Professor

Masaki Yamaoka

Masaki Yamaoka

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Faculty of Letters Department of Human Studies

Graduate School of Graduate School of Letters Humanities Major

Graduate School of Graduate School of Letters International Language Education Major

Center for South Asian Studies　※Japanese only

Specialized Field	Japanese linguistics, linguistics, pragmatics, philosophical anthropology
Research theme	Japanese communication, Research on considerate expressions, Theory of speech functions
Subjects in charge	Japanese (Language) Communication Theory, Modern Japanese Grammar A, Cultural Semiotics, Human Studies
Seminar Theme	Japanese Communication Studies
Main career, work history, and academic background	Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Soka High School University of Tsukuba, College of Humanities University of Tsukuba, Graduate School, Department of Applied Linguistics, Graduate School of Literature and Language Studies 1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Literature and Linguistics, University of Tsukuba 1992 Lecturer Faculty of Letters Soka University 1997 Assistant Lecturer Faculty of Letters Soka University 2000: Received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Tsukuba 2004 Professor Faculty of Letters Soka University (current position) 2005-2006 Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley 2019-2020 Visiting Professor, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi
Affiliated academic societies and organizations	The Japanese Association for Japanese Language Studies, The Japanese Association for Japanese Language Teaching, The Japanese Cognitive Science Society, The Pragmatic Association of Japanese
Main Papers and Publications	"Japanese 2nd Step" (co-author, Hakutei-sha) "Predicates and Sentence Functions in Japanese" and "Speech Function Theory" (Kuroshio Publishing) "Communication and Considerate Expressions," "New Edition: Introduction to Japanese Pragmatics" (co-author, Meiji Shoin) "Principles and Aspects of Considerate Expressions in Japanese" (edited and written by Kuroshio Publishing) "Toward a Revival of the Humanities" (co-authored and co-edited, Keiso Shobo) "The Path to Becoming a Creative Person" (co-authored and co-edited by Daisanbunmeisha)
others	E-mail: myamaoka@soka.ac.jp Hobbies: Listening to classical music, writing

Specialized Field	Linguistics, Modern Japanese Language, Speech Function Theory
Research theme	Modern Japanese grammar. He is working on constructing a theory of speech function that reinterprets interpersonal modality as a sentence function and incorporates findings from pragmatics and speech act theory.
research content	Modern Japanese grammar. In particular, I have reinterpreted interpersonal modality as a sentence function based on propositional content conditions, and have been working to describe the grammatical features of the vocabulary that serves as its predicate. I am currently working on the construction of a theory of speech function that combines knowledge of pragmatics and speech act theory with this theory of sentence function.
Research and Education Policy	With the theory of speech function as the unifying theme, I would like to provide education according to the goals of each student. I would like students who wish to become Japanese language teachers to study practical speech function theory as the theoretical foundation of the communicative approach, and students who wish to conduct linguistics research to study theoretical speech function theory.
Message	Let us learn together about language education as human education and linguistics as human studies.

Specialized Field	Linguistics, Modern Japanese Language, Speech Function Theory
Research theme	Modern Japanese grammar. He is working on constructing a theory of speech function that reinterprets interpersonal modality as a sentence function and incorporates findings from pragmatics and speech act theory.
research content	Modern Japanese grammar. In particular, I have reinterpreted interpersonal modality as a sentence function based on propositional content conditions, and have been working to describe the grammatical features of the vocabulary that serves as its predicate. I am currently working on the construction of a theory of speech function that combines knowledge of pragmatics and speech act theory with this theory of sentence function.
Research and Education Policy	With the theory of speech function as the unifying theme, I would like to provide education according to the goals of each student. I would like students who wish to become Japanese language teachers to study practical speech function theory as the theoretical foundation of the communicative approach, and students who wish to conduct linguistics research to study theoretical speech function theory.
Main career, work history, and academic background	University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Literature and Language Completed doctoral program PhD (Linguistics)
Message	Let us learn together about language education as human education and linguistics as human studies.

Specialized Field	Japanese Language Studies

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