As my view of linguistic phenomena involved in the formation of subjectivity has expanded, I have turned more attention to the role of embodiment in everyday interaction. My interest in the body’s ...

The focus for a linguistic study must have a purpose and that purpose must be to answer a particular linguistic or social question. The way in which it is studied is through sociolinguistic theory and ...

Explores issues related to contemporary Japanese language and society, such as language and identity, language and ideology, and language variation and change in Japan. More specifically, we will ...