Researcher and Faculty Information
Motonobu Suzuki Motonobu Suzuki
SUZUKI Motonobu
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Faculty
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Faculty of Intercultural Japanese Studies Graduate School of Graduate School of Comparative Culture
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Major
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Japanese Culture and Literature / Asian Culture and Literature
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job title
- Professor
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degree
- PhD (Linguistics)
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Research Field
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Literature/Humanities/Humanity/Psychology
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Research Topics
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Linguistics Japanese Language Studies Semantics Pragmatics
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comment
- I am researching modern Japanese grammar. Currently, I am focusing on the words "yasui yasui" and "shi shi ni karu" that express ease and difficulty, and am researching whether they really express "difficulty" and if not, what they mean.
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Main publications and papers
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"The Meaning and Conditions of Yasui Nikui" Otemae University Review, No. 16, March 2016
"How to distinguish between "tsukai" and "zukai" to express difficulty: Analysis and consideration of survey results," Otemae University Review, No. 15, March 2015
"The Semantic Role of Noun Phrases in Determining the Meaning of Yasui and Nikui," Otemae University Review, No. 14, March 2014
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Main classes taught
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"The Structure of Japanese Language," "Japanese Linguistics Research," "Japanese Linguistics Exercises," "Japanese Language and Dialects," and "Japanese Expressions"
■Correspondence Course Subjects "Special Lecture on Japanese Language Education" "Graduation Research"