Kansai University

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

Way expressions: A lexical-constructional approach

AuthorSeizi Iwata

Subjects Cognition and language | English linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 84] 2027. | monograph

English Resultatives: A Force-Recipient Account

Edited by Seizi Iwata

Subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | Germanic linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Constructional Approaches to Language, 26] 2020. | monograph

Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives

Edited by Craig Alan Volker & Fred E. Anderson

Subjects Language policy | Language teaching | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] 2015. xv, 300 pp. |

Tone of Voice and Mind: The connections between intonation, emotion, cognition and consciousness

Norman D. Cook

Subjects Cognitive linguistics | Cognitive psychology | Consciousness research | Phonetics

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 47] 2002. x, 293 pp. | monograph

Iwata, Seizi 2027 Way expressions: A lexical-constructional approach

In: Way expressions: A lexical-constructional approach, Iwata, Seizi[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 84]

Nakanishi, Yohei 2026 Review of Children’s Additional Language Learning in Instructional Settings: Implications for Teaching and Future Research by Yuko Goto Butler (2025)

Language Teaching for Young Learners | Online First Publication, 5 pp. | book review

Shintani, Natsuko & Takuro Fujita 2026 Task-based language teaching for young learners in challenging contexts

Keywords: young learners | EFL contexts | input-based tasks | pre-task planning | teacher training

In: TBLT for Young Learners: Challenges, opportunities and goals, Khezrlou, Sima (ed.) [Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice, 21] pp. 62–82

Fukuta, Junya, Masataka Yano & Yu Tamura 2026 Towards a new framework of scientific inquiry into L2 cognitive system

Keywords: realism | cognitive mechanism | mechanistic explanation | abductive inference

In: Theoretical Issues in Second Language Research: Challenges and new directions, Fukuta, Junya, John Matthews & Shigenori Wakabayashi (eds.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 69] pp. 18–42

Tamura, Yu & Junya Fukuta 2026 Psychological approaches to the ‘Dual-System Model’ in SLA: A critical overview

Keywords: dual-process theory | alignment problem | exclusivity issue | switch issue | instrumental/substantial view | skill-acquisition theory | interface problem | implicit/explicit knowledge | personal/sub-personal distinction

In: Theoretical Issues in Second Language Research: Challenges and new directions, Fukuta, Junya, John Matthews & Shigenori Wakabayashi (eds.) [Studies in Bilingualism, 69] pp. 124–148

Cotsworth, Brent 2026 Task-based language teaching: A systematic review of research in Japan (2008–2025) across English and Japanese databases

Keywords: Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) | systematic review | Japan | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT)

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics | Online First Publication, 32 pp. | article | open access

Allen, Todd J. 2025 Review of Language Learning, Digital Communications and Study Abroad — Identity and Belonging in Translocal Contexts by Levi Durbidge (2024)

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics | Online First Publication, 6 pp. | book review

Iwata, Seizi 2025 The manner of cutting revisited

Keywords: change-of-state verb | manner/result complementarity | subjective motion | manner-of-motion verb | profiling difference

Constructions and Frames 17:2 pp. 236–277 | article

Shintani, Natsuko & María del Pilar García Mayo 2025 Researching the role of interaction in young learners’ acquisition of English: An interview with María del Pilar García Mayo

Language Teaching for Young Learners 7:2 pp. 303–317 | interview

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

Ramonda, Kris 2024 Raising the bar: Enhancing study design and validity in L2 idiom research

Keywords: metaphorical idioms | confounding variables | study design | validity

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 22:2 pp. 330–353 | article

Yuasa, Mariko & Osamu Takeuchi 2024 Strategic use of machine translation: A case study of Japanese EFL university students

Keywords: machine translation | MT-use strategy | strategy instruction | strategic content learning approach

AILA Review 37:2 pp. 215–240 | article

Sakamoto, Akiko, Darren van Laar, Joss Moorkens & Félix do Carmo 2024 Measuring translators’ quality of working life and their career motivation: Conceptual and methodological aspects

Keywords: translators | language industry | work-related quality of life (WRQoL) | work satisfaction | work motivation | translation technology | survey study | psychological scale development

Translation Spaces 13:1 pp. 54–77 | article | open access

Shintani, Natsuko & Scott Aubrey 2023 Methodological considerations in the analysis of synchronous and asynchronous written corrective feedback: The affordances of online technologies

In: Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes, Manchón, Rosa M. & Julio Roca de Larios (eds.) [Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 5] pp. 315–336

Teng, Mark Feng & Atsushi Mizumoto 2023 The role of spoken vocabulary knowledge in language minority students’ incidental vocabulary learning from captioned television

Keywords: breadth of vocabulary knowledge | depth of vocabulary knowledge | incidental vocabulary learning | captioned television | captioned videos

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:2 pp. 253–278 | article | open access

Fukuta, Junya, Yoshito Nishimura & Yu Tamura 2022 Pitfalls of production data analysis for investigating L2 cognitive mechanism: An ontological realism perspective

Keywords: complexity | accuracy | fluency | ontological realism | performance analysis

Journal of Second Language Studies 6:1 p. 95 | article | open access

Kumagai, Gakuji, Ryoko Uno & Kazuko Shinohara 2022 The sound-symbolic effects of consonants on food texture: An experimental study of snack names in Japanese

Keywords: voicing in plosives | obstruents | place of articulation | hardness | experimental approach | phonetics | embodiment

