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Dr Kyoko Kawasaki

PhD in Linguistics (The University of Melbourne); MA in Applied Linguistics (Indiana University, U.S.A); BA in Japanese Linguistics (International Christian University, Japan).

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    • Role:
    • Head of Department
    • Department:
    • Department of Asian Languages
    • Location:
    • Humanities 338
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 2395

Kyoko has taught Japanese and Japanese Linguistics in Japan, U.S.A and Australia. She is currently developing tasks and project-work for Intermediate to Advanced students.

Research Interests

  • Discourse Analysis
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Language and Gender
  • PhD Thesis - Style Choice and Sentence Final Particles in Japanese: Directing Interactions and Constructing Identity, The University of Melbourne (2004).

Publications

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • McDougall, K, and Kawasaki, K. 2003. Implications of Representations of Casual Conversation: A case study in gender associated sentence final particles. Japanese-Language Education Around the Globe 13(1): 41-55.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Kawasaki, K. 2011. Gender and Ethnic Stereotype seen in Translated Speech: A Case Study in Japanese Speech Style and Sentence Final Particles Used in Translations. Biennial National Conference of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators, 05/11/2010. Perth, Western Australia: Cambridge Scholars.