"Contrastive Study for Japanese and Other Languages"
The 2nd Research Seminar - Report
Hosted by the Contrastive Japanese Division, International Center for Japanese Studies
Presenters and Presentation Titles:
Kenji Okano (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "No (da) in Modern Colloquial Burmese"
Takashi Narita (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) "Passive Sentences in German and Japanese"
Takashi Masuoka (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies) "The Differentiation of Conjunctive Forms"
Date: Saturday July 3, 2010, 13:15 to 18:00
Venue: Institute of Language Research (Room 419, Research and Lecture Building), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Fuchu Campus), open to public
The Contrastive Japanese Division hosted the 2nd research seminar of the project, "Contrastive Study for Japanese and Other Languages". Firstly, Okano introduced a word (morpheme) in Modern Colloquial Burmese which has similar functions as "no (da)" in Japanese, and explained its various usages while pointing out the similarities and differences with "no (da)". Next, Narita demonstrated, with several examples, that the differences between German and Japanese passive sentences can be clearly explained through the accurate usage of words such as "shiten (perspektive)" and "shiza (viewpoint)". Finally, Masuoka chose the synonymous forms of "dakeni" and "dake atte" ("Kitaiga ookikatta dakeni, shitsuboumo ookii", "Sasuga Yamadasan dake atte, kyoumibukai happyou datta.") from among Japanese conjunctive forms to explain their similarities and differences, and argued that his analysis can be widely positioned as an issue in the "differentiation of conjunctive forms". After each presentation, a lively Q & A session followed with questions and comments coming from some members of the audience. The next seminar (3rd research seminar) will be held on Dec 18 (Sat).
Photo gallery ( Slide Show )
Seminar handouts (PDF)
No (da) in Modern Colloquial Burmese
Passive Sentences in German and Japanese
The Differentiation of Conjunctive Forms
Poster ( PDF )
