Kishiko Ueno

List of John Benjamins publications in which Kishiko Ueno is involved.

Title

Emancipatory Pragmatics: Innovative approaches to pragmatics incorporating the concept of “ba”

Edited by Yoko Fujii, William F. Hanks, Sachiko Ide, Scott Saft and Kishiko Ueno

Emancipatory Pragmatics represents a unique contribution to the field of pragmatics. Most research in the field has focused on English and other Western languages, but the study of Japanese and other non-Western languages, as is done in this volume, has led to a broader understanding of language… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 24] 2025. xiv, 384 pp. | open access

Article

Ueno, Kishiko 2025 Articulation of self in Japanese and English: An interpretation based on the concept of basho Emancipatory Pragmatics: Innovative approaches to pragmatics incorporating the concept of “ba”, Fujii, Yoko, William F. Hanks, Sachiko Ide, Scott Saft and Kishiko Ueno (eds.), pp. 275–298 | Chapter

This comparative study explores the articulation of self in English and Japanese, focusing on terms of self-reference (“I” vs. “watashi”, “boku”) and expressions of immediate emotional states (“I am sad” vs. “kanashii”). It examines how self-awareness is expressed in these languages through… read more