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Lecturer(s)
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Jandová chen Yixuan, M.A.
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Course content
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W1 Course Introduction and Taiwan Overview W2 Taiwan's Multilingual Ecology W3 A Brief History of Four Centuries of Taiwan W4 Linguistic Traces of Historical Evolution W5 Seasons and Solar Terms W6 "B? Q?" and "X?ng?n": Body and Organs in Language W7 Festivals, Color, and Taboos W8 Implicit or Direct? Euphemism and the Art of 'Mi?nzi' W9 The Appearance of Urbanized Life W10 The Internet and Creation of Digital Codes W11 Shifts in Language Policy and Integration of New Residents W12 Conclusion and Future Challenges W13 Final Oral Presentation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work
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Learning outcomes
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The course adopts an interdisciplinary analytical framework, aiming to guide students toward understanding the complex social, historical, and linguistic structures underpinning Taiwan's local cultural customs and living norms through in-depth observation. The curriculum will help students grasp Taiwan's unique identity shaped by colonialism, ethnic interaction, and globalization, and analyze the communicative function of everyday objects or rituals as cultural symbols in society. Furthermore, students will be trained in using theoretical tools from cognitive linguistics and social pragmatics to analyze how language systems, through specific vocabulary, metaphors, and expressive strategies, reflect collective cognition regarding the body, emotion, and communication norms. Ultimately, students will be able to contrast the Taiwanese experience with their own cultural background, fostering respect for linguistic diversity and cultural compatibility, alongside a critical understanding of cultural change during modernization.
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Prerequisites
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No previous knowledge of Chinese is required.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Dialog, Visitation
Participation in classes, attendance and final oral presentation
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Recommended literature
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Farzad Sharifian. Cultural Linguistics.
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JOURDAN, CH.; TUITE, K. Language, culture and society: key topics in linguistic anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006..
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Ronald Wardhaugh and Janet M. Fuller. An introduction to sociolinguistics.
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