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Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module EAST3291: LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE

Department: EAST ASIAN STUDIES

EAST3291: LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF JAPANESE

Type Open Level 3 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2005/06 Module Cap None. Location Durham

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To provide instruction in Japanese syntax, phonetics and phonology; to introduce contemporary concerns and issues in terms of Japanese Linguistics - both theoretical and applied.

Content

  • Lectures on phonology, basic syntax, the role of particles in Japanese, phonetics, and the nature of honorific language with reference to status systems and the nature of gendered patterns of speech.These will be presented with reference to issues in theoretical and applied Linguistics.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures 22 1 per week One hour 22
      Tutorials
      Preparation and Reading 178
      Total 200

      Summative Assessment

      Component: Project Component Weighting: 50%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      4000 word project 100%
      Component: Essays Component Weighting: 50%
      Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
      essay 1 2000 words 50%
      essay 2 2000 words 50%

      Formative Assessment:

      Two essays of 2,000 words each in Michaelmas and Epiphany Terms; presentations


      Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University