Ideal as a descriptive source and a theoretical foundation for students and scholars in this field,an introduction to japanese linguistics offers an invaluable pedagogical tool to learn basic notions and terminology in linguistics. An introduction to japanese linguistics, 3rd edition. A comparative perspective spring, 2019 time classroom. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and. The handbook of japanese linguistics edited by natsuko tsujimura the handbook of linguistics edited by mark aronoff and janie reesmiller the handbook of contemporary syntactic theory edited by mark baltin and chris collins the handbook of discourse analysis edited by deborah schiffrin, deborah tannen, and heidi e. An introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko. Assignments in doing the assignments, in addition to providing a linguistic analysis to a given data set, you will practice presenting the analysis articulately and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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The third edition of this established textbook has been thoroughly updated and. Pdf an introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko tsujimura. Introduction to japanese computational linguistics francis bond and timothy baldwin the purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief introduction to the japanese language, and natural language processing nlp research on japanese. Students will be invited to submit an essay on an assigned topic for assessment by the end of week 4 in either of the two terms in which the classes are taught. This textbook is available at the uf book store in reitz union. Irene heim and angelika semantics in generative grammar kratzer 14. An introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko tsujimura. It is acceptable, though less common, to substitute these greetings for a hajimemashite. Terms under the titles japanese linguistics mt and the history of the japanese language ht, with one lecture a week. Robert d borsley, modern phrase structure grammar 12. For a more complete but accessible description of the japaneselanguage,wereferthereadertoshibatani1990,backhouse. An introduction to japanese syntax, grammar and language 6th draft revision 30 october 2006. An introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko tsujimura article pdf available in language 734.
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It was enough for me to explain some japanese data to my linguistics students, and thats a good thing. It serves both as an introduction to japanese linguistics for those who have no prior knowledge of linguistics, and as a reference book on japanese for linguists in general. John clark, colin yallop, andjanet fletcher, an introduction to phonetics and phonology third edition 10. An introduction to japanese linguistics, third edition. A linguistic introduction is intended to be a collegelevel reference book on the japanese language that can also serve as the principal textbook in an introductory course in japanese linguistics. Reports evaluativefeasibility 142 speechesconference papers 150. Evidence from korean, at the international conference on phonetics and phonology icpp 20 with the help of an arts and humanities graduate research small grant. Tsujimura, natsuko 2014 an introduction to japanese linguistics, 3rd edition, wiley. A comparative perspective spring, 2019 time classroom tuesday 1.
See also the schedule of topics for a general overview. Changes in the new edition include a new chapter on language acquisition, which includes experimental research and its implications for. Accounting for the old japanese particle tu, at the penn linguistics colloqium plc 37 and presented research, on the origins of japanese dakuon obstruents. We currently have 5 instructors, all of whom are active at the forefront of research in this field. The phonology of japanese features about 15 consonant phonemes, the crosslinguistically typical fivevowel system of a, i, u, e, o, and a relatively simple phonotactic distribution of phonemes allowing few consonant clusters.
Four readings from japanese language sources are located in files on canvas, labeled by date. John clark and colin yallopan introduction to phonetics and phonology second edition 10. Pdf an introduction to japanese linguistics by natsuko. Mccawley 1968, aoki 1981, tabata 1983, among others. Linguistic theory and the japanese language linguistics. An introduction to japanese linguistics 9781405110655. Graduate activities department of east asian languages. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. The author introduces linguistic notions and terminology and discusses theoretical analyses of linguistic phenomena in the language. Use it to keep track of what weve done and where were going.
The new edition of an introduction to japanese linguistics gives an updated. This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of japanese and its structure which is significantly different from english, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. It is traditionally described as having a mora as the unit of timing, with each mora taking up about the same length of time, so that the disyllabic. This is the first textbook on the structure of japanese written in the framework of generative linguistics. Natsuko tsujimura an introduction to japanese linguistics 11. Changes in the new edition include a new chapter on language acquisition, which includes experimental research and its.
Natsuko tsujimura, an introduction to japanese linguistics second edition 11. An introduction to japanese linguistics, which is designed to introduce students to the areas of japanese linguistics. Natsuko tsujimura is chair and professor in the department of east asian languages and cultures and adjunct professor in the department of linguistics at indiana university. For a more complete but accessible description of the japanese language, we refer the reader to shibatani 1990, backhouse 1993, tsujimura 2006, yamaguchi 2007, and iwasaki 20. An introduction to japanese linguistics pdf adobe drm can be read on any device that can open pdf adobe drm files. An introduction to japanese linguistics, natsuko tsujimura, aug 22, 20, foreign language study, 480 pages. This book contains chapters, which contains an explanation of the key concepts of the subject, followed by activities, which are designe. Tsujimura does an excellent job of introducing japanese morphosyntax to people who have had minimal exposure to japanese. An introduction to japanese linguistics blackwell textbooks in linguistics by natsuko. The handbook of japanese linguistics wiley online books. An introduction to japanese syntax, grammar and language. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.
This course assumes familiarity with linguistic theory. An introduction to japanese linguistics, 3rd edition, by natsuko tsujimura. Data from a broad group of languages is studied for comparison with japanese. Tsujimura, natsuko unaccusative mismatches in japanese.
The book gives a comprehensive account of japanese linguistics covering phonetics, phonology, morphology. She is the editor of the handbook of japanese linguistics wileyblackwell, 1999 and japanese linguistics. An introduction to japanese linguistics, 20, 480 pages. The morphophonemic alternations triggered by the verbal endings in tokyo japanese has been well studied cf.