L490: Also meets with L590
Structure of Japanese

The goal of this course is to analyze various linguistic phenomena
in  Japanese from a theoretical point of view.  The main focus of
the course will be placed on phonology and syntax, though various
topics on phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and language
variation will be also touched upon.  Requirements are assignments
and a term- project. In the term project, each student will attempt
to provide her/his own analysis of some linguistic phenomenon in
Japanese, comparing it with a related phenomenon in some other
language(s), and present the results in the class.  No knowledge of
Japanese is presupposed but some background in formal linguistics is
required.  The course will satisfy the foreign language structure
requirement at both MA and Ph.D. levels.