JPNS4030/5060 Advanced Syntax
The main focus of the course will be to explore some of the most intriguing aspects of Japanese syntax to non-native learners from the pedagogical perspective.
Hopefully, by taking this course, the student will have a better understanding and awareness of how Japanese speakers construct their thoughts, express their feelings, and express their world view through the use of the language.
The course will have the following components:
Required textbooks:
Additional and recommended references:
Alfonso, A. Japanese Language Patterns.
Kaiser, S. et al, Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
Kuno, S. Nihon bunpoo kenkyuu, and other works by the author
Mikami, A. Gendai gohoo jyosetsu, and other works by the author
Mizutani, N., Comparative Study of Spoken Japanese and English, and other
works by the author
Teramura, H., Nihongo no syntax to imi, and other works by the author
Specialized grammar books in the East Asian Collection, Norlin Library
Various
Japanese language textbooks, such as:
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Yookoso!
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Nakama
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Genki
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Beginning Japanese
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Spoken Japanese
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Learn Japanese
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Structural Functional Japanese
Various Japanese grammar books for students, such as:
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Makino, S. & Tsutsui, M., A Dictionary of
Basic Japanese Grammar
o _________________, A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar
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McClain, Y., Handbook of Modern Japanese
Grammar
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McGloin N. H., A Student’s Guide to Japanese
Grammar
o Kawashima, S., A Dictionary of Japanese Particles
Journals:
『日本語教育』
日本語ジャーナル
Japanese language pedagogy journals and periodicals published by colleges and universities
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Main reading for the class
TJ—Tsujimura
野 – Noda
M&T – Makino & Tsutsui
KN –Kuno
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火 |
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木 |
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1/15 |
Introduction, Course overview |
1/17 |
M &T, KN: Typological characteristics of Japanese I |
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1/22 |
M&T, KN: Typological characteristics of Japanese II |
1/24 |
M&T, KN: Typological characteristics of Japanese III |
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1/29 |
Guest Lecture: Prof. Pori Park: Characteristics of Korean Grammar |
1/31 |
Guest Lecture: Teaching Kanji |
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2/5 |
Basic class observation NO CLASS |
2/7 |
M&T, KN: Typological characteristics of Japanese IV |
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2/12 |
Review |
2/14 |
Exam I |
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2/19 |
TJ Phonetics |
2/21 |
TJ Phonology I |
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TJ Phonology II |
2/28 |
TJ Phonology III |
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3/5 |
TJ Morphology I |
3/7 |
TJ Morphology II |
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3/12 |
TJ Syntax I |
3/14 |
TJ Syntax II |
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3/19 |
TJ Syntax III |
3/21 |
TJ Syntax IV |
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J 春休み |
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J春休み |
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4/2 |
Exam II |
4/4 |
野 I |
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4/9 |
野 II |
4/11 |
野 III |
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4/16 |
TJ Semantics |
4/18 |
TJ Language variations |
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4/23 |
Issues in pedagogical grammar |
4/25 |
Textbook survey presentations 4030 I |
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4/30 |
Textbook survey presentations 4030 II |
5/2 |
Project presentations 5060 |
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期末試験 (Exam III) |
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q Class participation/contribution/preparedness 30%
q Weekly grammar quizzes 10%
q Exams (3) 30%
q JPNS5060 Project 25%
· Theoretical research
· Pedagogical research
· Lesson plan
· Exercises and assessment tools
· Practicum in class
q JPNS5060 Annotated bibliography 5%
q Class participation/contribution/preparedness 30%
q Weekly grammar quizzes 10%
q Exams (3) 30%
q JPNS4030 Project 30%
· Thoroughness of the survey
· Accuracy of the findings
· Effective presentation
· Usefulness of the suggestions
· Organization of the written report
Class participation and contribution, preparedness
Weekly “grammar” quizzes
Exams (3 altogether, including the final exam. The exams are NOT cumulative.)
