Tohoku University

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

Titles

Modality in Japanese: The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories

Heiko Narrog

Subjects Functional linguistics | Japanese linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 109] 2009. xxii, 277 pp. | monograph

Complementation: Cognitive and functional perspectives

Edited by Kaoru Horie

Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Typology

[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 1] 2000. vi, 242 pp. | edited volume

Takahashi, Daiko 2026 Argument ellipsis and grammatical function mismatches

In: New Insights into Theoretical Syntax from Asian Languages: Studies in honor of C.-T. James Huang, Simpson, Andrew (ed.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 290] pp. 183–209

Kurokawa, Satsuki 2026 Revisiting the effects of phonological short-term memory on second language vocabulary acquisition: A meta-analysis

Keywords: phonological short-term memory | vocabulary acquisition | vocabulary test | meta-analysis | moderator analysis

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics | Online First Publication, 28 pp. | article | open access

Sasajima, Shigeru & Barry Kavanagh 2024 Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of CLIL pedagogy and globalisation in Japan

Keywords: CLIL pedagogy | DEI | ELT | globalisation | Integrated Multifunctional Teacher

AILA Review | Online First Publication, 31 pp. | article

Gong, Liwei & Satoshi Uehara 2024 The action reference construction in Mandarin Chinese and typology of lexical flexibility

Keywords: Mandarin Chinese | parts of speech | lexical flexibility | construction grammar | nominalization

Studies in Language 48:4 pp. 813–850 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2022 Historical change in the Japanese tense-aspect system*

In: Development of Tense and Aspect Systems, Gvozdanović, Jadranka (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 123] pp. 143–178

Wu, Lili & Ryan Spring 2021 Acquiring the core-peripheral distinction in split intransitivity: Evidence from L2 English

Keywords: the core-peripheral distinction | split intransitivity | prenominal past participles | the for hours constructions | primacy

Journal of Second Language Studies 5:1 pp. 144–169 | article

Kavanagh, Barry 2021 A study on how cultural and gender parameters affect emoticon distribution, usage and frequency in American and Japanese online discourse

Keywords: emoticons | gender | positive impact upgraders (PIU’s) | negative impact downgraders (NID’s) | Japanese | American | speech act markers | culture

In: Approaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and practice, Xie, Chaoqun, Francisco Yus & Hartmut Haberland (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 318] pp. 287–320

Chen, Wei, Takeshi Nakamoto & Juan Zhang 2021 The translation of extralinguistic cultural references in subtitling: An investigation of translation fidelity in Chinese films

Keywords: extralinguistic cultural references (ECRs) | subtitling | fidelity | Chinese–English

Target 37:4 pp. 539–567 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2020  The scope of modal categories: An empirical study

Keywords: modality | modal categories | evidentiality | scope | scope ambiguity | Japanese

In: Re-assessing Modalising Expressions: Categories, co-text, and context, Hohaus, Pascal & Rainer Schulze (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 216] pp. 47–78

Narrog, Heiko 2020  Modal marking in conditionals. Grammar, usage and discourse

Keywords: conditional clauses | modality | Japanese | discourse patterns | speech acts

In: Re-assessing Modalising Expressions: Categories, co-text, and context, Hohaus, Pascal & Rainer Schulze (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 216] pp. 173–194

Narrog, Heiko 2020 Historical change in the Japanese tense-aspect system

Keywords: grammaticalization | tense | aspect | Japanese | resultative-perfect-past path | progressive-present-future path

Journal of Historical Linguistics 10:2 pp. 289–324 | article

Shimada, Masaharu & Akiko Nagano 2017 Miratives in Japanese: The rise of mirative markers via grammaticalization

Keywords: information structure | sentence-final particles | formal nouns | semi-lexical categories | grammaticalization

Journal of Historical Linguistics 7:1/2 pp. 213–244 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2016 Chapter 10. Insubordination in Japanese diachronically

In: Insubordination, Evans, Nicholas & Honoré Watanabe (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 115] pp. 247–282

Heine, Bernd, Heiko Narrog & Haiping Long 2016 Constructional change vs. grammaticalization: From compounding to derivation

Keywords: Construction Grammar | decategorialization | derivation | desemanticization | compounding | constructional change | grammaticalization

Studies in Language 40:1 pp. 137–175 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2014 Beyond intersubjectification: Textual uses of modality and mood in subordinate clauses as part of speech-act orientation

In: Intersubjectivity and Intersubjectification in Grammar and Discourse: Theoretical and descriptive advances, Brems, Lieselotte, Lobke Ghesquière & Freek Van de Velde (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 65] pp. 29–51

Luraghi, Silvia & Heiko Narrog 2014 Perspectives on semantic roles: An introduction

