ANU - STUDYAT - Japanese Lexicon

Offered By:

Faculty of Asian Studies

Academic Career:

Undergraduate

Course Subject:

Japanese

Offered in:

JPNS2009 will not be offered in 2010

Unit Value:

6 units

Course Description:

This course is an introduction to the study of the modern Japanese vocabulary: it examines the various ways in which Japanese words are interrelated and will be of practical help to students in their acquisition of Japanese vocabulary. Topics discussed will include: word classes (nouns/verbs/adjectives/adverbs), lexical strata (native words/Sino-Japanese and Western loanwords/mimetic words), word formation (compounds/derived forms), lexical meaning (Japanese-English contrastive semantics/semantic fields), lexical style (colloquial and bookish vocabulary/male and female usage).

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course students should have an extended knowledge of the various topics of Japanese lexicon.

Indicative Assessment:

Assignments (50%), Mid-term exam (20%), Final exam (30%), to be confirmed at first lecture.

Workload:

Three hours per week
Japanese Program/Japanese Linguistics Program

Areas of Interest:

Asian Languages

Requisite Statement:

Spoken Japanese 4 (JPNS2013), Written Japanese D (JPNS2015) and normally Introduction to the Study of Language (LING1001/2001), or permission of the coordinator.

Preliminary Reading:

Miura, A., Japanese Words and their Uses, Tuttle, 1983

Majors/Specialisations:

Asian Language Major (Japanese), Japanese Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, and Pacific Languages

Academic Contact:

Dr Shunichi Ishihara

Japanese Lexicon JPNS2009 - Details