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YAMAOKA Masaki

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Books etc
No.Title URL, Autour Type, Publisher, Publication date, Range, ISBN 
1
Sogaku Study 1 : What is theology? , Joint Editor, , Dec. 2021, , 9784476034011 
2
Principles and Aspects of Japanese Considerate Expressions , Editor, Kurosio Publishers, Nov. 18, 2019, Introduction, Chapter 1-3, 9784874248157 
3
New Edition; An Introduction to Japanese Pragmatics: Japanese from the Perspective of Communication Theories , Joint Work, Meiji-shoin Co. Ltd., Aug. 10, 2018, Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 4-7, 9784625704109 
4
Forward to Renaissance of Humanities: An Introduction to Humanology , Joint Editor, Keiso Shobo, Feb. 27, 2018, Introduction, Chapter 1, Editing Part Ⅳ, 9784326102662 
5
Cross-cultural Understanding and Japanese Language Teaching , Joint Work, Higher Education Publishers, Dec. 2015, Chapter "Contrastive Study on Considerate Expressions and Japanese Language Teaching",  
6
Communication and Considerate Expressions , Joint Work, Meiji-shoin Co. Ltd., Feb. 20, 2010, Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 4-12, 9784625704079 
7
A Study of Japanese Verbs and Beyond , Joint Editor, The Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Dec. 25, 2009, ,  
8
The Theory of Speech Function , Single Work, Kurosio Publishers, Jun. 25, 2008, , 9784874244197 
9
JAPANESE 2nd Step , Joint Work, Hakuteisha, Dec. 15, 2004, , 9784891747114 
10
Predicate and Setence Function in Japanese , Single Work, Kurosio Publishers, Oct. 15, 2000, , 4874242634 

 