In: The Language of Food in Japanese: Cognitive perspectives and beyond, Toratani, Kiyoko (ed.) [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 25] p. 79

Shintani, Natsuko & Rod Ellis 2022 The roles of language proficiency and study abroad in Japanese students’ receptive pragmatic competence

Keywords: Japanese university students | pragmatic competence | irony | metapragmatic knowledge | study abroad

Applied Pragmatics 4:1 pp. 1–32 | article

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

Iwata, Seizi 2021 Another look at the interaction between verbs and constructions: The case of resultatives based on wipe

Keywords: resultative | non-selected object | force-recipient | frame semantics | argument structure construction | interaction between verbs and constructions | schema | enabling function

Constructions and Frames 13:2 pp. 263–308 | article

Wong, Steven & Natsuko Shintani 2021 Computer-mediated instruction using ondoku practice for developing elementary school students’ pronunciation skills

Keywords: computer-mediated language teaching | pronunciation instruction | young learners | corrective feedback

Language Teaching for Young Learners 3:1 pp. 159–173 | article

Orlandi, Giorgio (Georg) 2020 

Keywords: Trans-Himalayan | Burmese | Tibetan | Chinese | historical phonology | sound laws | 跨喜馬拉雅語系 | 緬語 | 藏語 | 漢語 | 歷史音韻學 | 語音定律

Concentric 46:2 pp. 299–311 | book review

Iwata, Seizi 2020 English Resultatives: A Force-Recipient Account

In: English Resultatives: A Force-Recipient Account, Iwata, Seizi (ed.) [Constructional Approaches to Language, 26]

Takahashi, Hideaki 2020 Processes of language codification: The case of the standardization of German pronunciation

Keywords: German pronunciation | codification | standardization | attitudes | standard variety | pluricentricity | orthoepy

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. 159–176

Sakamoto, Akiko & Masaru Yamada 2020 Social groups in machine translation post-editing: A SCOT analysis

Keywords: SCOT (Social Construction of Technology) | machine translation (MT) | machine translation post-editing (MTPE) | translation project managers | translation industry | sociology of translation

Translation Spaces 9:1 pp. 78–97 | article

Hu, Suhua & Jing Zhao 2019 彝語諾蘇話雙及物及其他三個論元結構 [Ditransitive constructions and the other three-argument constructions in Nuosu Yi]

Keywords: 彝語諾蘇話 | 三個論元結構 | 雙及物結構 | 處置義 | 語序 | Nuosu Yi language | three-argument construction | ditransitive construction | disposal construction | word order

Language and Linguistics 20:3 pp. 361–386 | article | open access

Zhang, Futong & Xuping Li 2019 「數＋量＋之／的＋名」的歷時語義演變 [On the semantic function of [numeral+classifier+zhi/de+noun]]

Keywords: 「數＋量＋之／的＋名」 | 數詞 | 量詞 | 歷時語義演變 | [numeral+classifier+zhi/de+noun] | numerals | classifiers | semantic evolution

Language and Linguistics 20:3 pp. 469–492 | article | open access

Dong, Xiufang 2018 漢語動詞雙音化過程中的形式選擇和功能表現 (Patterns and functions of verbal disyllabification) [Patterns and functions of verbal disyllabification]

Keywords: 雙音化 | 詞彙化 | 動詞 | 詞彙史 | disyllabification | lexicalization | verb | lexical change

Language and Linguistics 19:3 pp. 395–409 | article | open access

Fan, Xiaolei 2018 邢臺話「了₁」的兩個變體 (The verbal-LE variants in Xingtai dialect) [The verbal-LE variants in Xingtai dialect]

Keywords: 了1 | 條件變體 | 語法因素 | 北方方言 | 語法異質 | verbal LE | conditional variants | grammatical factors | northern Chinese dialects | heterogeneity

Language and Linguistics 19:3 pp. 410–438 | article | open access

Higashi Takahiro & Wang Yunjia 2017 北京話連去變調的成因及其與詞重音的關係 [Cause of Tone 4 sandhi in Beijing Mandarin and its relationship with lexical stress]

Keywords: 北京話 | 詞重音 | 去聲 | 連讀變調 | Beijing Mandarin | lexical stress | Tone 4 | tone sandhi

Language and Linguistics 18:3 pp. 430–451 | article | open access

Du Zhaojin & Chen Baoya 2017 語音標記性與維漢聲調匹配 [Markedness of phonological elements and tone match in Chinese-Uyghur contact]

Keywords: 語言接觸 | 語音標記性 | 聲調匹配 | language contact | markedness of phonological elements | tone match

Language and Linguistics 18:3 pp. 383–429 | article | open access

Anderson, Fred E. 2015 Education, power and sociolinguistic mobility

In: Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Volker, Craig Alan & Fred E. Anderson (eds.) [IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] pp. 13–29

Noguchi, Mary Goebel 2015 Forming a Korean identity in Japan: The role of a North Korea-affiliated school in the identity formation of three members of one family

In: Education in Languages of Lesser Power: Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Volker, Craig Alan & Fred E. Anderson (eds.) [IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 35] pp. 65–87

Yamazaki, Akiko, Keiichi Yamazaki, Keiko Ikeda, Matthew Burdelski, Mihoko Fukushima, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Miyuki Kurihara, Yoshinori Kuno & Yoshinori Kobayashi 2014 Interactions between a quiz robot and multiple participants: Focusing on speech, gaze and bodily conduct in Japanese and English speakers

Interaction Studies 14:3 pp. 366–389 | article

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