SEMINAR IN CHINESE LINGUISTICS

ASIAN 632

Development and exchange of scholarly information on specific topics in the field of linguistics. It rotates between various topics about the Chinese language from contemporary perspectives. It may focus on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, or discourse analysis. The mastery of the knowledge learned in this course is essential for further study in Chinese linguistics.

ASIAN 633

Subfields of applied linguistics in Chinese such as sociolinguistics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, language pedagogy, second language acquisition, etc.

ASIAN 631

Introduction to Chinese historical linguistics, including the sound systems of the Shih-ching, T'ang poems, and Yuan songs, and their historical relations to the sounds of modern Mandarin, and syntactic interaction between classical and vernacular Chinese. Not open to students with credit for E ASIAN 631 prior to Fall 2019.

ASIAN 432

Provides an introductory overview of the Chinese language from a contemporary perspective. Covers various topics including phonetics, phonology, dialects, morphology, syntax, orthography, semantics, and pragmatics. Not open to students with credit for E ASIAN 432 prior to Fall 2019.

ASIAN 951

Rotating subjects in the study of Chinese Literature.