JAPANESE 722

Introduction to Japanese Sociolinguistics

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for JAPANESE 722.

Description

Students will be introduced to issues such as gender difference, honorifics and dialects versus Standard Japanese from sociolinguistic and linguistic anthropological perspectives. Through these topics, the course will examine the relationship between language, identity and power.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Wayne Lawrence

Points

JAPANESE 722: 30 points