Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of English Literature, Sophia University
- Degree
- Psychology B.Sc.Hons.(Birmingham University)心理学学士(ﾊﾞｰﾐﾝｶﾞﾑ大学)Applied English Linguistics Ph.D.(Birmingham University)応用英語学博士(ﾊﾞｰﾐﾝｶﾞﾑ大学)
- Researcher number
- 20317499
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901037836674889
- researchmap Member ID
- 1000212249
Have studied in a variety of fields including psycholinguistics, memory, text and discourse analysis. Presently concentrating on modern children's literature with an emphasis on stylistics, translation, picturebooks. Current specific interests are poetry in children's literature and translation of children's literature into minority languages.
My current research focusses on two main areas. First, I am studying poetry in children's literature, focussing on the various types of poetry in children's literature and on the interactions of different media in the poetic forms. Second, I have a long term project looking at translation of children's literature into minority languages. I am studying this through the lens of translation studies theory, child rights, and language learning.
(Subject of research)
Poetry in Children's Literature
Translation of Children's Literature into Minority Languages
English Children's Literature
Modern English Literature and Urban Fantasy
Audience and implied reader in Children's Literature
Stylistics and Narrative in Children's Literature
Translation of Children's Literature
The development of dragons in English Literature
Picturebook theory and translation
Hawaiian Children's Books
Children's Literature and Language Learning
(Proposed theme of joint or funded research)
Translation of Children's Literature into Minority Languages
Research Interests
14Research Areas
6Papers
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New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 1-19, Apr, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
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The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Young Audiences, eds Michal Boroda and Jorge Díaz-Cintas, 324-236, 2025 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
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The Reading Matrix, 23(1) 50-66, Apr, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
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English Literature and Language, 59 23-43, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
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Children's Literature in Education, Feb 12, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
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English Literature and Language, 58 1-19, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
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New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 26(1-2) 25-37, Jul 27, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
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The Translator, 27(2) 238-240, Apr 3, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
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Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America, 40(1) 181-185, 2019 Invited
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English Language and Literature, 54 1-20, 2018A discussion of different understandings of intelligence, with special attention the the idea that intelligence is i) not fixed, and ii) dependent upon outside factors such as availability of resources and effective tools.
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Applied Linguistics Review, 10(2) 179-200, Oct 25, 2017 Peer-reviewed
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Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 8(3) 126-132, Jun, 2017 Peer-reviewedA study of the rhetorical techniques in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The appear argues the Shakespeare intentionally introduced weaknesses into Brutus' forum speech in order to make Mark Antony's better by comparison.
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English Language and Literature, 53 29-63, 2017In this paper I make an analysis of Japanese and German translations of Terry Pratchett’s 'The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents' in relation to, i) textual modifcation, ii) intertextual connection, iii) humour, iv) narrative and character voice. The paper uses Hollindale’s (1988) model of ideology as a framework to examine changes in translation as reflections of the personal, cultural and linguistic pressures which influence translator choices.
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TRANSLATION STUDIES, 9(3) 241-255, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed
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CLELE Journal, 3(2) 1-23, Nov, 2015 Peer-reviewedA review of vocabulary learning through extended reading taking data for first language learning and applying it to foreign and second language learning. Particularly analysing the features of children's literature which facilitate implicit learning of vocabulary.
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English Literature and Language, 51(51) 39-46, Feb, 2015
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CHILDRENS LITERATURE IN EDUCATION, 45(1) 17-32, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
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Children's Literature in Education, 45(1) 17-32, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
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English Literature and Language, 50(50) 47-64, Feb, 2014
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New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 19(2) 153-173, Sep 5, 2013 Peer-reviewedStudying history in fiction, especially in children's fiction.
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1(1) 1-19, Mar 10, 2013A discussion of how parodic texts for children often have parodic objects which those readers are unlikely to know, and a discussion of how such parodic texts can work.
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English Literature and Language, 49(49) 19-30, Feb 1, 2013A paper discussing common terms for describing audience in children's literature, and argument for adopting more variety of terms.
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Hūlili: Multidiciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 9 283-304, 2013 Peer-reviewedLooking at the position of Hawaiian language children's literature in Hawaiian culture.
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE, 5(1) 36-50, Jul, 2012 Peer-reviewedLead author
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English Literature and Language, 48(48) 79-88, Feb 1, 2012Named martial arts in literature are usually used as generic labels rather than as indicators of specific martial arts. Kate Thompson uses Aikido as a named, specific martial art in her book 'The Fourth Horseman'. This paper examines the narrative uses of this unusual writing choice.
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META, 56(3) 596-609, Sep, 2011 Peer-reviewed
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English Literature and Language, (47) 1-35, Feb, 2011A paper examining how the Beowulf story has been adapted for children.
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE, 3(1) 44-60, Jul, 2010 Peer-reviewed
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English Literature and Language, (45) 57-78, Feb, 2009A discussion of the nature of translation for children.
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English literature and language, (43) 77-96, Feb 24, 2007
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English literature and language, (38) 107-123, Mar, 2002
Books and Other Publications
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NHK, Jun, 2010 (ISBN: 9784140395226)A collected book of essays about Japan and Britain, with Japanese translations.
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Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd., Feb 10, 2007 (ISBN: 9784140350720)
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ベレ出版, Jan, 2005 (ISBN: 4860640772)
Presentations
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East Asian Academy for Liberal Arts. Across Cultures and Pages: The Landscape of Children’s Literature in East Asia Online Symposium, 2024 Invited
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ACLAR conference ‘Owning Our Voices’ Perth, Australia, 2022
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IRSCL Congress, Santiago, Chile., 2021
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Hawaii International Conference on English Language and Literature Studies (HICELLS 2020). University of Hawai’i, Hilo, 2020
Professional Memberships
2Research Projects
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023