This page will be updated as readings are assigned. Required course readings are highlighted.
Background: Japanese and linguistics
General
- Backhouse, A. E. (1994). Chapter 1, "Language and setting."
The Japanese Language: An Introduction, 1-14. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
| [see Canvas Module "Course readings"]
- Optional — Background on Japan and the Japanese language
Phonetics and phonology
General
- Tsujimura, Natsuko (2007). Chapter 2, "Phonetics." An introduction to Japanese linguistics, pp 5-21. Malden, MA: Wiley. | [see Canvas Module "Course readings"]
- Backhouse, A. E. (1994). Excerpts from Chapter 2 on pitch accent and intonation. The Japanese Language: An Introduction, pp 28-31, 34-37 required (rest optional). Oxford: Oxford University Press. | [see Canvas Module "Course readings"]
Advanced
- Ito, Junko, and Armin Mester (1999). "The phonological lexicon." In Natsuko Tsujimura (ed.), The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics, 62-100. Oxford: Blackwell. | [optional (for alternative HW#2)] | [downloadable version] | [access through UNC Libraries (e-book)]
Morphology and syntax
General
- Santorini, Beatrice, and Anthony Kroch (2007-). "Thematic roles." The Syntax of Natural Language: An online introduction using the Trees program. Accessible at http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/syntax-textbook. [direct link to assigned section]
- O'Grady, William, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, and Janie Rees-Miller (2010). Excerpt from Ch 5, "Syntax: The analysis of sentence structure." Contemporary Linguistics, 6ed., 155-172. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. | [see Canvas Module "Course readings"]
- Koizumi, Masatoshi (2008). "Nominative object." In Shigeru Miyagawa and Mamoru Saito (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics, 141-164. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | [optional; the most relevant sections are 6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.4]
Advanced
- Noguchi, Tohru (1997). "Two types of pronouns and variable binding." Language 73(4): 770-797. | [optional] | [access through UNC Libraries]
Language use in context
Sociolinguistics
- Ide, Sachiko, and Megumi Yoshida (1999). "Sociolinguistics: Honorifics and gender differences." In Natsuko Tsujimura (ed.), The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics, 444-480. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.
| [optional]
| [access through UNC Libraries (e-book)]
- Various chapters in:
Okamoto, Shigeko, and Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith, eds. 2004. Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | [optional] | [access through UNC Libraries (e-book)]