THIS COURSE WAS LAST OFFERED IN WINTER 2007.
Japanese Historical Linguistics
Call No. 20803-7
Time: MW, 1:30-3:18
Classroom: UH 0066
Click here for helpful links at Cornell University, including hand-outs by Bjarke Frellesvig on Old Japanese.
1. Overview
This course is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students; some knowledge of Classical Japanese (bungo) is desirable.
The twin goals of the course are to introduce the concepts and procedures of historical linguistcs and to apply them to the Japanese language. Along the way, we will situate the modern standard language taught in American universities, heard on NHK, etc. in the context of Japanese dialects and discuss the origins of Japanese culture and language.
2. Basic Plan
The course consists of two parts.
After the first meeting on Wednesday, 4 January, nine sessions will be
lectures based on selected chapters in Lyle Campbell's Historical
Linguistics: an Introduction (MIT
Press, 1999) and The Languages of
Grades will be determined by class participation, which may include written quizzes (35%), the mid-term (25%), and final paper (40%). Final grades will be assigned to convey the instructor’s assessment of the student’s success and readiness to proceed to the next higher level of study: D or E means the student is unready to take a more advanced course in the same subject, the difference being that a D recognizes effort by conferring credit; higher grades show that a student is qualified for more advanced study, and that the instructor believes s/he will easily excel (A), do well with effort (B), or experience considerable difficulty (C) if s/he chooses to do so. Grades and quantitative evaluations of performance correspond as follows:
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
92–100
A
76–79
C+
89–91
A–
72–75
C
86–88
B+
69–71
C–
82–85
B
66–67
D+
79–81
B–
62–65 D
3. Detailed Syllabus
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0 |
W |
4-Jan |
Business
meeting |
|
1 |
M |
9-Jan |
Fundamentals
of historical linguistics:
emics/etics, dialects, methods |
|
2 |
W |
11-Jan |
|
|
3 |
M |
16-Jan |
Analysis
of Old Japanese texts |
|
4 |
W |
18-Jan |
|
|
5 |
M |
23-Jan |
Internal
reconstruction |
|
6 |
W |
25-Jan |
|
|
7 |
M |
30-Jan |
Comparing
Japanese and other languages |
|
8 |
W |
1-Feb |
|
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9 |
M |
6-Feb |
Role of
non-linguistic evidence in the study of Japanese ethnogenesis |
|
10 |
W |
8-Feb |
MIDTERM
exam |
|
11 |
M |
13-Feb |
|
|
12 |
W |
15-Feb |
|
|
13 |
M |
20-Feb |
Early
Middle Japanese to the modern language: |
|
14 |
W |
22-Feb |
student
presentations of representative texts |
|
15 |
M |
27-Feb |
|
|
16 |
W |
1-Mar |
|
|
17 |
M |
6-Mar |
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|
18 |
W |
8-Mar |
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The following additional reference works have been placed on reserve in the Library.
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Croft, William |
Explaining language change: an evolutionary approach |
P142 .C76 2000 |
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Martin, Samuel E. |
A reference grammar of Japanese |
PL612 .M37 |
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Martin, Samuel E. |
The Japanese language through time |
PL525 .M275 1987 |
4. General Reminders
Disability
Services
Students with disabilities that have been certified by
the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and should
inform the instructor as soon as possible of their needs. The Office for
Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall,
http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu
Academic
Misconduct
“It is the responsibility of the Committee on Academic
Misconduct to investigate or establish procedures for the investigation of all
reported cases of student academic misconduct. The term ‘academic misconduct’
includes all forms of student academic misconduct wherever committed;
illustrated by, but not limited to, cases of plagiarism and dishonest practices
in connection with examinations. Instructors shall report all instances of
alleged academic misconduct to the committee.”
(Faculty Rule 3335-5-487) For additional information, access the Code of
Student Conduct at