| Lecture, Discussion |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
B
:
Japanese／English |
| Course Level |
5
:
Graduate Basic
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Linguistics |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
General Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Language Universals, Language Description, Functional Typology |
| 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) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
The course provides a general overview on languages of the world including Japanese based upon the theory of linguistic typology and language universals. Furthermore, the language comparison will be carried out from the perspective of functional typology. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Organization, Seminar plan
2. Introduction
3. Language typology
4. Contrastive linguistics
5. Linguistic analyses 1
6. Linguistic analyses 2
7. Phonology and Grammar
8. Construction grammar
9. How to read linguistic articles
10. How to read linguistic articles
11. Fieldwork
12. Fieldwork
13. Project work
14. Project work
15. Discussion
Assignments, Termpaper |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Comrie, B. (1987). The world’s major languages. London, Croom Helm.
Lyovin, A. V. (1997). An introduction to the languages of the world. Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press.
At the beginning of the class the necessary literature and references will be provided, during the class additional texts will be included. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students should read the assigned texts and articles in advance. Further work outside of class may include following activities: annotating, summarizing, brainstorming, systematic questioning, outlining own thoughts, drafting, revising. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Assignments, Discussion, Term paper
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| 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. |