Published Papers
No.Title URL, Journal, Vol( Number), From Page- To Page, Publication date, DOI 
1
The Report from the Multi-lingual Database Project of Considerate Expressions (1): The Report in 2022 , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 12), 1- 14, Mar. 2023,  
2
The Semiology of Dignity: From the Perspective of Philosophical Anthropology into Internal Dignity , The Journal of Oriental Studies, 61( 2), 158- 184, Nov. 2022,  
3
Japanese Grammar and Pragmatics; from Modality to Speech Function , Nihongogaku, 41( 3), 34- 41, Sep. 2022,  
4
The Contrastive Study between Japanese and Chinese on Negative Evaluation using Considerate Expressions , , ( 17), 205- 208, Jul. 2022,  
5
The Contrastive Study between Japanese and English on Agreement Expressions with Adverbs , Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Pragmatic Society of Japan, ( 17), 209- 212, Jul. 2022,  
6
The Report from the Database Project of Considerate Expressions (4): The Report in 2021 , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 11), 91- 102, Mar. 2022,  
7
The Difinition, Classification, Vocaburary of Japanese Considerate Expressions , , ,  211- 243, Sep. 2021,  
8
How universal is Considerate Expressions? , , ( 16), 165- 168, Jun. 2021,  
9
On the Considerate Expression using Considerate Pronoun "nan" , Kokugogaku Kenkyu, ( 60), 1- 12, Mar. 2021,  
10
The Report from the Database Project of Considerate Expressions (3): The Report in 2020 , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 10), 1- 13, Mar. 2021,  
11
Construction of a database for the correct and incorrect use of considerate expressions, for the formation of a Japanese considerate expression dictionary , Impact, 2021( 2), 62- 64, Feb. 26, 2021, https://doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2021.2.62 
12
Speech Role of Interrogative in Japanese Conversation: from the Viewpoint of Speech Function Theory , , 3,  43- 73, Mar. 2020,  
13
The Report from the Database Project of Considerate Expressions (2): The Report in 2019 , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( No.9), 74-89- , Mar. 2020,  
14
What is Considerate Expression , Principles and Aspects of Japanese Considerate Expressions, Introduction,  1-15- , Nov. 2019,  
15
The Definition and Feature of Considerate Expressions , Principles and Aspects of Japanese Considerate Expressions, Chapter 2,  35-50- , Nov. 2019,  
16
The Classification and Vocabulary of Considerate Expressions , Principles and Aspects of Japanese Considerate Expressions, Chapter 3,  51-66- , Nov. 2019,  
17
The Research History on Considerate Expressions , Principles and Aspects of Japanese Considerate Expressions, Chapter 1,  19-34- , Nov. 2019,  
18
The Report from the Database Project of Considerate Expressions (1): The Research Plan and the Report in 2018 , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( No.8), 1-14- , Sep. 2019,  
19
How are We Considerate to Life: Through Brain Death and Organ Transplant , Forward to Renaissance of Humanities: An Introduction to Humanology, ,  21-36- , Feb. 2018,  
20
What is Human , Forward to Renaissance of Humanities: An Introduction to Humanology, ,  1-18- , Feb. 2018,  
21
The Assertion of Possibility and the Interpersonal Consideration on –kamosirenai , Subjectivity in Language: Interface between Cognition and Politeness, ,  133-150- , Jun. 2016,  
22
A Study on the Conventionalization of Considerate Expressions and the Loss of Original Sense , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 5), 1-9- , Mar. 2016,  
23
Contrastive Study on Considerate Expressions and Japanese Language Teaching , Cross-cultural Understanding and Japanese Language Teaching, ,  216-231- , Dec. 2015,  
24
The Definition of Considerate Expressions as Conventionalized Politeness , Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Pragmatic Society of Japan, ( 10), 315-318- , Dec. 2015,  
25
An Inquiry of Humanology(7): What does “To Believe” Mean for Human? , Collected Papers of the Humanities, ( 8), 95-114- , Mar. 2015,  
26
To Establish the Method for the Description of Considerate Expressions in Modern Japanese: As Basic Theory on the Construction of the Data-Base of Considerate Expressions , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 4), 57-63- , Mar. 2015,  
27
A Study of the Interrelation between Sentence Function and Aspect: Focusing on –teiru of Canceling Person Restriction , Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, ( 24), 27-40- , Mar. 2014,  
28
A Study of the Interrelation between Sentence Function and Aspect: Focusing on the Interpretation of -teiru form of Verbs , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 3), 1-8- , Feb. 2014,  
29
An Inquiry of Humanology(6): Brain Death, Organ Transplant and the Dignity of Life (Chapter 2) , Collected Papers of the Humanities, 6( 6), 61-80- 80, Mar. 2013,  
30
The Study on the Bilateral Force of “Interrogative Expressions” , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 2), 69-78- , Nov. 2012,  
31
An Inquiry of Humanology(6): Brain Death, Organ Transplant and the Dignity of Life (Chapter 1) , Collected Papers of the Humanities, 5( 5), 39-53- 53, Mar. 2012,  
