Asian Studies 344 - Japanese Lang & Linguistics

This is a content-and-language-integrated course that explores the characteristics of the Japanese language, including its vocabulary structure, phonetic system, writing system, and dialects. The class will be mainly conducted in Japanese. Readings will be authentic Japanese materials; their language levels are from children's linguistics books to newspaper essays. Students are expected to conduct oral presentations and write short papers in Japanese in addition to readings and informal discussion.

Prereq: Asian 326 and permission of instructor.