Saeko Fukushima
List of John Benjamins publications in which Saeko Fukushima is involved.
2023 Chapter 4. Address terms in social media requests: A contrastive study of Chinese and Japanese university students It's different with you: Contrastive perspectives on address research, Baumgarten, Nicole and Roel Vismans (eds.), pp. 92–112 | Chapter
Although address terms have been examined in Chinese and Japanese, few studies have compared the use of address terms between the two languages. This study investigates address terms in Chinese and Japanese in social media communication, focusing on requests between university students. Two sets… read more
2020 The meta-conventionalisation and moral order of e-practices: A Japanese case study (Im)politeness and Moral Order in Online Interactions, Xie, Chaoqun (ed.), pp. 149–173 | Chapter
This study overviews the phenomenon of the meta-conventionalisation of interpersonal practices in the context of computer-mediated communication. The term ‘meta-conventionalisation’ refers to the coding of the conventional interpersonal practices of a particular group, or various groups, in the… read more
2018 The meta-conventionalisation and moral order of e-practices: A Japanese case study (Im)politeness and Moral Order in Online Interactions, Xie, Chaoqun (ed.), pp. 352–378 | Article
This paper overviews the phenomenon of the meta-conventionalisation of interpersonal practices in the context of computer-mediated communication. The term ‘meta-conventionalisation’ refers to the coding of the conventional interpersonal practices of a particular group, or various groups, in the… read more
2013 Evaluation of (im)politeness: A comparative study among Japanese students, Japanese parents and American students on evaluation of attentiveness Pragmatics 23:2, pp. 275–299 | Article
This study explores the evaluation of (im)politeness, which is made by a hearer (or a beneficiary). Although discursive researchers advocate the importance of the evaluation of (im)politeness made by a hearer in politeness research, empirical studies on the evaluation of (im)politeness are still… read more
2011 A cross-generational and cross-cultural study on demonstration of attentiveness Pragmatics 21:4, pp. 549–571 | Article
This paper looks into whether there are any differences in demonstration of attentiveness between different generations and different cultures. By attentiveness I mean a demonstrator’s preemptive response to a beneficiary’s verbal/non-verbal cues or situations surrounding a beneficiary and a… read more
2009 Evaluation of politeness: Do the Japanese evaluate attentiveness more positively than the British? Pragmatics 19:4, pp. 501–518 | Article
This study investigates evaluation of attentiveness by British and Japanese university students. Attentiveness (kikubari) (defined as a demonstrator’s preemptive response to a beneficiary’s verbal/non-verbal cues or situations) is demonstrated without being requested and it is one of the important… read more
2003 A cross-cultural study of requests: The case of British and Japanese undergraduates Meaning Through Language Contrast: Volume 2, Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M. and Ken Turner (eds.), pp. 263–275 | Article