32
A Case Study of Translating Nichiren's Writings into Current Japanese(6): Translations of the Quotations from Principal Mahayana Sutras, , Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ( 27), 22-48- 255, Dec. 2011,  
33
The Contrastive Study on the Speech Function of to omow-u Constructions , The Research Papers of Japanese Communication, ( 1), 93-102- , Oct. 2011,  
34
An Inquiry of Humanology(4): The Strategy of Mapping from Subjectivity to Objectivity , Collected Papers of the Humanities, 4( 4), 57-69- 69, Mar. 2011,  
35
An Inquiry of Humanology(3): On the Humans’ Subjectivity , Collected Papers of the Humanities, 3( 3), 1-14- 14, Mar. 2010,  
36
Vocabulary and Grammatical Features of Mimetic Words with “-suru” , A Study of Japanese Verbs and Beyond, ,  124-134- , Dec. 2009,  
37
The Discourse Function of “-kamoshirenai” , Studies in Linguistic Theory on Chinese and Japanese, ,  26-37- , Jun. 2009,  
38
The Diffusion of Study Resource and language examination , Studies in Linguistic Theory on Chinese and Japanese, ,  55-63- , Jun. 2009,  
39
An Inquiry of Humanology(2): On The Definition of Human (First) , Collected Papers of the Humanities, 2( 2), 109-125- 125, Mar. 2009,  
40
The Semantic Structure of “tochuu” , Studies in Japanese Language and Culture, ,  144-154- , Sep. 2008,  
41
The Considerate Expressions for Complaint on Daily Conversation , Studies in Japanese Language and Culture, 8,  448-456- , May. 2008,  
42
A History of Speech Function Theory , Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, 18( 18), 49-64- 64, Mar. 2008,  
43
An Inquiry of Humanology(1): The Genealogy and the Methodology , Collected Papers of the Humanities, ( 1), 59-74- 73, Mar. 2008,  
44
A Contrastive Study of Apology Expression in Japanese and Chinese , Co-Memorial Thesis for cerebrating sixtieth birthday of Prof. MURAKI Shinjiro, ,  224-236- , Dec. 2007,  
45
A Case Study of Translating Nichiren's Writings into Current Japanese(5): On the Translation of Tadashi , Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ( 22), 57-81- 224, Dec. 2006,  
46
The Comparison between Speech Act and Speech Function , International Journal of Pragmatics, 16( 16), 29-45- 45, Nov. 2006,  
47
The Principle of the Speech Function Theory , Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, 16( 16), 1-17- A17, Mar. 2006,  
48
A Case Study of Translating Nichiren's Writings into Current Japanese(4): On the Translation of Quotation from The Lotus Sutra , Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ( 21), 33-53- 206, Dec. 2005,  
49
A Case Study of Translating Nichiren's Writings into Current Japanese(3): On the Translation from Buddhism Terms to General Words , Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ( 20), 45-75- 312, Dec. 2004,  
50
A Contrastive Study of Request Expression in Japanese and Chinese , Studies in Japanese Language and Culture, 5,  131-160- , Mar. 2004,  
51
Present Status of Studies on Japanese Considerate Expressions , Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, 14( 14), 17-39- A39, Mar. 2004,  
52
Vocabulary and Grammatical Features of Possible Verbs , 日本語日本文学, 13,  A1- A36, Mar. 1, 2003,  
53
Vocabulary and Grammatical Features of Affective Descriptive Verbs , 日本語日本文学, 12,  A23- A54, Mar. 1, 2002,  
54
Vocabulary and Grammatical Features of Affective Transition Verbs , 日本語日本文学, 10,  A33- A43, Mar. 1, 2000,  
55
Vocabulary and Grammatical Features of Attribute Verbs , , ( 197), 118- 105, Jun. 1999,  
56
Utterance Function and Illocutionary Act , Soka University Jinbun-Ronsyu(Studies in Humanities), 11,  A135- A154, Mar. 1, 1999,  
57
The Grammatical Features of Expressive Verbs , 日本語日本文学, 9,  A47- A59, Mar. 1, 1999,  
58
The Classification and Vocabulary of Verbal Expressives , 日本語日本文学, 8,  A1- A17, Mar. 1, 1998,  
59
Spaces to which attributed Experiences and Problems of Adjectival Sentence (III) , 日本語日本文学, 7,  A13- A34, Mar. 1, 1997,  
60
On the Global Propulsion of Japanese Language Teaching on Tenrikyo , 創価大学比較文化研究, 15,  113- 133, Jan. 1, 1997,  
61
Spaces to which attributed Experiences and Problems of Adjectival Sentence (II) , 日本語日本文学, 6,  A17- A28, Mar. 1, 1996,  
62
Spaces to which attributed Experiences and Problems of Adjectival Sentence (I) , 日本語日本文学, 5,  A1- A14, Mar. 1, 1995,  
63
Meaning of Adjectival Sentence and Subjectivity of Perception , 日本語日本文学, 4,  A13- A26, Mar. 1, 1994,  
64
Expression Asking Emotion and the Theory which Attributes Information to Mental Space , 日本語日本文学, 3,  A38- A47, Mar. 1, 1993,  
65
Presentation of Sentence Patterns of Volitional Expressions , Journal of Japanese Language Teaching, ( 77), 76- 88, Jul. 1992,  
66
Basic Study on the Theory which Attributes Information to Mental Space and Person Category in Pragmatics , 日本語日本文学, 1,  A12- A23, Mar. 1, 1991,  
67
Benefactive Constructions and Request in Japanese , , 17,  19- 33, Jan. 1990,  
68
Between Speech Act Theory and Modality , , ( 8), 16- 28, May. 1989,  
69
Pseudo Imperative Sentence: As a Case of the Grammaticalization of Japanese Modality , , 10,  none- , Dec. 30, 1988, https://doi.org/10.15068/00161990 
70
On the Conept of “BA” , , ( 6-7), 41- 66, May. 1988,  

