Sophia University

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

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Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development

Edited by Gary G. Fogal & Marjolijn H. Verspoor

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Writing and literacy

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54] 2020. xvii, 304 pp. | course book

A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions

Edited by Goro Christoph Kimura & Lisa Fairbrother

Subjects Applied linguistics | Discourse studies | Language policy | Multilingualism | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[Studies in World Language Problems, 7] 2020. | edited volume

Furukawa, Gavin 2027 ‘Hey! What are you doing now!’: Negotiating closeness and workplace relationships on Japanese TikTok

Keywords: honorifics | impoliteness | frame analysis | social media | workplace culture

In: Informality in Japanese: Getting close in a formal context, Cook, Haruko Minegishi & Momoko Nakamura (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 357] pp. 230–255

Fukui, Naoki & Hiroki Narita 2026 The notion of “subject” and CED under Symmetrizing Syntax

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] p. 80

Kondo, Sachiko 2026 Displaying affect and affiliation in interactions with L1 speakers: Upgraded second assessments by L2 speakers studying abroad

Keywords: second assessment | L2 speaker | affect | prosody | extreme case formulation | conversation analysis

Applied Pragmatics | Online First Publication, 26 pp. | article | open access

Okada, Hanako 2025 Narrative inquiry in Applied Linguistics Research: The pleasures and perils

In: Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics, Habibie, Pejman & Richard D. Sawyer (eds.) [Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 8] pp. 152–170

Sasaki, Miyuki, Yuki Higuchi, Makiko Nakamuro, Carsten Roever & Tomoko Yashima 2024 Introducing regression discontinuity design to applied linguistics: The case of Japanese government study-abroad scholarships

Keywords: Regression discontinuity design | study-abroad scholarships | between-group design | within-group design | high school students

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 9:2 pp. 217–244 | article

Fogal, Gary G. 2024 Surveying L2 Shakespeare studies in Canadian secondary schools: Developing a framework for continuing research

Keywords: secondary school | academic literacy | Shakespeare | complexity theory | thought modeling | English for specific academic purposes (ESAP)

Language Teaching for Young Learners 6:1 pp. 60–83 | article

Sato, Takanori 2024 The relationship between teachers’ pedagogical practices in CLIL and the development of students’ foreign language oral proficiency

Keywords: CLIL | oral proficiency | longitudinal study | class observation | Japan | higher education

Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 12:2 pp. 221–248 | article

Matsumoto, Yo, Kimi Akita, Anna Bordilovskaya, Kiyoko Eguchi, Hiroaki Koga, Miho Mano, Ikuko Matsuse, Takahiro Morita, Naonori Nagaya, Kiyoko Takahashi, Ryosuke Takahashi & Yuko Yoshinari 2022 Linguistic representations of visual motion: A crosslinguistic experimental study

Keywords: deixis | fictive motion | Implicit-figure construction | path | typology

In: Neglected Aspects of Motion Events Description: Deixis, asymmetries, constructions, Sarda, Laure & Benjamin Fagard (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 72] pp. 43–67

Roever, Carsten, Yuki Higuchi, Miyuki Sasaki, Tomoko Yashima & Makiko Nakamuro 2022 Validating a test of L2 routine formulae to detect pragmatics learning in stay abroad

Keywords: stay abroad | study abroad | L2 pragmatics | routine formulae | conventional expressions | argument-based validation

Applied Pragmatics 5:1 pp. 41–63 | article

Tinoco, Antonio Ruiz 2021 Using Twitter to build a corpus for linguistic variation: Collecting tweets and mapping them out

Keywords: linguistic variation | data mining | geocorpus | visualization | social media | Twitter

In: Syntactic Geolectal Variation: Traditional approaches, current challenges and new tools, Cerrudo, Alba, Ángel J. Gallego & Francesc Roca (eds.) [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 34] pp. 347–380

Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother 2020 A Language Management Approach to Language Problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] p.  ff.

Fogal, Gary G. 2020 Unpacking ‘simplex systems’: Curricular thinking for L2 writing development

Keywords: CDST | L2 writing | curriculum | development | system mapping

In: Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development, Fogal, Gary G. & Marjolijn H. Verspoor (eds.) [Language Learning & Language Teaching, 54] pp. 271–294

Fogal, Gary G. & Marjolijn H. Verspoor 2020 Introduction

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

Fairbrother, Lisa & Goro Christoph Kimura 2020 Introduction: What is a language management approach to language problems and why do we need it?

