Papers by Kuniyoshi Kataoka
Language & Communication, 2010
In this paper, I examine the interplay of language-specific factors and socio-cognitive motivatio... more In this paper, I examine the interplay of language-specific factors and socio-cognitive motivations for the poetic construction of language and gesture in Japanese spatial narrative. By employing an ethnopoetic approach and analyzing the text, the body, and the environment in conjunction with the thematic cohesion via ''catchment" (McNeill, D., 2004. Gesture and Thought. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago), I argue that speakers coordinately cue subtle shifts of the narrative phases in terms of forms, referents, and shifts of hand gestures. Based on this argument, I claim that not only linguistic but also multi-modal semiotic resources can substantially contribute to the achievement of holistic poetic configuration and an intersubjective schema for narrative comprehension.
Pragmatics, Jul 6, 2022
l. Affect-encoding and epistolary interaction Recent rnquiries demonstrate that emotion and affec... more l. Affect-encoding and epistolary interaction Recent rnquiries demonstrate that emotion and affect, despite their seeming irraticlnality, are highly logically organized, and thus subject to scientitlc investigation (G. Lakoff and Johnson 19f10: G. Lakoff 1987; Holland and Quinn 1987). More and more linguists have come to appreciate the grammatical realization of affect in language. Also. data accumulate suggesting that discourse is shot through by numerous atfect-carrying devices such as word order, verb voice, pronominal reference. mood, tense/ aspect, and case/ number/ gender/ animacy marking. (Ochs and Schieffelin 1989; Besnier 1990 for an extensive review). On the other hand, many discourse analysts have also tried to explicate specific properties of the written and spoken in terms of grammatical and rhetorical aspects (e.g. Chafe and Danielewicz 1987; Biber 1986; Halliday 1987). Recently, research interest has developed in how features of the spoken language are incorporated into writing, and how these are mediated, as with the activation of involvement by imagery (Tannen 1982, 1992). The encoding of affect in writing needs here again to be captured in terms not only of syntactic features but also of socially motivated intentions of the writer. Much as in face-to-face communication, the interaction and text creation between the message sender (speaker, writer) and the receiver (reader, hearer) is increasingly being emphasized (Rubin 19tt4; Bruner 1986; Nystrand 1989; Camitta 1993). All of these trends challenge the dichotomous view of speaking as the affect-laden mode and writing as the opposite. Insofar as people take the trouble to communicate their message via such an ' I cspccially thank Jane Hill for her cncouragement and carcful reading clf the final manuscript. I also sratefully acknowlcdqc Susan Philips, Donna M. Johnson, Ellen Basso for their invaluablc comments on thc previous version of this papcr, and Douglas Adamson for technical advicc. I also bcncfitcd from insightful comments bv Matt Teller and Shoji Takano about the general oncntation of this paper. Mi' thanks extcnd to Gail Shuck for carcfully and critically reading the manuscript, and to
人工知能学会誌 = Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Jul 1, 2011
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 2014
Researchers' interest in, and their areas of analysis of, space differ according to disciplines, ... more Researchers' interest in, and their areas of analysis of, space differ according to disciplines, but largely in two major ways-"physical" vs "psychological." For instance, anthropological research on space has traditionally been concerned with kinesics, place names, symbolic use of space such as sacred or polluted places, social organization, dwelling and migration patterns, spatial mapping in language use, and habitus (a system of dispositions) (e.g.
English linguistics, 2005
* I wish to thank two anonymous EL reviewers for their invaluable comments on the earlier version... more * I wish to thank two anonymous EL reviewers for their invaluable comments on the earlier version of this review article. I also thank Ray Hardesty for his careful reading of the manuscripts. The remaining inadequacies are of course my own.
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society, 2016
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society, 2011
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society, 2011
In this paper I examine the "absolute" tendencies observed in pointing gestures by spea... more In this paper I examine the "absolute" tendencies observed in pointing gestures by speakers of Japanese, a language heavily dependent upon the "relative" frame of reference (FOR) in spatial perception/description (Levinson 2003). "Absoluteness" in this case concerns the properties manifested in terms of the absolute FOR, where spatial description is carried out with reference to environmentally or geo-magnetically fixed orientations such as NSEW, where the sun rises/sets, up-river/down-river, etc. While pointing gestures by relative-frame speakers in an "actual" environment were observed to be aligned with gaze and torso orientations (Kita 2003), it is yet to be known whether those pointings are qualitatively and functionally equivalent to those in the "recall" of way-finding experiences. In the "recall" situation (reported in this paper), Japanese speakers used only a few absolute pointings in contrast to the "actual&...
In this paper I examine the "absolute" tendencies observed in pointing gestures by spea... more In this paper I examine the "absolute" tendencies observed in pointing gestures by speakers of Japanese, a language heavily dependent upon the "relative" frame of reference (FOR) in spatial perception/description (Levinson 2003). "Absoluteness" in this case concerns the properties manifested in terms of the absolute FOR, where spatial description is carried out with reference to environmentally or geo-magnetically fixed orientations such as NSEW, where the sun rises/sets, up-river/down-river, etc. While pointing gestures by relative-frame speakers in an "actual" environment were observed to be aligned with gaze and torso orientations (Kita 2003), it is yet to be known whether those pointings are qualitatively and functionally equivalent to those in the "recall" of way-finding experiences. In the "recall" situation (reported in this paper), Japanese speakers used only a few absolute pointings in contrast to the "actual&...
Pragmatics & Cognition, 2004
The GLOCAL in Asia 2019, 2019
In this presentation, I will show that various multimodal resources—such as utterance, prosody, r... more In this presentation, I will show that various multimodal resources—such as utterance, prosody, rhythm, schematic images, and bodily reactions—may integratively contribute to the holistic achievement of poeticity. By incorporating the ideas from “ethnopoetics” (Hymes 1981, 1996) and “gesture studies” (McNeill 1992, 2005), I will present a plurimodal analysis of naturally occurring interactions by highlighting the interplay among the verbal, nonverbal, and corporeal representations. With those observations, I confirm that poeticity is not a distinctive quality restricted to constructed poetry or “high” culture, but rather an endowment to any kind of natural discourse that is co-constructed by various semiotic resources. My claim specifically concerns a renewed interest in an ethnopoetic kata ‘form/ shape/ style/ model’ embraced as performative “habitus” among Japanese speakers (Kataoka 2012). Kata, in its broader sense, is stable as well as versatile, often serving as an organization...
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