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ITAKURA Hiroko|Shinshu University Researcher List

ITAKURA Hiroko

Academic Assembly School of Science and Technology Institute of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering 

Senior Assistant Professor 

Degree

  • Ph.D, The University of Hong Kong

Field Of Study

  • English Education
  • Language and culture
  • Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

TEL

    026 269 5016

Mail Address

    hiroko_itakura★shinshu-u.ac.jp

Career

  • 2006 - 2017
    Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • 1994 - 2005
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Educational Background

  • 1990, University of Exeter, Centre for Applied Linguistics

Paper

  • Self-praise in Japanese conversation
    Hiroko Itakura
    Journal of Pragmatics, 202, 80-92, 2022, Refereed
    Lead, Last, Corresponding電子ジャーナル
  • Constructing Japanese men’s multidimensional identities: A case study of mixed-gender talk
    Hiroko Itakura
    Pragmatics 25 (2), pp. 179-203, 2015, Refereed
  • Femininity in mixed-sex talk and intercultural communication: Are Japanese women polite and submissive?
    Hiroko Itakura
    Pragmatics and Society 5 (3), pp. 455-483., 2014, Refereed
  • Hedging praise in English and Japanese book reviews
    Hiroko Itakura
    Journal of Pragmatics 45 (1), 131-148., 2013, Refereed
  • Evaluation in academic discourse: Managing criticism in Japanese and English book review
    Hiroko Itakura & Amy B. M. Tsui
    Journal of Pragmatics 43 (5), 1366-1379., 2011, Refereed
  • Attitudes towards the use of masculine and feminine Japanese among foreign professionals: What can learners learn from professionals?
    Hiroko Itakura
    Language, Culture, and Curriculum 22 (1), pp. 29-41, 2009, Refereed
  • Attitudes toward masculine Japanese in multilingual professional contexts of Hong Kong: Gender, identity, and native-speaker status
    Hiroko Itakura
    Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29(6), pp. 467-482., 2008, Refereed
  • Gender and conversational dominance in Japanese conversation
    Hiroko Itakura & Amy B. M. Tsui
    Language in Society 33 (2), pp. 223-248, 2004, Refereed
  • Changing cultural stereotypes through e-mail assisted foreign language learning
    Hiroko Itakura
    System 33(1), pp. 37-51., 2004, Refereed
  • 日本語,日本語学習者と母語話者の異文化理解の形成―電子メールプロジェクトワークを通して
    中島祥子、板倉ひろこ
    異文化間教育, (17), 87-95, 2003, Refereed
  • Gender and pragmatic transfer in topic development
    Hiroko Itakura
    Language, Culture, and Curriculum 15 (2), pp. 161-183., 2002, Refereed
  • 日本語,IT時代における日本語教育―香港・鹿児島間の電子メール双方向型プロジェクトワークの試み
    板倉ひろこ、中島祥子
    世界の日本語教育<日本語教育事情報告篇>, (6), 227-240, 2001, Refereed
  • Describing conversational dominance
    Hiroko Itakura
    Journal of Pragmatics 33(12), pp. 1859-1880., 2001, Refereed

Books and other publications

  • Indirect reports and pragmatics in the world’s languages
    Hiroko Itakura, Single work, Accuracy in reported speech: Evidence from masculine and feminine Japanese
    Berlin: Springer, pp. 315-332 2018, Refereed
    ISBN:978-3-319-78770-1
  • In: V. Parvaresh and A. Capone (ed.), The pragmeme of accommodation and intercultural pragmatics: The case of interaction around the event of death
    John C. Wakefield & Hiroko Itakura, Joint work, English vs. Japanese condolences: What people say and why
    Berlin: Springer, pp. 203-231 2017, Refereed
  • In: B. Fraser and K. Turner (eds.), Studies in pragmatics, Vol. 6: Language in life, and a life in language: Jacob Mey – A Festschrift (pp. 193-202).
    Hiroko Itakura & Amy B.M.Tsui, Joint work, Criticisms in English and Japanese in academic writing
    Bingley: Emerald, pp. 193-202 2009, Refereed
  • In: W. Cheng and K. C. C. Kong (eds.), Professional communication: Collaboration between academics and practitioners. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
    Hiroko Itakura, Gender and professional communication: The role of feminine style in multilingual workplaces
    pp. 71-92 2009, Refereed
  • Conversational Dominance and Gender. A Study of Japanese Speakers in First and Second Language Context (Pragmatics & Beyond Series 89)
    Hiroko Itakura
    Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2001, Refereed

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Responding to self-praise
    Hiroko Itakura
    24th Annual Meeting of Pragmatic Society of Japan , 18 Dec. 2021
  • Self-praise in Japanese: Is gender relevant?
    Hiroko Itakura
    23rd Annual Meeting of The Pragmatic Society of Japan , 28 Nov. 2020

Research Themes

  • 自然会話の自賛の発話形式とポライトネスについて Self-praise in conversation and politeness (基盤C)
    科学研究費補助金
    2023