 

MISC
No.Title URL, Journal, Vol( Number), From Page- To Page, Publication date 
1
From Linguistics To Humanology , The Journal of Oriental Studies, 59( 2), 273- 273, Dec. 2020 
2
Review Article : New edition, The Nichiren Buddhism and the thought of Daisaku Ikeda by Mikio Matsuoka , , ( 9), 69- 77, Feb. 2019 
3
Review Article : Speech Acts and the Theory of Regulation by Susumu Kubo , , ( 16), 67- 76, 2014 
4
The Comparison between Speech Act and Speech Function , Studies in Japanese Language and Japanese Literature, 17( 17), 1-21- A21, Mar. 2007 
5
Japanese Expressions which include Problems, ed. by KITAHARA Yasuo , 日本語日本文学, 15,  49- 57, Mar. 1, 2005 
6
YAMADA Toshihiro, Benefactive Constructions in Japanese , Studies in the Japanese Language, 1( 3), 201- 207, 2005 
7
Review Article : The Aspects of Adverbial Expressions by Yoshio Nitta , , 4( 1), 139- 148, Mar. 2004 
8
The Staticity of Emotional Expressive Verbs , , ,   , 1997 

 

Conference Activities & Talks
No.Title, Conference, Publication date, Promoter, Venue 
1
“The Emergence and Disappearance of Japanese Condolence Expression ‘go-shusho-sama’”, 17th Conference, International Pragmatics Association, Jul. 10, 2023, ,  
2
“How Universal are Considerate Expressions?”, 17th Conference, International Pragmatics Association, Jun. 29, 2021, ,  
3
Politeness and Considerate Expressions, The Subjectivity of Language Project Conference, at National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Feb. 2020, ,  
4
An Introduction of Considerate Expressions into Japanese Language Teaching and Key Sentence Patterns in Intermediate Class, The 2nd Symposium on Language and Translation in Chinese-Japanese, at Huaqiao University, Oct. 2019, ,  

 

Research Grants & Projects
No.Offer organization, System name, Title, Fund classification, Date 
1
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), The Construction of Multi-language Considerate Expressions Database and the Compilation of Considerate Expressions Dictionary, ,  Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2026 
2
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Contextualization of the CEFR and its Application to Japanese Language and Japanese Language Education Research, ,  Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2025 
3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), The Database Construction of Correct Use and Misuse in Considerate Expressions for the Dictionary of Japanese Considerate Expressions, ,  Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022 
4
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Basic study on vocabulary and expression on "paraphrase", ,  Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018 
5
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), A comparative study on the use of consideration expression of Japanese by Japanese native speakers and foreign Japanese learners, ,  Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2017 
6
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), The Construction of the Database of Japanese Considerate Expressions in the axis of Speech Function, ,  Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2017 
7
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), The Contrastive Study of Japanese-Chinese Speech Function forFunctional Syllabus, ,  2009 - 2012 
8
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Research of a Japanese consideration expression and Application to language education, ,  2009 - 2011 
9
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Systematic Description of Japanese Communicative Grammar, ,  2009 - 2011 

 

Works
No.Title, Type, Publication date, Venue 
1
Review: Speech Acts and The Theory of Regulation by KUBO Susumu, The Others,  2015 - NOW,  
2
Review: Speech Acts and The Theory of Regulation by KUBO Susumu, ,  2015 - NOW,  
3
Self Review: Communication and Considerate Expressions: An Introduction to Japanese Pragmatics, by YAMAOKA Masaki etc., The Others,  2010 - NOW,  
4
Self Review: Communication and Considerate Expressions: An Introduction to Japanese Pragmatics, by YAMAOKA Masaki etc., ,  2010 - NOW,  
5
The Contemporary Uses of Terms by Low-Teen ages, The Others,  2008 - NOW,  
6
Review: Benefactive Constructions in Japanese: te-yaru, te-kureru, te-morawu no Bumpo by YAMADA Toshihiro, The Others,  2005 - NOW,  
7
Review: Japanese Expressions which include Problems ed. by KITAHARA Yasuo, The Others,  2005 - NOW,  
8
Language-Zone α: The Introduction to Pragmatics of Japanese by KATO Shigehiro, The Others,  Dec. 2004 - NOW,  
9
special issue32:The Diversification of Utterance Function in Verbal Volitional Form -yoo, The Others,  2004 - NOW,  
10
special issue34:The Function of -ba to omowimasu as an Application of Conditional Expression, The Others,  2004 - NOW,  
11
special issue46:The Form and Consideration of Apology Expressions, The Others,  2004 - NOW,  
12
Language-Zone α: The Introduction to Pragmatics of Japanese by KATO Shigehiro, ,  2004 - NOW,  
13
Review: Aspects of Adverbial Expressions by NITTA Yoshio, ,  2004 - NOW,  
14
Review: Aspects of Adverbial Expressions by NITTA Yoshio, The Others,  2004 - NOW,  
15
Review: A Dictionary of Japanese Language Learners' Errors by ICHIKAWA Yasuko, The Others,  1997 - NOW,  
16
Review: A Dictionary of Japanese Language Learners' Errors by ICHIKAWA Yasuko, ,  1997 - NOW,  

 

Participation in Research Projects
No.Name of Project, Date of Participating 
1
The Construction of Multi-language Considerate Expressions Database and the Compilation of Considerate Expressions Dictionary,  Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2026