Project (research and practicum) (JPNS5060 students only)
Suggested topics:
Second Year Japanese
· Causatives
· Passives
· Causative-Passives and related expressions
First Year Japanese
· Relative Clauses
· とin Quotative Speech, Expressing Opinion
· ばConditionals
The unit consists of the introduction of the material, student practice, and assessment.
Annotated bibliography (JPNS5060 students only)
Textbook survey (JPNS4030 students only)
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Please make an appointment with your instructor to discuss any aspect of your project. Please DO NOT just walk up to her right before or after the class regarding your project.
JPNS5060:
Week of February 11 Choose your topic and make arrangements with your instructor
as to when and in which class your practicum will take place
_________________ Show your lesson plan
_________________ Show your exercises and assessment tools
May 2 Present your experience and submit a written report
JPNS4030:
Week of February 11 Choose your topic
Week of April 2 Turn in a progress report
April 25/30 Present your findings and submit a written report
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Cross Reference
Chart of the 4 Major Sources
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Makino & Tsutsui |
Kuno |
Tsujimura |
Noda |
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Phonetics 2/19 |
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Phonology 2/21-2/28 |
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Parts of speech 3/5 |
Parts of speech: Nouns & verbs Verbs & adj. Adj. & adj. Nouns Connectives Adverbs Aux. Verbs 3/5 |
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Morpheme types 3/5 |
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App. 7 Compound words 3/7 |
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Word formation 3/7 |
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App. 8 Extended Sentential Units (ESU) 3/7 |
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Head 3/7 |
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1. Word order App. 8 Extended Sentential Units 1/17 |
Word order Japanese as a left-branching lg. 1/17 |
Word order and scrambling 3/12 |
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Position of Q-words 1/17 |
WH-movement 3/12 |
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2. Topic 1/17 |
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3. Ellipsis 1/17 |
Ellipsis Direction of verb phrase deletion 1/17 |
Null anaphora 3/14 |
Omission of subject words 3/14 |
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4. Personal pronouns 1/17 |
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Pronominal preference 3/12 |
Personal pronouns 1/17 |
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5. Passive 1/17 |
Passives 1/17 |
Passives 3/14 |
Voice: Passives 4/9 |
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Makino & Tsutsui |
Kuno |
Tsujimura |
Noda |
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Causatives 3/19 |
Voice: Causatives 4/9 |
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Causative-Passives 3/19 |
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6. Politeness and formality 1/22 |
Polite and honorific expression 1/22 |
Honorification 4/18 Subject honorification 3/14 |
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Relative pronouns 1/22 |
Relative clauses (sentence modifiers) 3/19 |
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Case particles vs. postpositions 4/18 |
Case markers and postpositional particles 4/18 |
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7. Sentence-final particles 1/22 |
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8. Sound symbolism 1/22 |
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Reduplication Mimesis 3/7 |
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App. 1 Basic conjugations 1/22 |
Inflection of verbs 1/22 |
Verbs 3/5 Verb classification 4/6 |
Conjugation (of verbs) 1/22 |
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App. 2 Semantic classification of verbs and adjectives 1/22 |
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Unaccusative verbs Unergative verbs Light verb constructions Verbal classification 3/5, 4/6 |
Parts of speech 3/5 |
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App. 3 Pairs of intransitive and transitive verbs 1/22 |
Transitive/ intransitive verbs 1/22 |
Verbal classification 4/6 |
Voice: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 4/9 |
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Makino & Tsutsui |
Kuno |
Tsujimura |
Noda |
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App. 4 Connection forms of important expressions 1/24 |
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App. 5 Ko-so-a-do 1/24 |
Demonstratives 1/24 |
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Parts of speech: Demonstratives 1/24 |
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App. 6 Numerals and counters 1/24 |
Number information in nouns 1/24 |
Numeral quantifiers 3/12 |
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Use of “Self” 1/24 |
Reflexives 3/14 |
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App. 7 Compound words 1/24 |
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Compounding 3/7 |
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Giving and receiving verbs 2/7 |
Verbs of giving and receiving 4/16 |
Giving and receiving expressions 2/7 |
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Tenses in subordinate clauses 2/7 |
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Tenses 4/11 |
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Negative questions 2/7 |
Negation 4/16 |
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Subject-less expressions 2/7 |
The notion of subject 3/14 |
主語の人称 3/14 |
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Multiple subjects 2/7 |
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9. Viewpoint 2/7 |
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内面的表現vs.外面的表現 2/7 |
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Semantics 4/16 |
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Language Variations 4/18 |
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Each article has its own reading task and deadline.