In: Perspectives on Semantic Roles, Luraghi, Silvia & Heiko Narrog (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 106] pp. 1–22

Narrog, Heiko 2014 The grammaticalization chain of case functions: Extension and reanalysis of case marking vs. universals of grammaticalization

In: Perspectives on Semantic Roles, Luraghi, Silvia & Heiko Narrog (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 106] pp. 69–98

Narrog, Heiko & Seongha Rhee 2013 Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese

In: Shared Grammaticalization: With special focus on the Transeurasian languages, Robbeets, Martine & Hubert Cuyckens (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 132] pp. 287–316

Hitosi, Gotoo 2012 Review of La arto labori kune: Festlibro por Humphrey Tonkin edited by Detlev Blanke & Ulrich Lins (2010)

Language Problems and Language Planning 36:1 pp. 95–97 | book review

Sandu, Roxana 2012  Su(m)imasen and gomen nasai : Linguistic devices marking Japanese apology expressions and emotivity

Keywords: adverbial forms | su(m)imasen | Japanese apologies | emotivity | interjections

Language and Dialogue 2:3 pp. 339–362 | article

Sanders, Robert Martin & Satoshi Uehara 2012 A syntactic classification of the synchronic use of gěi in Beijing Mandarin: A spoken corpus-based case study of its polyfunctionality

Keywords: Beijing Mandarin | spoken corpus | polyfunctionality | constructional network | gei

Chinese Language and Discourse 3:2 pp. 167–199 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2012 Beyond intersubjectification: Textual uses of modality and mood in subordinate clauses as part of speech-act orientation

English Text Construction 5:1 pp. 29–52 | article

Uehara, Satoshi 2011 The socio-cultural motivation of referent honorifics in Korean and Japanese

In: Motivation in Grammar and the Lexicon, Panther, Klaus-Uwe & Günter Radden (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 27] pp. 191–212

Narrog, Heiko 2011 Review of On comitatives and related categories: A typological study with special focus on the languages of Europe by Thomas Stolz, Cornelia Stroh & Aina Urdze (2006)Review of Durch ‘mit’ eingeleitete präpositionale Objekte in den romanischen Sprachen by Annette Endruschat (2007)

Studies in Language 34:4 pp. 943–951 | book review

Horie, Kaoru 2008 Review of The Korean Language by Ho-Min Sohn (1999)

Studies in Language 32:2 pp. 500–504 | book review

Narrog, Heiko 2008 A note on modality and aspect in Saramaccan

In: Modality–Aspect Interfaces: Implications and typological solutions, Abraham, Werner & Elisabeth Leiss (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 79] pp. 359–368

Nakamura, Wataru 2008 Fluid transitivity and generalized semantic roles

In: Investigations of the Syntax–Semantics–Pragmatics Interface, Van Valin Jr., Robert D. (ed.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 105] pp. 101–116

Uehara, Satoshi & Etsuko Fukushima 2008 Masen or nai desu – That is the question: A case study into Japanese conversational discourse

In: Style Shifting in Japanese, Jones, Kimberly & Tsuyoshi Ono (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 180] pp. 161–184

Narrog, Heiko 2008 The aspect-modality link in the Japanese verbal complex and beyond

In: Modality–Aspect Interfaces: Implications and typological solutions, Abraham, Werner & Elisabeth Leiss (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 79] pp. 279–307

Horie, Kaoru 2008 The grammaticalization of nominalizers in Japanese and Korean: A contrastive study

In: Rethinking Grammaticalization: New perspectives, López-Couso, María José, Elena Seoane & Teresa Fanego (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 76] pp. 169–187

Narrog, Heiko 2007 Modality and grammaticalization in Japanese

Keywords: modality | Japanese | grammaticalization | speaker-orientation | subjectification | deontic and epistemic

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 8:2 pp. 269–294 | article

Horie, Kaoru 2007 Subjectification and intersubjectification in Japanese: A comparative-typological perspective

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 8:2 pp. 311–323 | article

Narrog, Heiko 2004 From transitive to causative in Japanese: Morphologization through exaptation

Keywords: exaptation | grammaticalization | morphologization | Japanese | causatives | Sanskrit | language change | transitivity

Diachronica 21:2 pp. 351–392 | article

Horie, Kaoru 2008 Complementation in Japanese and Korean: A contrastive and cognitive linguistic approach

In: Complementation: Cognitive and functional perspectives, Horie, Kaoru (ed.) [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 1] pp. 11–31

Horie, Kaoru 2000 Core-Oblique Distinction and Nominalizer Choice in Japanese and Korean

Studies in Language 24:1 p. 77 | article

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