Graduate Program in Literature and Linguistics
Graduate School of Letters
Graduate Program in Literature and Linguistics(Doctoral course)
Graduate Program in Literature and Linguistics
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Features of the Department of Literary Linguistics
The doctoral program consists of three research areas: Japanese language and literature, English and American literature, and language education (Japanese language education course and English language education course), and provides advanced education and research in literature, linguistics, and language education related to Japan and the United States. This is based on the education and research in the master's program.
In addition to deepening your expertise in your major research field, you will develop an interdisciplinary perspective by taking courses in other fields, and develop talented individuals who can play an active role in education and research both domestically and internationally.
In addition to those entering the master's program, this can also be used as a place for working adults to advance their careers and brush up on their specialized fields, so people with high motivation and research ability, regardless of age, nationality, etc. We are wide open to the world.
In addition to deepening your expertise in your major research field, you will develop an interdisciplinary perspective by taking courses in other fields, and develop talented individuals who can play an active role in education and research both domestically and internationally.
In addition to those entering the master's program, this can also be used as a place for working adults to advance their careers and brush up on their specialized fields, so people with high motivation and research ability, regardless of age, nationality, etc. We are wide open to the world.
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A variety of research fields and detailed research guidance from a well-qualified faculty
We have a strong team of professors who specialize in a variety of research fields, and we provide detailed research guidance to each student, depending on their research theme.
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Fostering an interdisciplinary perspective
In addition to the research area in which you major, we provide opportunities for students to take courses in other research areas, and by fostering an interdisciplinary perspective, we aim to advance research through diverse thinking and approaches.
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Active support and promotion of student research activities
In addition to providing opportunities to present research results, such as holding regular research conferences and publishing collections of papers, we actively support student research activities by encouraging presentations at academic conferences and academic journals outside the university. Masu.
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Acceptance system that meets the needs of working students
We provide working adults with a place to acquire more advanced education and research skills in their specialized fields, and provide detailed research guidance tailored to individual circumstances and research plans.
Academic Advisors and Full-time Faculty Members
| Masaaki Ihara 教授 |
A philosophical study of words.
1. Covers a wide range of Western linguistic theories, not just linguistic philosophy and analytical philosophy. 2. History of linguistic thought.Targeting modern times. 3. Research on subjectivity in language, including research in cognitive linguistics.Targeting modern times. |
| Yayoi Kaneko 教授 |
Research on the works of 18th and 19th century British writers, especially women.This book examines how the characters interact with others in their daily lives, taking into account the different social backgrounds of each era, and considers the meaning of life. |
| Aya Kondo 教授 |
1.Japanese language pedagogy
Learner-centered Japanese language education centered on collaborative learning, foreign language teaching methods, teacher training, and language acquisition 2.Business communication research/support for foreign workers Collaboration between Japanese and foreigners, case study, business Japanese education, etc. |
| Akemi Mineta 教授 | My research focuses on the topology of modern Japanese, based on research on linguistic materials and field surveys. |
| Hirohide Mori 教授 |
Using applied linguistics methods, we examine the effectiveness of English instruction and learning in school settings, English education policies such as curriculum guidelines and university entrance exam reforms, and even analysis of the characteristics of English usage as an international lingua franca. approach.In particular, we will emphasize the role that actual English communication plays in various situations. |
| Akiko Yamamoto 教授 |
Medieval literature research.In particular, he conducts research on medieval performing arts, with a focus on Kyogen.Utilizing performing arts materials that remain in the region, we will explore the historical changes in Kyogen and the way it has been passed down. |
Courses offered (2025)
Japanese language and literature
| Japanese Literature Special Research A | Research on “Manyoshu” | Japanese Literature Seminar II | |
| Japanese Literature Special Research B | Japanese Literature Seminar Ⅲ | ||
| Japanese Literature Special Research C | Special research in Japanese language | ||
| Japanese Literature Special Research D | Japanese Language Seminar I, II, III | ||
| Japanese Literature Special Research E | Special lecture on Japanese literature | Doctoral dissertation guidance | |
| Japanese Literature Special Research F | Special lecture on Japanese language | Doctoral dissertation guidance | |
| Japanese Literature Seminar I |
Graduate Program in English and American Literature
| English and American literature special research A | Study of modern British novels | Special research in English language C | |
| Special research on English and American literature B | 19th century British novel research | English language special research D | Cognitive linguistics research |
| Graduate Program in English and American Literature Seminar I | English Language Seminar I | ||
| Graduate Program in English and American Literature Seminar II | English Language Seminar II | ||
| Graduate Program in English and American Literature Seminar III | English Language Seminar Ⅲ | ||
| English language special research A | Special lecture on English and American literature | ||
| Special research in English B | semiotics research | Special lecture on English language | Thesis guidance |
Language education area
| [Common subjects] | |||
| Linguistics | Introduction to Linguistics | intercultural communication | language education and culture |
| second language acquisition | Mechanisms of language acquisition and classroom instruction | Qualitative and quantitative research methods | Data collection and analysis |
