Prereq:JAPN302

This combined language/linguistics course introduces Japanese business language and cultural practices from a cross-cultural, cross-linguistic perspective and is designed for intermediate to advanced level learners. Initial background readings in English will be drawn from relevant fields including pragmatics (the study of language use in context), conversation and discourse analysis, and corpus linguistics. Japanese language topics include business telephone conversations, e-mail correspondence, and case studies on multinational corporations such as Nintendo, Walmart, and Coca-Cola. Taught in English and Japanese.

Prereq -- JAPN201 Familiarizes students with fundamental topics in the field of linguistic pragmatics (the study of language use in context) through the lens of stylistic variation in the films of Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli. Students are introduced to pragmatic concepts such as deixis (how language is used to "point" to social, temporal, and spatial relationships), speech acts (how utterances function as requests, orders, apologies, invitations, etc.), and linguistic (im)politeness. An important area of focus is how the linguistic behavior of various characters contributes to their situated portrayals in these films.