Navigation

Subject description

21D23007 - Savremeni japanski jezik – sintaksa i semantika

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 21D23007
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 9.0 Status
      Condition Being enrolled in doctoral academic studies Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Broadening and deepening knowledge of the structure and functioning of the syntactic-semantic system of modern Japanese. Preparation for conducting independent research.
      The outcome Acquisition of essential foundational knowledge of the structure and functioning of the syntactic-semantic system of modern Japanese. Development of the ability to conduct independent research in the fields of modern Japanese syntax and semantics.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Levels of language and levels of linguistic analysis. The place of semantics within the structure of the linguistic system. Semantic roles of sentence constituents. The syntactic-semantic level. Syntactic-semantic units. Distribution of syntactic-semantic elements and the functional-communicative perspective of the Japanese sentence.
      Contents of exercises Descriptive and critical interpretation of scholarly literature in the fields of syntax and semantics, primarily concerning modern Japanese, as well as foreign-language literature presenting research based on other languages, which is of theoretical significance to the fields of syntax and semantics. Familiarisation with potential sources of linguistic data, as well as with types and methods of compiling corpora of linguistic data in accordance with the selected research topic.
      Literature
      1. Hideo Teramura, Syntax and Semantics of Japanese I–II
      2. Lyons, John (1977). Semantics. Vol. 1‒2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Original title)
      3. Van Valin, Robert D. Jr, Randy J. LaPolla (1997). Syntax: Structure, Meaning and Function. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Original title)
      4. Yasumu Kitahara, Asakura Lectures on Japanese Language 6: Grammar II.
      5. Bugarski, Ranko (2003). An Introduction to General Linguistics.
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      4
      Methods of teaching Group work, whole-class instruction, individual work, consultations, lectures, oral presentations and seminar papers.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures Test paper
      Practical lessons Oral examination 70
      Projects
      Colloquia
      Seminars 30