| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BP216002 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
個別言語学講義Ａ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
コベツゲンゴガクコウギA |
Subject Name in
English |
Lecture on Modern Linguistics A |
| Instructor |
To be announced. |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
タントウキョウインミテイ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, Second Semester, OutOfTerm(2nd) |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(O2) Inte：See the bulletin board for detail. |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| Lecture |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
J
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Japanese |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Linguistics |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Dravidian |
| 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
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | British, American, and European Languages and Literatures, and Linguistics
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Basic understanding of British and American, German, and French literatures, languages, thoughts, arts, and cultures, and other languages in the world |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Learn about the outline and diachronic changes of the Dravidian languages through reading and understanding the minority languages Toda, Kurukh, Marut, and Gadaba. |
| Class Schedule |
Lecture 1: Phonological and Morphological Features and Phylogenetic Tree of Dravidian Languages
Lecture 2: South Dravidian (Toda)
Lecture 3: South Dravidian (Toda)
Lecture 4: South Dravidian (Toda)
Lecture 5: South-Central Dravidian (Telugu)
Lecture 6: South-Central Dravidian (Telugu)
Lecture 7: Central Dravidian (Gadaba)
Lecture 8: Central Dravidian (Gadaba)
Lecture 9: Northeastern Dravidian (Malto)
Lecture 10: Northeastern Dravidian (Malto)
Lecture 11: Northeastern Dravidian (Malto)
Lecture 12: Northeastern Dravidian (Kurux)
Lecture 13: Northeastern Dravidian (Kurux)
Lecture 14: Brahī Language and the Zagros Hypothesis
15th Lecture: Overall Summary
Report：Review of the lectures
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Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Handouts/ Bh. Krishnamurti (2003) The Dravidian Languages. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Audio Materials, Visual Materials, Zoom |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Before Class: Among the Dravidian languages, Tamil literary language is considered to have the richest and most distinctive features, similar to Sanskrit among the Indo-European languages.
Lesson 1: No preparation is necessary, but explanations from the next few sessions will be provided in this session.
Lessons 2-4: It is recommended that you read the designated passages in Emeneau 1984.
Lessons 5-6: Read the designated passages in Krishnamurti & Gwynn.
Lessons 7-8: Read the designated passages in Bhaskararao.
Lessons 9-11: Read the designated passages in Droese and Mahapatra.
Lessons 12-13: Read the designated passages in Kobayashi & Tirkey (2017).
Lesson 14: Read the designated passages in Ali & Kobayashi (2026).
Lesson 15: Instructions will be given during lessons 2-14.
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| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Report |
| 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. |