[outline]
Jan 19 |
intro/phonetics
Intro to course: Japanese and linguistics
Vowels of Japanese
[outline]
Jan 21
Consonants of Japanese
Phonetics vs. writing systems
[outline]
Jan 26 |
phonology
Mental sound patterns:
Sounds that change in context
[outline]
Jan 28
Segmental phonology:
Rules and "exceptions"
[outline]
Feb 2
Segmental phonology: Wrap-up
Prosodic categories: Moras
[outline]
Feb 9
Prosodic categories: Syllables
[outline]
Feb 11
Loanword phonology
Phonology and writing, revisited
Feb 16
Wellness Day
Feb 18
Weather cancellation
[outline]
Feb 23 |
morphology
Structure of words
Adjective morphology
[outline]
Feb 25
Verb morphology and phonology
A and V morphology: More issues
[outline]
Mar 2
Diagnosing word class: N, AN, A
Using a corpus for linguistic analysis
[info]
Mar 9 (asynch) |
projects
Final project information
Designing project materials
Mar 11
Wellness day
[outline]
Mar 16
Review for exam
In-group/out-group; politeness dimensions
Mar 18
Midterm exam
[outline]
Mar 23 |
sociolinguistics
Language, gender, and identity
[outline]
Mar 25
Thematic roles, case
Verbs of giving and receiving
[outline]
Mar 30 |
semantics
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Article summary)
Tense and aspect
[outline]
Apr 1 |
discourse (etc.)
The topic marker
wa
[outline]
Apr 6 |
syntax
Sentence structure
Constituents and trees
[outline]
Apr 8
(
Topic proposal M Apr 12)
Sentence structure
Subcategorization; empty categories
[info]
Apr 13
Guest lecture (6:30-7:30pm)
Linguistics of Pokémon names
[outline]
Apr 15
Flexible word order
Configurationality
[outline]
Apr 20 |
historical ling
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Methodology plan)
Reconstructing phonology
[outline]
Apr 22
Classical Japanese morphology and syntax
Is Japanese related to any other languages?
[outline]
Apr 27 |
dialects
'Language,' 'dialect,' 'variety'
Differences among Japanese varieties
[outline]
Apr 29 |
big picture
Japanese discourse in action
Course overview and conclusions
May 4
Workshop day: Final projects