You are encouraged to work cooperatively and collaboratively with your classmates on daily assignments.
◎—In class activity, Preview before coming to class
☆—Quizzes, Tests, Exams
★—Turn-in assignment
●—Reminder, things to bring to class
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1.
January 17 角田太作:
書評 語順の普遍性
JPNS5060 students only. ◎★Prepare a summary and present it in class. Turn in the summary at the end of your presentation.
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January 17 Matt Groening: Life in Hell
◎I use this to teach grammar and vocabulary in a Japanese class. I think this makes a good exercise. What do you think I use this for?
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January 17 小松左京:「馬子」の美食
◎★Do a structural analysis of the first sentence, and translate it into readable English.
4.
January 22 Noam Chomsky interview: Language=Communication?
Not Necessarily
◎★Prepare
a half-page (double-spaced and typed) reflective paragraph. Discuss your view in class and submit the
paragraph at the end of the discussion.
5.
January 22 デーモン小暮閣下:
意志を伝える手段としての活字
JPNS5060 students only. ◎★Prepare a summary and present it in class. Turn in the summary at the end of your presentation.
6. January 22 Gary Tipton: A Brief inventory of Chinese onomatopoeia FYI. 7. January 22 擬声語・擬態語 handouts FYI.
8. February
7 三枝: My mother
sometimes calls me “big sister”
◎★Draw a comparable chart for English, or for your Japanese family/dialect.
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9. April
16 Humor
◎Be
prepared to discuss what’s funny in each anecdote.
10. April 18 阿部ひで子: 女性語の特徴とイメージ
JPNS5060 students only. ◎★Prepare a summary in writing, and present it orally in class. Turn in the summary at the end of your presentation.
11. April
18 寿岳章子: ちかごろ乱暴になったことばづかいとは
JPNS5060 students only. ◎★Prepare a summary in writing, and present it orally in class. Turn in the summary at the end of your presentation.
12. April
18 「僕がいる、君がいた」
◎★Analyze
the use of が and は and the verb tenses.
13. April
23 Melvin J. Luthy: Non-native speakers’ perception of English
“nonlexical” intonation signals.
◎★Prepare a comparable list of non-lexical intonation signals in Japanese.
14. April 23 Paralanguage from Mary Ann Christison: Purple
Cows and
Potato Chips. FYI.
15. April 23 外来語の書き方 （旺文社 小学学習国語辞典）
JPNS5060 students only. ◎★Prepare a summary and present it in class. You may want to compile a chart explaining the rules.
16. April
23 外国人のための簡約日本語“発明します”
◎★Prepare to discuss your reaction to this proposal.
17. April
23 角田忠信: The Brain and Foreign-Language Conversation
Ability/ 日本人の脳
◎★Prepare a reaction paper to Tsunoda’s theory
18. 新屋映子他:『日本語教科書の落とし穴』 Table of
Contents
(General reference)
19. 酒入郁子他:『外国人がよくする１００の質問』Table
of Contents
(General reference)
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Unless otherwise noted, each reading has a
specific reading task and due date.
A.
January 15-February 7 牧野成一・筒井通雄: Characteristics of
Japanese grammar and appendices in A
Dictionary of basic Japanese grammar. ◎
B.
January 15-February 7 久野瞕: The Typological characteristics of
Japanese in The Structure of the
Japanese language ◎
C.
