This page is updated after each day's class.
Use it to keep track of what we've done and where we're going.
See also the schedule of topics for a general overview.
[01] M Aug 17
- Covered today: Course information; introduction to Japanese and linguistics
[outline]
- Handout - Course information and policies
- Handout - Basic background: Japanese and linguistics
- To read for W Aug 19:
- Handout - Writing Japanese: Kanji, kana and transliteration
- Handout - Context: Phonetics and phonology
- Reading - Kubozono (2015), Ch 1
[direct link]
- read sec 2 "Vowel inventories"
- You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
- To prepare for W Aug 19:
- Please complete the background questionnaire if you haven't already
- We will work with this handout in class next time - you might want to bring a printout
- Handout - Phonetics: Vowels of Japanese
[02] W Aug 19
- Covered today: Writing vs. language; phonetics of Japanese vowels
[outline]
- Handout - Writing Japanese: Kanji, kana and transliteration
- Course webpage - Kana charts
- Handout - Context: Phonetics and phonology
- Handout - Phonetics: Vowels of Japanese
- Audio - Example sound files for vowels (Canvas)
- To prepare for F Aug 21:
- Prep questions 08.21
- Due F Aug 21 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
- Please complete the background questionnaire if you haven't already
- We will work with this handout in class next time - you might want to bring a printout
- Handout - Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese
- Prep questions 08.21
- Covered today: Consonant articulation; phonetics of Japanese consonants
[outline]
- Handout - Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese
- Handout - Japanese consonants and vowels: Example words
- Audio - Example sound files for consonants (Canvas)
- To read for M Aug 24:
Hayes (2009), Ch 1
[direct link]
- read sec 1.4, "Consonants" (info and chart in sec 1.4.4 are FYI only)
- You can also find this reading through Course Reserves on Canvas
- To prepare for M Aug 24:
- Prep questions 08.24
- Due M Aug 24 by 10:30am in Canvas Assignments
- Finish filling out the consonant chart in the handout Phonetics: Consonants of Japanese, using the Hayes reading to help you
- Prep questions 08.24