Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject is an introduction to the linguistic study of Japanese and deals with a selected number of topics from different areas of language, including Japanese linguistic behaviour in contact situations. Topics include loan words, honorifics, speech acts, Japanese script, reference and address terms, and others.
Assessment Project (3000 words): 50% + Review (1000 words): 10% + Examination (2 hours) 40%