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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
亚洲文明史与语言兴衰 History Of Asian Civilizations Seen Through Languages
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授课院系
Originating Department
社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences
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课程编号
Course Code
SS114
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
allinstructors）
KIM HANUNG
南方科技大学人文社会科学荣誉学会 Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, SUSTech
hanung@mail.sustech.edu.cn
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
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授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
学时数
Credit Hours
32
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
无 NA
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this
course is a pre-requisite
无 NA
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
无 NA
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquaint students with historical vicissitudes of a variety of languages in Asian
civilizations and to learn about their meanings in Asian history. The course will begin with a general consideration of
theoretical aspects of language, and then follow histories of each major language throughout Asian civilizations. The
course pursues the interactive and participatory pedagogy and, in order to better serve this purpose, every weekly
meeting of the course will be comprised of two parts: topic-oriented lectures (1 and 1⁄2 hours) and interactive Q & A
sessions (1⁄2 hour). For every week’s topic, students are expected to read required weekly readings before the lecture
and encouraged to prepare at least one question or comment regarding weekly subjects in the Q & A session. During
the course, we will watch two films about selected themes in history of language and students are required to write one
final paper on one of them.
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
Have a broad range of knowledge about languages’ roles in human history,
Possess a better understanding of the history and culture of major Asian civilizations,
Learn how to do historical research and use relevant reference resources,
Improve English reading and writing skills,
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
Week 1: Introduction 引言 (2-credit hours)
Self-introductions of the instructor and students
Focus of the course
Aspects of language
Languages and Asian civilizations
Evolution and devolution of languages in Asian history
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Week 2: Language Families 语系 (2-credit hours)
What is the language family?
Language families in Asia
Myths and new understandings of language family
Q&A session
Week 3: Chinese 汉语 (2-credit hours)
Old and Middle Chinese
Classical and literary forms
Current status of the Chinese language
Q&A session
Week 4: Korean 韩国语/朝鲜语 (2-credit hours)
Old and Middle Korean
Influence of Chinese and invention of Hangul
Two Koreas and current status of the Korean language
Q&A session
Week 5: Japanese 日语 (2-credit hours)
Old Japanese and Influence of Chinese
Two “middle” Japanese and appearance of hiragana and katakana
Early modern and modern Japanese
Q&A session
Week 6: Film Viewing 电影观览 (2-credit hours)
The Linguists, Seth Kramer et al., dir. (2008)
Week 7: Mongolian 蒙古语 (2-credit hours)
Old and middle Mongolian and the Mongol Empire
Many Mongolic languages and scripts
Modern Mongolian language
Q&A session
Week 8: Jurchen/Manchu 女真/满洲语 (2-credit hours)
Jurchen language and Manchu language
Scope of Manchu language materials in Qing
Current status and revival movements
Q&A session
Week 9: Tibetan 藏语 (2-credit hours)
Old Tibetan and Tibetan Empire
Tibetan language for Buddhist literature
Current status of Tibetan language
Q&A session
Week 10: Film Viewing 电影观赏 (2-credit hours)
Digital Dharma, Dafna Yachin, dir. (2012)
Week 11: Chagatai 察合台语 (2-credit hours)
Pre-classical Chagatai
Classical Chagatai
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Post-classical Chagatai
Q&A session
Week 12: Vietnamese 越南语 (2-credit hours)
Archaic Vietnamese
Middle Vietnamese and influence of Chinese
Modern Vietnamese and French influence
Q&A session
Week 13: Tangut and Kithan languages 西夏语与契丹语 (2-credit hours)
History of Tangut language
History of Kithan language
Current studies of Tangut and Kithan languages
Q&A session
Week 14: Tocharian and Persian languages 吐火罗语与波斯语 (2-credit hours)
History of Tocharian language
History of Persian language
Current studies of Tocharian and Persian languages
Q&A session
Week 15: Rethinking of languages in Asian civilizations 亚洲历史上语言再考 (2-credit hours)
Languages and nations
Up and downs of languages
Legacies of intact and extinct languages
Q&A session
Week 16: Final Exam 期末考查 (2-credit hours)
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
R. M. W. Dixon. The Rise and Fall of Languages (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
Comrie, Bernard ed. The World's Major Languages (London: Routledge 2008).
Goddard, Cliff. The Languages of East and Southeast Asia: An Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
Sinor, Denis. Inner Asia: History, Civilization, Languages: A Syllabus (Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1969).
Ebrey, Patricia et al. East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History (Boston: Cengage Learning, 2014).
Norman, Jerry. Chinese (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988).
Shibatani, Masayosh. The languages of Japan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990).
Sohn, Ho-Min. Korean Language in Culture and Society (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 2006).
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
10%
attendance is mandatory
课堂表现
20%
evaluated based on student’s
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Class
Performance
performance in each Q&A session
小测验
Quiz
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
期末考试
Final Exam
40%
exam based on the contents of
lectures and Q&A sessions
期末报告
Final Paper
30%
an analytical paper on one of two
films that we will watch during the
course
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority