2024-4Q Wednesday 9.10 Linguistics E (LAH.A551) W9-322
Tokyo Institute of Technology [Syllabus]

Linguistics E (LAH.A551): Unravel the Language Mechanism

Schedule

• Day 1 2024.12.11 How to proceed to the class, guidance for the final task
• Day 2 2024.12.18 Prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar
• Day 3 2024.12.25 Principle of language generation
• Day 4 2025.01.08 Mathematical Linguistics
• Day 5 2025.01.15 Unsolved linguistic problems
• Day 6 2025.01.22 Philosophy for language research / Conference 1
• Day 7 2025.01.29 Conference 2 / examination

Classroom changed: W9-324 -> W9-322

Students

1. FAN KUANG YAO
2. SOSIN ALEXANDER MICHAEL
3. 古川 真守
4. ZHAO YUE
5. YI XIANZHE
6. SINGH SHALIKA
7. HU LIYAN
8. 戸田 涼太

Day 1 2024.12.11 How to proceed to the class, explanation of the final task

1. This class is one of the liberal arts courses in the 500 level of the master's program.
2. Discussion is mandatory in this class. Therefore you will loose the chance to obtain this credit if you miss any classes.
3. Homework submitting by the asigned time is mandatory for the credit.
4. In addition to attendance, written exams and research presentations are required.
5. If you wish to attend, please read the [Syllabus] carefully.
6. Please prepare one of the following textbooks.
   • Linguistics For Dummies' Published by John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. 6045 Freemont Blvd. Mississauga, Ontario, L5R 4J3
     [Amazon] [Cheat Sheet]
   • An Introduction to Language: Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman and Nina Hyams
     [Amazon] [PDF]
7. Today's topics [pdf]
8. Please bring your Mobile terminal for the material.

Day 2 2024.12.18 Prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar

• Today's topics [pdf]

Day 3 2024.12.25 Principle of language generation / Metaphor / Sign language

• Today's topics: [pdf]
• Family names: [png]
• Word and Brain: [png]

Day 4 2025.01.08 Mathematical Linguistics

• Today's topics: [PDF]

Day 5 2025.01.15 Unsolved linguistic problem

• Today's topics: [PDF]

Day 6 2025.01.22 Philosophy for language research / Conference 1

• Today's topics 1:[PDF]
• Today's topics 2:[PDF]

1. HU LIYAN: The length of a sentence in Chinese, Japanese and English.
2. SINGH SHALIKA: The evolution of Hindi language with time
3. ZHAO YUE: Linguistics' role in the era of large language model
4. FURUKAWA MAMORU: Mathematical model of dialect diffusion

Day 7 2025.01.29 Conference 2 and examination