社会言語学	SAU KUEN FAN　 2単位　  　 通年

99001500

This course aims to introduce students’ basic sociolinguistic features of the Japanese language, which is necessary for successful communication with native speakers of Japanese. Lining up with Japanese cultural studies subjects and Japanese language subjects, this course provides a third dimension for the understanding of Japanese communication. In this semester the focus will be placed on various types of language varieties used in the contemporary Japanese society. Topics will include male Japanese, female Japanese, youngsters’ Japanese, Japanese dialects, Japanese foreigner talk, Japanese baby talk and honorifics. In addition, the use of onomatopoeia, loanwords, kinship terms and proper names in the Japanese society will also be discussed.

評価方法：

Attendance 15%, Reading reports 2 X 15%, Final report 50%, Class participation 5%

テキスト名：

Course reader

注意事項：

This course is offered to overseas exchange students enrolled in the Japanese Language and Culture Program (Ryugakusei Bekka).

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１． What is sociolinguistics? ２． Research areas of sociolinguistics ３． Images of words ４． Language and age: Youngsters' Japanese ５． Language and gender: Male and female Japanese ６． Language and geographical regions: Japanese dialects ７． Speech levels ８． Simplified registers: Japanese foreigner talk and baby talk ９． Loanwords and English use in Japanese 10． (Visitor session) 11． Japanese onomatopoeia 12． Kinship terms 13． Naming and use of names in Japan 14． Summary and consultation

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