Rikkyo University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Rikkyo University*

Titles

New Insights in the History of Interpreting

Edited by Kayoko Takeda & Jesús Baigorri-Jalón

Subjects History of linguistics | Interpreting | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 122] 2016. xvi, 278 pp. | | open access

Iconicity: East meets West

Edited by Masako K. Hiraga, William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara & Kimi Akita

Subjects Phonology | Semiotics | Theoretical linguistics | Theoretical literature & literary studies

[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 14] 2015. x, 279 pp. |

Voices of the Invisible Presence: Diplomatic interpreters in post-World War II Japan

Kumiko Torikai

Subjects Communication Studies | Translation Studies

[Benjamins Translation Library, 83] 2008. x, 197 pp. | monograph

Machi, Saeko 2025 The fun of repeating: Using ba theory to explore how Japanese speakers jointly engage in conversational playfulness

Keywords: discourse analysis | cross-speaker repetition | conversational playfulness | humor | amusement | a sense of co-presence | a sense of connectedness | Japanese conversation | ba theory

In: Emancipatory Pragmatics: Innovative approaches to pragmatics incorporating the concept of “ba”, Fujii, Yoko, William F. Hanks, Sachiko Ide, Scott Saft & Kishiko Ueno (eds.) [Culture and Language Use: Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 24] pp. 196–226 | open access

Yamada, Masaru 2023 Post-editing and a sustainable future for translators

Keywords: human translation | post-editing | machine translation | sustainable translation

In: Translation in Transition: Human and machine intelligence, Lacruz, Isabel (ed.) [American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series, XX] pp. 39–56

Takeda, Kayoko 2023 Interpreting with “human sympathy”: Missionaries in uniform during the Pacific War and occupation of Japan

Keywords: Christian missionaries | missionary children | Pacific War | occupation of Japan | military interpreters | military intelligence

In: Towards an Atlas of the History of Interpreting: Voices from around the world, Ruiz Rosendo, Lucía & Jesús Baigorri-Jalón (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 159] pp. 145–170

Machi, Saeko 2023 Transcending the senpai ‘senior’/kōhai ‘junior’ boundary through cross-speaker repetition in Japanese

Keywords: discourse analysis | cross-speaker repetition | honorific markers | vertical relationship | speech style shift | interactants’ relationships | Japanese conversation

Pragmatics 34:1 pp. 109–133 | article | open access

Matsushita, Kayo 2022 How remote interpreting changed the Japanese interpreting industry: Findings from an online survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keywords: remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) | interpreting industry | interpreter survey | Japanese | COVID-19 | 遠隔同時通訳（RSI） | 通訳業界 | 質問紙調査 | 日本語 | 新型コロ ナウイルス

InContext 2:2 pp. 167–185 | article | open access

Nitta, Ryo 2020 Biographical retrodiction for investigating the evolution of learner agency and L2 writing development through study abroad experiences

Keywords: learner agency | retrodiction | study abroad | L2 writing

In: Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development, Fogal, Gary G. & Marjolijn H. Verspoor (eds.) [Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54] pp. 133–158

Sasaki, Miyuki, Kyoko Baba, Ryo Nitta & Paul Kei Matsuda 2020 Exploring the effects of web-based communication tasks on the development and transferability of audience awareness in L2 writers

Keywords: audience awareness | SNS | learning transfer | argumentative writing

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 43:3 pp. 277–301 | article

Matsushita, Kayo 2020 Reporting quotable yet untranslatable speech: Observations of shifting practices by Japanese newspapers from Obama to Trump

Keywords: US President | political speeches | direct quotes | Japanese newspapers | news translation

AILA Review 33 pp. 157–175 | article | open access

Matsushita, Kayo 2019 Globalization of the emerging media newsroom: Implications for translation and international news flow in the case of BuzzFeed Japan

Keywords: news translation | journalism | Japanese | multiplatform | online media

In: Journalism and Translation in the Era of Convergence, Davier, Lucile & Kyle Conway (eds.) [Benjamins Translation Library, 146] pp. 135–153

Kotani, Mariko 2017 Initiating side-sequenced vocabulary lessons: Asymmetry of linguistic knowledge and opportunities for learning in conversation

Keywords: conversation analysis | epistemics | expert and novice identities | first and second language users | learning | repair | side sequence | word search

Pragmatics and Society 8:2 pp. 254–280 | article

Hiraga, Masako K., William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara & Kimi Akita 2015 Introduction: Ubiquity of Iconicity - East Meets West

In: Iconicity: East meets West, Hiraga, Masako K., William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara & Kimi Akita (eds.) [Iconicity in Language and Literature, 14] pp. 1–9

Sakai, Shinichiro, Ron Korenaga, Yoshifumi Mizukawa & Motoko Igarashi 2014 Envisioning the plan in interaction: Configuring pipes during a plumbers’ meeting

In: Interacting with Objects: Language, materiality, and social activity, Nevile, Maurice, Pentti Haddington, Trine Heinemann & Mirka Rauniomaa (eds.)  pp. 339–356

Kanke, Tomohiro & Junya Morooka 2012 In search of an alternative history of debate in early modern Japan: The case of youth club debates in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Keywords: youth club | history of debate | government and debate | debate topic | early modern Japan

Journal of Argumentation in Context 1:2 pp. 168–193 | article

Nagai, Tomokazu & Masako K. Hiraga 2011 Inner and outer body parts: The case of hara ‘belly’ and koshi ‘lower back’ in Japanese

In: Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from various languages and cultures, Maalej, Zouheir & Ning Yu (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 31] pp. 149–170

Takahashi, Satomi 2010 The effect of pragmatic instruction on speech act performance

In: Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues, Martínez-Flor, Alicia & Esther Usó-Juan (eds.) [Language Learning & Language Teaching, 26] pp. 127–142

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.