LING M116

Introduction to Japanese Linguistics

Linguistics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Same as Japanese M120.) Introduction to Japanese grammar and sociolinguistics through reading, discussion, and problem solving in phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse pragmatics.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: Japanese 3 or 8 or Japanese placement test.

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one of

JAPAN 3
JAPAN 8
Japanese placement test

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

LING M116

JAPAN 3Elementary Modern Japanese
- JAPAN 2Elementary Modern Japanese
  - JAPAN 1Elementary Modern Japanese
JAPAN 8Elementary Japanese: Intensive

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 4 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.