Course title
言語情報文化論   [Language, Information and Culture]
Course category	technology speciality courses,ets.	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～4	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	022815
Instructor(s)
篠原 和子   [SHINOHARA Kazuko]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

This course deals with important properties of natural language and some aspects of linguistic theories so that students majoring in computer sciences will have basic knowledge about natural languages and language faculty of human beings.

Expected Learning

Students taking this course are expected to: 1. understand characteristics of the Japanese language compared with other languages, 2. understand the history of modern linguistics, 3. know the basic ideas and methods of subfields of linguistics, 4. learn how to analyze linguistic data.

Course schedule

1. Guidance, Characteristics of the Japanese language 2. History of modern linguistics [1] 3. History of modern linguistics [2] 4. Properties of linguistic signs: arbitrariness and motivatedness 5. Subfields of theoretical linguistics 6. Phonetics [1] 7. Phonetics [2] 8. Phonology 9. Morphology [1] 10. Morphology [2] 11. Morphology [3] 12. Sound symbolism [1] 13. Sound symbolism [2] 14. Spatial concepts 15. Temporal concepts

Prerequisites

N/A

Required Text(s) and Materials

Materials will be distributed in class.

References

To be announced in class.

Assessment/Grading

Attendance, participation: 15% In-class activities, assignments, short tests: 40% Final report: 45%

Message from instructor(s)

Course keywords

linguistics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, sound symbolism

Office hours

need an appointment by Email

Remarks 1

Remarks 2

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

9/11/2017 4:32:52 PM