Numbering Code	U-LET29 17204 LJ37	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Wed.4
Instructor name	TIDA Syuntaro (Graduate School of Letters Professor) CATT, Adam Alvah (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor) SADANOBU TOSHIYUKI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) OTAKE MASAMI (Graduate School of Letters Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The objective of linguistics is to understand humans more deeply by analyzing language. In this class, by explaining the fundamental theories and methods of linguistics in a way that is easy to understand, students will be able to experience both the fun and the depth of the world of language.
Course Goals	Understand the following points on the fundamental fields of linguistics. 1) What kinds of phenomena are taken up as questions? 2) What kinds of theoretical hypotheses exist for those questions, and how are those phenomena explained? 3) What kinds of methods exist for verifying these theoretical hypotheses?
Schedule and Contents	The paths to human understanding via language are truly varied. In this class, we will cover and explain the main fields of modern linguistics, while also giving specific and interesting examples. The central topics will be syntax, discourse grammar, and semantics. This year, all classes will be led by Toshiyuki Sadanobu. 1. Introduction, and Understanding the Various Viewpoints of Linguistics 2. Notation, Arbitrariness, Systems, and Each Field of Linguistics 3. Dialogue, Paralanguage and Nonverbal Language, Parody, Communication Behavior, Time 4. Communication and Speech 1 5. Communication and Speech 2 6. Structural Linguistics and the "Cognition Revolution" 7. "Mind" and Circumstances 1 8. "Mind" and Circumstances 2 9. Grammaticalization 10. Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics 1 11. Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics 2: Functionalist Linguistics　　　　　　　　 12. Language Typology and Sociolinguistics　　　 13. Grammar and Culture 14. Letters and Language 15. Summary
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Written exam
Course Requirements	Preferable to have taken Linguistics Lecture I in the first semester.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students will analyze linguistic data from many world languages concerning several fundamental phenomena. They will need to confront linguistic data outside of class as well, even when they are not asked to submit anything.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Other; printouts will be distributed in class.
References, etc.	Will be presented in class