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- Title:
- Professor
- Teacher Group:
- Language and Communication
Classes
Foundations and Methodology for Linguistics and Language Studies
Class Content
Theoretical Foundations for Language Studies and Linguistics
The aim of this course is to introduce the basic methodology and principles of linguistics, by studying structural aspects of human languages. We focus on the following four fields of linguistics: morphology (study of the structure of words), phonology (study of sound structure), syntax (study of sentence structure), and semantics (study of meaning and denotation). The students will become familiar with the basic methodology and concepts of linguistic study, and understand what we really have in our mind/brain. The entire course will be conducted in English (lectures, discussions, student presentations, assignments, and term papers). The students are then required to make an oral presentation, reporting their analysis of assignments. The assignments include analysis of sample data taken from various world languages (including the studentsʼ native languages) using the methodology the students have learned. The presentation of the proposed analysis will be discussed and evaluated.
Brief Outline of History & Achievements
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Connecticut (1998)
・Oku, Satoshi & Linyan Qiu (2019) A Comparative Study of Unaccusativity Alternation and Its Theoretical Implications, JESL 36, 127-133.・Oku, Satoshi (2018) Labeling and Overt/Covert Movements, Nanzan Linguistics 13, 9-28.・Oku, Satoshi (2016) A Note on Ellipsis-Resistant Constituents, Nanzan Linguistics 11, 57-70. ・「スクランブリングか? QRか? ラベル付けに基づくアプローチ」（単著）斎藤衛・高橋大厚・瀧田健介・高橋真彦・村杉恵子[編](2020年9月)『日本語研究から生成文法理論へ』（開拓社、東京）pp.48-63.
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Academic Society Affiliations
Linguistic Society of America, Linguistic Society of Japan, English Linguistic Society of Japan
satoshio@imc.hokudai.ac.jp
Research Areas
Theoretical Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Comparative Syntax