| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BP414101 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
個別言語学基礎演習 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
コベツゲンゴガクキソエンシュウ |
Subject Name in
English |
Fundamental Seminar in Modern Linguistics |
| Instructor |
OZONO JUNICHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
オゾノ ジュンイチ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Mon5-6：LET B153 |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
3
:
Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
06
:
Linguistics |
| Eligible Students |
Students interested in linguistics and Sanskrit |
| Keywords |
Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit), historical grammar, phonology, morphology
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| 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
（Abilities and Skills）
・Acquisition of the reading comprehension skills on British and American, German, and French literatures and languages, and other languages |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course aims to help students gain the basics of historical grammar of Old Indo-Aryan, which, along with Greek, occupies a central position in Indo-European studies.
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| Class Schedule |
1 Introduction: Indo-European language family and Indo-Iranian
2 Vedic language and literature
3 Proto-Indo-European phoneme system and sound corresponding between daughter languages
4 Ablaut，Laryngeal Theory
5 Accutation, Sandhi
6 Noun declension: thematic noun
7 Noun declension: athematic noun ("Motionsfemina"）
8 Noun declension: athematic noun(consonant stem)
9 Verb: aspect, voice, endings
10 Verb: present stems
11 Verb: aorist stems
12 Verb: perfect stems
13 Verb: moods
14 Derivation: Vriddhi formation
15 Derivation: compound，Caland system
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Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Reference books
Macdonell, A.A. (1910) Vedic Grammar. Strassburg: Trübner
Gotō, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian background. Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts, Visual Materials |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Participants are required to make use of handbooks and monographs (written mainly in English, German, France)mentioned in each class.
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| Requirements |
Participants are recommended to learn elementary Sanskrit grammar in advance, and to take “Seminar in Modern Linguistics” in the winter semester along with this course.
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| Grading Method |
Class participation 50%, achievements in assignments (essay) |
| 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. |