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] pp. 1–28

Kimura, Goro Christoph 2020 The bridging role of the researcher between different levels of language management: The case of a research project at the German-Polish border

Keywords: researcher role | interlingual communication | public engagement | German-Polish border | management process | micro-macro cycle

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] pp. 237–254

Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother 2020 Epilogue: Reconsidering the language management approach in light of the micro-macro continuum

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] pp. 255–267

Aikawa, Hiroko 2020 Intercultural interaction management: The case of Japanese and non-Japanese business professionals in the Japanese workplace

Keywords: Japanese | non-Japanese | English use | workplace | interaction interviews

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] p. 91

Takeda, Kanako & Hiroko Aikawa 2020 Language selection in contact situations: The case of international students in an English-medium science graduate program in Japan

Keywords: contact situations | third-party variety contact situations | two-languages situations | international students | L2 speakers | Japanese | English | English-medium instruction

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] pp. 107–131

Fairbrother, Lisa 2020 Diverging and intersecting management: Cases of the simultaneous management of deviations by multiple parties in contact situations

Keywords: intersecting management | diverging management | norm formation | the post-implementation stage | contextual constraints | interactional constraints | macro-micro intertwining

In: A language management approach to language problem: Integrating macro and micro dimensions, Kimura, Goro Christoph & Lisa Fairbrother (eds.) [Studies in World Language Problems, 7] pp. 133–156

Fogal, Gary G. & Marjolijn H. Verspoor 2020 Complex dynamic systems theory and L2 writing development

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

Yokomoto, Katsuya 2019 mmmEnglish

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 5:1 pp. 171–175 | review article

Shimoyama, Tomoko, Fereidoon Shadpayam & Mary Parhizgari 2017 Swearing in Persian: A new perspective on swearing as a speech act

In: Advances in Swearing Research: New Languages and New Contexts, Beers Fägersten, Kristy & Karyn Stapleton (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 282] pp. 213–229

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro 2017 Is it syntactic or pragmatic?: A hybrid analysis for lf-intervention effects

Keywords: lf-intervention effects | polarity sensitive items | wh-movement

Language and Linguistics 18:2 pp. 228–253 | article | open access

Takahashi Kinuko 2016 The causes of the problems in CI in a case of Japanese EFL university students and pedagogical suggestions

Keywords: de-verbalization | student interpreters | problem | omission | delay | déverbalisation | étudiant interprète | problème | omission | pause

FORUM 14:1 pp. 144–164 | article

Akiba, Daigo 2014 Interpreting modals by phase heads

In: Modes of Modality: Modality, typology, and universal grammar, Leiss, Elisabeth & Werner Abraham (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 149] pp. 19–42

Takahashi Kinuko 2013 Comparison of the Interpretations between Untrained Japanese Returnee Students and Untrained Japanese EFL Learners

Keywords: Returnee | EFL learner | filled pause | self-correction | coexistence

FORUM 11:1 pp. 257–276 | article

Sasayama, Shoko & Shinichi Izumi 2012 Chapter 2. Effects of task complexity and pre-task planning on Japanese EFL learners’ oral production

In: Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation, Shehadeh, Ali & Christine A. Coombe (eds.) [Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice, 4] pp. 23–42

Goro Christoph, Kimura 2012 Esperanto and minority languages: A sociolinguistic comparison

Keywords: Esperanto | identity | minority languages | ethnicity | voluntariness | territoriality | internal idea

Language Problems and Language Planning 36:2 pp. 167–181 | article

Takahashi Kinuko 2012 Interpreting Abilities of Untrained Japanese Returnee University and Postgraduate Students

Keywords: Repatrié | sans formation | omission | substitution | résumé

FORUM 10:2 pp. 137–159 | article

Fairbrother, Lisa & Yuko Masuda 2012 Simple management in contact situations: What factors determine whether a deviation will be noted or not?

Keywords: language management | contact norms | noting | interactional problems | ethnicity

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 22:2 pp. 213–231 | article

Fukui, Naoki & Mihoko Zushi 2008 On certain differences between noun phrases and clauses

In: Essays on Nominal Determination: From morphology to discourse management, Høeg Müller, Henrik & Alex Klinge (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 99] pp. 265–286

Sakamoto, Mitsuyo 2008 Balancing L1 maintenance and L2 learning: Experiential narratives of Japanese immigrant families in Canada

In: Heritage Language Development: Focus on East Asian Immigrants, Kondo-Brown, Kimi (ed.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 32] pp. 33–56

Fukui, Naoki & Hironobu Kasai 2005 Spelling-Out Scrambling

Keywords: Scrambling | agreement | cyclic Spell-Out | linearization | optionality | radical reconstruction

Linguistic Variation Yearbook 4:1 pp. 109–141 | article

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