Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code AHL06001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 意味論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イミロン
Subject Name in
English
Semantics
Instructor RO TOU
Instructor
(Katakana)
ロ トウ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds3-6:IAS K208
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Lecture  
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 4 : Undergraduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 22 : Language Education
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Chinese
Eligible Students
Keywords lexicology,,lexicalization, lexical semantics 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Advanced subject among subjects related to linguistic science and language culture; advanced subject among seminar subjects in the fields of the Chinese and Japanese languages 
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. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
In this course,we will discuss 3 issues:
1.What is meaning
2.The relationships between meanings of different words
3.Meaning change
with examples taken from words in Japanese as well as other languages.We will try to have a brief picture of basic concepts and knowledge of semantics,and also to learn to analyze lexicon semantically.
 
Class Schedule Lecture 1 Guidance
Lecture 2 Language and Meaning
Lecture 3 Meaning and Concept
Lecture 4 What is a Word(1)
Lecture 5 What is a Word(2)
Lecture 6 Antonym(1)
Lecture 7 Antonym(2)
Lecture 8 Synonymy(1)
Lecture 9 Synonymy(2)
Lecture 10 Polysemy(1)
Lecture 11 Polysemy(2)
Lecture 12 Homonyms and Homographs(1)
Lecture 13 Homonyms and Homographs(2)
Lecture 14 Meaning Change(1)
Lecture 15 Meaning Change(2)
 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Papers published by the instructor and handouts will be distributed in classes, as needed. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
(More Details) Textbook, handouts, audio materials, images (video, PC and other image materials) 
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Lesson 1: Read literature related to Language and Meaning
Lesson 2: Read literature related to Language and Meaning
Lesson 3: Read literature related to Meaning and Concept
Lesson 4: Read literature related to Meaning and Concept
Lesson 5: Read literature related to Word
Lesson 6: Read literature related to Word
Lesson 7: Read literature related to Antonym
Lesson 8: Read literature related to Antonym
Lesson 9: Read literature related to Synonymy
Lesson 10: Read literature related to Synonymy
Lesson 11: Read literature related to Polysemy
Lesson 12: Read literature related to Polysemy
Lesson 13: Read literature related to Homonyms and Homographs
Lesson 14: Read literature related to Homonyms and Homographs
Lesson 15: Read literature related to Meaning Change 
Requirements Students are required to be able to read literature in Japanese  
Grading Method Evaluation is made on the basis of scores on assignments and reports. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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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