Applied Linguistics Seminar at YCU
The seminar deals with the issues in applied linguistics such as language education and health care communication. You will learn key concepts and theories in applied linguistics in the second year, and research methodologies in the third year. You will focus on your dissertation in the fourth year.
YCU Applied Linguistics
YCU Applied Linguistics 2020 (Vol.1) pdf
YCU Applied Linguistics 2021 (Vol.2) pdf
YCU Applied Linguistics 2022 (Vol.3) pdf
YCU Applied Linguistics 2023 (Vol.4) pdf
YCU Applied Linguistics 2024 (Vol.5/Issue 1) pdf
YCU Applied Linguistics 2024 (Vol.5/Issue 2) pdf
Applied Linguistics Alumni Meeting
30th March 2024
The 1st Applied Linguistics Seminar Alumni Meeting @ Shinagawa
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2024
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2023
30th July 2023
Summer Session @ Nana Lv.
28th October 2023
Fieldwork Report (Tokyo) pdf
22nd Jan 2024
Graduation Thesis Presentation 2024
1. Ryoga Yoda
Comparing Metaphors in Song Lyrics in English and Japanese: A Cognitive
Linguistic Study
2. Tomofumi Tateno
A Discourse Analysis of Television Cooking Shows
3. Kodai Hattori
Comparing Sports Live Commentaries in Japanese and English: a Frame Analysis
4. Chiaki Ikeuchi
Comparing First Encounter Interactions between Monocultural and Intercultural
Pairs: A Cross-Cultural Study
5. Wakana Kishimoto
Analyzing Coffee Tastes Keywords and Packages: a Multimodal Analysis
6. Mizuki Saito
Language and Gender:A Cross-Cultural Study in English, French, Hindi, Japanese
and Polis
7. Miyu Shikase
Changing Nerd Characters in Media: Comparing Language and Appearance of the
Nerd Characters in Harry Potter and Stranger Things
8. Shiyo Yamamoto
Describing ELF (English as a Lingua Franca) – Oriented Attitudes of a Native
Speaker in Interactions with Japanese Speakers of English
9. Wakana Iizuka
Comparing Interactions with Pairs Wearing Masks and Those without Wearing
Masks: a Multimodal Analysis
10. Hitomi Ito
Analysing Artificial Languages in the Lord of the Rings: Similarities in Linguistics
Features between Sindarin and Our Languages
11. Kao Korogi
Comparing English textbooks for secondary education in Japan and Spain
12. Yusuke Nakao
Mediating in Secondary English Classrooms in Japan: Analyzing English Teachers’
Perception and Practice of Language Use
25th March 2024
Graduation Day 2024
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2022
5th July 2022
Fieldwork Report (Yokohama) pdf
23rd Jan 2023
Graduation Thesis Presentation 2022
1. Tomomi Nishioka
Returnee Bilinguals’ Language Maintenance and their Attitudes toward their Linguistic Repertoire: A Narrative Analysis
2. Rina Haruki
Messaging Approaches of Public Health Posters in Japan during the COVID 19 Pandemic: A multimodal Multimodal Discourse Analysis
3. Urara Yamada
Membership Categorization in Japanese Underground Idol’s’ Talk: A Multimodal Analysis of Fan Meeting Interactions
24th March 2023
Graduation Day 2022
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2021
24th January 2022
Graduation Thesis Presentation 2021
1. Minako Ichikawa
Analyzing Newspaper Reports on the Myanmar Coup in the Japanese and English Media
2. Norie Akimoto
On the Construction of Common Ground in a Task-oriented Dialogue using Origami: a Multimodal Analysis
3. Shiori Sasaki
nalysing Conversational Styles and Frames in Interdialectal Interactions among Japanese Youth
4. Shigetora Iwai
The Genderless Movement and Change of Multimodal Expressions in Men’s Fashion Magazines
5. Rintaro Yoshida
Linguistic Features of isiXhosa and the Multilingual Practice in South Africa
6. Ayano Suyama
Crossing the boundary between fiction and reality: a multimodal analysis on Pierrot le Fou by Godard
7. Mifumi Nakamura
The acceptance and resistance to Western musical elements in J-POP: a diachronic study
25th March 2022
Graduation Day 2022
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2020
30th October 2020
Fieldwork Report (Yokohama) pdf
25th January 2020
Graduation Thesis Presentation 2020
１ Mayuka Honda
A Diachronic Study of Changes in Linguistic Expressions in Disney Princess Movies
２ Nao Uemura
Linguistic Features of Yup’ik Eskimo and Its Language Revitalization-A Phonological Analysis and the Fieldwork in Fairbanks, Alaska-
３ Momoka Kawamata
The Diversity of Okama Languages : Analyzing Okama Characters’ Behaviors in a Japanese Animation
４ Tsukasa Hirokawa
An Analysis of Film Posters between the United States and Japan: Focusing on Animation Film Posters from the Viewpoint of Cultural Differences
５ Yumeno Ohigashi
Communication for Aviation Safety: Analyzing Conversation and Human Relationships among Pilots and a Traffic Controller
６ Katsuhiko Kuranami
The universality on the transition of the usage of emojis: A cross-cultural case study on the formulaic trajectory of emojis
７ Chinatsu Itakura
Onomatopoeia in Miyazawa Kenji’s Stories for Children: An Analysis from Perspectives of Sound Symbolism
８ Arisa Kawauchi
Japanese Students’ Attitudes Towards Code-Switching -Comparing the Cases of Japanese and International Students
25th March 2021
Graduation Day 2021
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2019
18th January 2020
Fieldwork Report (Tokyo) pdf
24th January 2020
Graduation Thesis Presentation 2020
1 Takafumi Okumura
Relevance in a children’s film: a case study of Toy Story
2 Yuya Wada
Analysing the current usage and the students’ comprehension of ryakuji and zokuji
3 Miko Takahashi
Comparing non-verbal features and openness in unique Manzai with classic Manzai:An analysis of gaze and posture
4 Sayaka Yamada
An analysis of sentence final particles in communication among Japanese youth
5 Kota Kumano:
Changes in junior high school textbooks and teacher perceptions after the reform of the Course of Study
6 Chiharu Nadarame
Toward the revitalization of Ainu language
7 Miri Matsumaru
A multimodal analysis of the subtitles of Japanese and South Korean TV shows
8 Ayano Endo
Analyzing processes of making decision in student group meetings: focusing on sequences
25th March 2020
Graduation Day 2020
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2018
August 2018
Fieldwork Presentation (Scotland) pdf webiste
Fieldwork Report (Scotland) pdf
February 2019
Fieldwork Report (Tokyo) pdf
Applied Linguistics Seminar 2017