February 22 Roy Andrew Miller: “What do you mean, difficult?” from Japan’s
modern myth Write a reaction
paper to the article. ◎★
D. April 11 ◎★
1)
Reichenbach on The Tenses of verbs,
from Elements of symbolic logic
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Richard M. Gale: The language of time
(excerpt)
3)
Walter H. Bartz : The Present progressive
vs. the simple present tense of English
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George M. Landon: On temporal statements
and tense system
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George M. Landon: Survey of troublesome
“past” tenses
Read the five articles and see how theory is translated into pedagogical
grammar. You will also be reading ６章 in 野田 book. Write out a
comparable lesson plan on verb tenses
for Japanese.
E. February 19-February 28 水谷修:『聞く日本語・話す日本語』
Listen to the tape as you read the text. ◎
F. 日本語教育学会編: III文をめぐって from 『日本語教育ハンド
ブック』(General reference)
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JPNS5060/4030 勉強の手引き I 2002年春学期
１月１５日～２月１４日
◎—クラス・予習 ★--提出 ☆--試験
Class Procedure:
Four main sources of materials* are used in the course. Read the assigned portion thoroughly and answer the questions on the worksheet where applicable. You are encouraged to read the material critically, and from the pedagogical point of view; always ask yourself how you may use the knowledge in teaching the grammar to students of Japanese as a foreign language.
* M & T Makino & Tsutsui: “The Characteristic of Japanese
grammar” in A dictionary of basic Japanese grammar
KN Susumu Kuno: “Typological characteristics of Japanese”
in The structure of the Japanese language
野田 野田尚史：『はじめての人の日本語文法』
TJ Natsuko Tsujimura: An Introduction to japanese
linguistics
In addition, you are required to read articles from the Xeroxed package and on reserve on various aspect of learning another language, Japanese to be specific, and write a summary/reaction/reflection on each assignment. You must turn in your written assignment on the designated day. These assignments are marked with ★. Please observe the deadlines diligently.
１月１５日（火）
Introduction to the course
Syllabus, assignments
１月１７日（木）Typological characteristics of Japanese I
◎M & T: #1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
KN: Word order, left-branching, position of Q-words, ellipsis, passives
◎野田: 人称をあらわすことば、pp. 160-163
★JPNS5060 only. 角田太作: 書評 語順の普遍性
★Matt Groening: “Deep thoughts”
★小松左京:「馬子」の美食
１月２２日（火）Typological characteristics of Japanese II
◎M & T: #6, 7, 8, Apps. 1, 2, 3
◎KN: Polite and honorific expression, relative pronouns, inflection of verbs,
transitive/intransitive verbs
◎野田: 活用（動詞） pp. 81-118.
★ Chomsky interview
★ JPNS5060 only. デーモン小暮閣下: 意志を伝える手段としての活字
◎ Gary Tipton: A Brief inventory of Chinese onomatopoeia
◎ 擬声語・擬態語 handouts
１月２４日（木）Typological characteristics of Japanese III
◎M & T: Apps. 4, 5, 6, 7
◎KN: Demonstratives, Number information in nouns, Use of “Self”
◎野田: 品詞 5. そのほかの品詞, pp.24-25.
１月２９日（火）Guest Lecture
◎朴先生 Characteristics of Korean Grammar
１月３１日（木）Guest Lecture
◎清水秀子先生 Teaching Kanji
２月５日（火）No Class
Observe a First or Second Year class in the course of the week and write a report:
２月７日（木）Typological characteristics of Japanese III
◎KN Giving and receiving verbs, tenses in subordinate clauses, negative questions, subject-less expressions, multiple subjects
◎野田 Giving and receiving expressions, pp. 174-179.
◎M & T #9 (Viewpoint)
★三枝 My mother sometimes calls me “Big Sister”
２月１２日（火）Review
２月１４日（木）Exam I
☆Typological characteristics of Japanese (M & T, KN, 野田)
朴先生と清水先生の講義
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