Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 24.946 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Linguistics and Philosophy 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa 
• Course Introduction:
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  24.946 Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of lecture notes and pertinent related resources.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different from English, with special emphasis on problems of interest in the study of linguistic universals. Data from a broad group of languages is studied for comparison with Japanese. This course assumes familiarity with linguistic theory.