Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code	WMBA1001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	比較日本文化学研究Ａ
Subject Name （Katakana）	ヒカクニホンブンカガクケンキュウA
Subject Name in English	Comparative Study of Japan and Culture A
Instructor	To be announced.
Instructor (Katakana)	タントウキョウインミテイ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1st) Inte
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
			・Lecture　・Discussion
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students
Keywords	Japanese , Chinese，Contrastive analysis ,Syntax , Semantics
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)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This course focuses on the differences in sentence structures between Japanese and Chinese. Through comparative analysis of negative expressions, degree adverbs, motion expressions, and more, it explores the variations in linguistic expressions and examines research methods for understanding language from a syntactic perspective.
Class Schedule	lesson1　Class Guidance lesson2　Negative expressions and Negative focus lesson3　The grammatical function of Degree adverbs lesson4　Degree Adverbs and Negative Expressions in Japanese lesson5　Degree Adverbs and Negative Expressions in Chinese lesson6　Quantitative Expressions of Degree Adverbs in Japanese lesson7　Quantitative Expressions of Degree Adverbs in Chinese lesson8　The syntactic Structure of Degree Adverbs and Desiderative Expressions in Japanese(1) lesson9　The syntactic Structure of Degree Adverbs and Desiderative Expressions in Japanese(2) lesson10　The Syntactic Structure of Degree Adverbs and Desiderative Expressions in Chinese lesson11　A Japanese-Chinese Contrastive Study of Degree Adverbs Expressing Comparison lesson12　Motion Expressions in Japanese lesson13　Motion Expressions in Chinese lesson14　Acquisition of Motion Expressions by Chinese Learners and Native Language Transfer lesson15　General discussion Submit Report
Text/Reference Books,etc.	none
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts
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Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning)
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	lesson1：Reading the literature on the hierarchy of sentences lesson2： Reading the literature on negative expressions and the focus of negation lesson3：Reading the literature on the grammatical functions of degree adverbs lesson4：Reading the literature on degree adverbs and negative expressions in Japanese lesson5：Reading the literature on degree adverbs and negative expressions in Chinese lesson6：Reading the literature on the quantification of actions by quantitative degree adverbs in Japanese lesson7： Reading the literature on the quantification of actions by quantitative degree adverbs in Chinese lesson8：Reading the literature on the syntactic structure of degree adverbs and desiderative expressions in Japanese lesson9：Reading the literature on the syntactic structure of degree adverbs and desiderative expressions in Japanese lesson10：Reading the literature on the syntactic structure of degree adverbs and desiderative expressions in Chinese lesson11：Reading the literature on a Japanese-Chinese contrastive study of degree adverbs expressing comparison lesson12：Reading the literature on motion expressions in Japanese lesson13：Reading the literature on motion expressions in Chinese lesson14：Reading the literature on the acquisition of motion expressions and native language transfer lesson15：Reading the literature on syntax
Requirements	Some of the class handouts contain Chinese.
Grading Method	Report, Attitude toward the class
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
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