Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate Program in Linguistic Science

Doctoral Course

<Educational philosophy and Goals>
This doctoral program focuses on the universality and diversity found in language which is an important part of human nature, and intends to cultivate human resources who will contribute to the essential understanding of humans and the universal realization of human dignity.For many years, our university has played a leading role in the fields of grammar theory, language acquisition theory, foreign language education, and communication theory.Inheriting this tradition, we aim to build a universal theory of human language and a theory of second language acquisition including Japanese and English as foreign languages, with the two pillars of language theory and language acquisition theory.

<Program Characteristics>
This doctoral program trains students who are excellent in both language research and professional language education. Many of the graduates go on to pursue careers in teaching Japanese or English at the same time as conducting theoretical or applied research on language, so the master's program offers a variety of courses related to Japanese and English education. We have created a curriculum that allows students to take the following subjects. We also actively accept international students who wish to conduct advanced comparative research between Japanese as their second language, and their mother tongue as their first language, or who wish to play a leading role in Japanese language education in their home countries after completing their studies.

<Curriculum>
Specialized subjects:
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Science: Linguistic Theory A & B
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Science: Linguistic Expression A & B
  • Special Topics in Linguistic Science: Language Acquisition A & B
Seminar subjects
  • Research Supervision I-IX
  • Assignment exercises of language science A/B/C

<Expected career benefits>
  • Researchers who can be active internationally in the fields of language research and language acquisition research
  • Researchers who can play a central role in language research and language acquisition research in their home country (outside Japan)
  • Japanese language and English educators who play a leadership role at educational and research institutions in Japan and abroad.

[ E-mail:ml-grad@nanzan-u.ac.jp

Master's Course