| [Japanese language education course] | |||
| Japanese language education special research A | collaborative learning theory | Japanese language education seminar II | |
| Japanese language education special research C | sociolinguistics | Japanese language education seminar Ⅲ | |
| Japanese language education special research D | Language education research method | Special lecture on Japanese language education | Research guidance, dissertation writing guidance |
| Japanese language education seminar I | |||
| [English education course] | |||
| English Education Special Research A | English Education Special Research G | Language Assessment | |
| English Education Special Research B | Research Methods | English Education Seminar I | |
| English Education Special Research C | psycholinguistics | English teaching exercise II | |
| English Education Special Research E | Corpus research | English teaching exercise Ⅲ | |
| English Education Special Research F | English teaching theory | Special lecture on English education | Research guidance, dissertation writing guidance |
List of degrees conferred
course doctor
| 年度 | Bachelor of Science | Name | Thesis title |
| Heisei 12th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Eun-young Shin | Research on Manyoshu Sobunka |
| Heisei 15th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Yinghua Yang | Comparative study of Mushanokoji Saneatsu and Lu Xun - Literary attitude and human image - |
| Heisei 17th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Huang Jianxiang | The Tale of Genji in comparison |
| Heisei 17th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Yoshie Shimamura | Research on Otomo Iemochi—Focusing on the influence of the Six Dynasties and early Tang literature— |
| Heisei 17th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Sayi Natsukari | Individual Work, Pair Work, or Group Work :The Effect of Participatory Structures on Form -Focused English Language Learning |
| Heisei 20th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Satoko Shibata | Theory of Thomas Hardy—“return” in Hardy’s novels— |
| Heisei 21th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Kazumi Kanazawa | Ujinowakiiratsko and “ancient times” |
| Heisei 24th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Tomiko Hoshino | Language learning activities for children with cochlear implants: Learning giving and receiving expressions through examples |
| Heisei 25th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Kazue Sekine | Cognitive linguistic consideration of the auxiliary verb usage of the giving and receiving verb “to get” — Cognitive process in the speaker “I”’s <understanding of the situation” of receiving the benefit — |
| Heisei 26th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Yukiko Ohashi | A Corpus-Based Study on the Relationship Between the Foreign Language Classroom Context and Learners' Uptakes |
| Heisei 27th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | LE CAM NHUNG | Research on the way Vietnamese learners of Japanese express their viewpoints in their written texts and their teaching methods - Focusing on teaching methods that emphasize learners' awareness - |
| Heisei 28th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Eiko Shima | Japanese situation comprehension and speaker selection of “ha/ga” - From consideration of gaze point/view point and sentence function - |
| Reiwa 3th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Hiromi Maeda | The Effect of Reading Instructions on Japanese Junior High School Student's English Reading Processes and Depth |
| Reiwa 3th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | SAGE KRISTIE JANE | The Effects of an Input-Output-Intervention Approach on EFL Students' Use of Formulaic Sequences in Essay Writing |
| Reiwa 4th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | PHOO PWINT PHYU | Empirical research on differences in the listening comprehension process depending on task settings -Toward improving Japanese listening comprehension learning and listening comprehension instruction- |
| Reiwa 4th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Shen Baeyu | Empirical research on listening comprehension of natural audio texts without scripts - Through comparison with audio texts with scripts - |
dissertation doctoral
| 年度 | Bachelor of Science | Name | Thesis title |
| Heisei 13th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Kayo Yoshikawa | Study of Mina Loy's Works: Poetry of Lunar Pilgrimage |
| Heisei 15th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Yayoi Kaneko | The Truth Behind the Mask -Jane and Lucy- |
| Heisei 15th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Keisuke Kawakubo | Nathaniel Hawthorne: His Approach to Reality and Art |
| Heisei 15th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Hiromi Miyazaki | The Old English Version of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum :Translation or Transformation? |
| Heisei 16th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Satoko Shimazaki | Polysemy of Old English poetic vocabulary |
| Heisei 16th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Shiko Akahori | Chaucer's Cheating Women: The Destruction of the Ideal Woman in The Canterbury Tales |
| Heisei 18th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Misaki Noguchi | THE TRANSLATOR'S FREEDOM:THREE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MODERNIZATIONS OF 'THE MILLER'S TALE' IN GEOFFREY CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES |
| Heisei 18th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Akiko Yamanaka | Henry's Dream—John Berryman, The Minstrel Show in The Dream Songs— |
| Heisei 20th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Minjung Seo | A comparative study of subjective <situational understanding> between Japanese speakers and Korean speakers—Focusing on the usage of auxiliary verbs “iku/kuru” and “e kata/ota”— |
| Heisei 20th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Junko Hirota | The heart is a lonely hunter — Carson McCullers as a pendulum |
| Heisei 21th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Takae Hagiwara | Pragmatics of “because”—from text-structural functions to interpersonal functions— |
| Heisei 21th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Masaaki Ihara | Research on the concepts of “mono” and “koto” in Japanese |
| Heisei 24th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Michi Shimizu | Design and Novels: Development of Virginia Woolf's Method - Focusing on To the Lighthouse |
| Heisei 27th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Masa Koyasu | The Relationships Between Proficiency and L2 Learning Variables: Personality, The Willingness to Communicate, and Motivation. |
| Reiwa 4th year | Ph.D. (Literature) | Mi-jeong Park | Acquiring the final particle "ne" in Japanese as a second language - For Korean Japanese learners - |