Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code WMBT2001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 一般言語学演習A
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イッパンゲンゴガクエンシュウA
Subject Name in
English
Seminar on General Linguistics A
Instructor UENO TAKAHUMI
Instructor
(Katakana)
ウエノ タカフミ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  First Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1st) Weds5:Faculty Office, (1st) Weds6
Lesson Style Lecture/Seminar Lesson Style
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Face-to-face
Seminar  
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area(Discipline) 06 : Linguistics
Eligible Students
Keywords General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics 
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
The purpose of this seminar is to acquire the method of linguistics, perusing the monograph about General Linguistics. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1 Unaccusativity 1
Lesson 2 Unaccusativity 2
Lesson 3 Unaccusativity 3
Lesson 4 The Resultative Construction 1
Lesson 5 The Resultative Construction 2
Lesson 6 The Resultative Construction 3
Lesson 7 The Resultative Construction 4
Lesson 8 The Causative Alternation 1
Lesson 9 The Causative Alternation 2
Lesson 10 The Causative Alternation 3
Lesson 11 The Causative Alternation 4
Lesson 12 The Causative Alternation 5
Lesson 13 The Linking Arguments 1
Lesson 14 The Linking Arguments 2
Lesson 15 Review 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Levin, Beth & Malka Rapport Hovav (1995) Unaccusativity: At the Syntax-Lexical Semantics Interface, The MIT Press. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text
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Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
You should prepare the presentation for every lesson. 
Requirements None 
Grading Method Class attitude and report 
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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