Courses and Divisions
Comparative Studies in Language and Culture
This course comparatively examines the various diachronic and synchronic aspects of language and culture that all countries, ethnic groups, and regions share. Along with investigating mutual common points and points
Courses and Divisions
Comparative Studies in Language and Culture
This course comparatively examines the various diachronic and synchronic aspects of language and culture that all countries, ethnic groups, and regions share. Along with investigating mutual common points and points of difference, we study the history of linguistic and cultural exchange between Japan and foreign countries, multilingualism and cultural transformation that resulted from contact with foreign languages and cultures, and the state of linguistic and cultural policies in the era of globalization. It also aims to deepen viewpoints for deciphering the linguistic and cultural situation of the world from both micro and macro perspectives.
Systems in Language and Culture
This course comprehensively and systematically investigates the integral relationship between language and culture and various related elements as a linguistic and cultural system. Specifically, it aims to study various theories on the correlation between language, culture, and society, to analyze codes and representational systems that reflect linguistic structure, and to study the ideas and community awareness of various linguistic and cultural groups. Through these investigations, we can gain perspectives for perceiving individual cultural phenomena and cultural groups in a more systematic framework.
Contemporary Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
This course investigates modern cultural issues in various regions of the world from the viewpoints of how the traditional culture characteristic to each respective region transforms itself through contacts with foreign cultures, what kind of structural relationship gender differences have with language and culture, as well as from the perspectives of cultural industries, consumer cultures, movements in media culture, and so on. It also explores the directionality of a sophisticated cultural literacy that can adapt to interdisciplinary trends of culture in the era of globalization.
Language and Communication
This course examines the communication gap that occurs between different cultures in real society, aiming to fuse practical skills for suitable communication to overcome this gap together with theories derived from the standpoint of linguistics. It also investigates communication design competency and the internationality and linguistic and cultural literacy that make exchange possible in modern society where multilingualism and multiculturalism exist symbiotically.
Education in Language and Culture
This course develops language education methods that integrate theories on language acquisition and learning with practical activities of language use for occasions of international information exchange, such as document description, speech, translation, and interpretation. It also aims to apply these not only to foreign language education for Japanese, but also to Japanese education for foreigners, and lifelong learning as well as school education. The goal is to investigate the state of language education that lays the foundation for a deep understanding of language and culture in modern society where multilingualism and multiculturalism exist symbiotically.
Linguistics and Language Informatics
This course investigates the structures and functions of language from the viewpoint of theoretical linguistics and language informatics. The course also provides a theoretical foundation for building a sophisticated natural language processing system. To that 