Noriko Iwasaki
List of John Benjamins publications in which Noriko Iwasaki is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2405-5522 | E‑ISSN 2405‑5530
2021 Fluidity and diversity of Japanese communities in London Language and Communication of Asian Diaspora Communities in Europe, Wang, Zi and Florian Coulmas (eds.), pp. 260–278 | Article
This paper explores the reality of ‘Japanese communities’ in London and the interrelation between language and identity. First, we trace the history of the Japanese community to around the beginning of the Meiji Era (1868–1912), when Japan emerged from national isolation. We then focus on one of… read more
2019 Chapter 11. Iconicity in L2 Japanese speakers’ multi-modal language use: Mimetics and co-speech gesture in relation to L1 and Japanese proficiency Ideophones, Mimetics and Expressives, Akita, Kimi and Prashant Pardeshi (eds.), pp. 265–302 | Chapter
Japanese mimetics are often reported to be difficult for speakers of Japanese as a second/foreign language (L2). Recent work examining L2 Japanese learners’ comprehension/perception (e.g., Naito-Billen 2013; Nakaishi et al. 2014) found that understanding mimetics is indeed challenging even for… read more
2013 Getting over the hedge: Acquisition of mitigating language in L2 Japanese Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad, Kinginger, Celeste (ed.), pp. 239–268 | Article
This chapter first discusses an expanded construct of language proficiency, to highlight interpersonal/social dimensions of language, in my work on language learning abroad. I then report on an interpersonally significant but often neglected aspect of learners’ language – hedges. It was found that,… read more
2001 Lemma Structure in Language Learning: Comments on Representation and Realization Approaches to Bootstrapping: Phonological, lexical, syntactic and neurophysiological aspects of early language acquisition, Weissenborn, Jürgen and Barbara Höhle (eds.), pp. 125–144 | Article