| 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 the relationship between language and thought, focusing on "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis" or the linguistic relativity hypothesis. Lectures will cover the historical backgrounds, basic concepts concerning Whorfian effects, some premises and empirical studies to support this hypothesis. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students taking this course are expected to: 1. understand characteristics of the Japanese language compared with other languages, 2. understand the basics of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, 3. deepen the thought on the relationship between language, thought, and culture, 4. foster the ability to write what they have learned in their own words, 5. obtain knowledge about experiments using human subjects. |
| Course schedule |
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1. Guidance, Characteristics of the Japanese language 2. Basics of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis -- historical backgrounds -- linguistic anthropology and language relativity -- Whorfian question -- history of thoughts: Boas, Sapir, and Whorf 3. Empirical studies on Sapir-Whof Hypothesis -- language in general animal communication systems deaf children -- language structures diversity of language structures: pronouns, noun classes, grammatical categories color terms space countability -- language use literacy and thinking habitual language use 4. Other studies |
| Prerequisites |
| N/A |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Materials will be distributed in class. |
| References |
| To be announced in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Participation: 20% Final exam or report: 80% |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| linguistics, phonetics, phonology, morphology, sound symbolism |
| Office hours |
| need an appointment by Email |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 8/18/2018 6:30:15 PM |