Satoshi Nambu
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Satoshi Nambu
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Japanese Studies, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Australia

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I’m delighted to announce that my article on multilingual signage in Japan has been published!

Multilingual Practices in the Linguistic Landscape of Historical Religious Sites in Japan as International Tourist Destinations.

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Multilingual practices in the linguistic landscape of historical religious sites in Japan as international tourist destinations
This study investigates the linguistic landscapes of three historical religious sites in Japan, Kiyomizu Temple (Kyoto), Tōdaiji Temple (Nara), and Ise Shrine (Ise), focusing on multilingual signag...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Delighted to announce that my book chapter has just been published by Palgrave!

"Variations in Japanese Subject and Object Markers: Exploring Extralinguistic Factors Using the Corpus of Everyday Japanese Conversation"

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Theories of Morphological Case and Topic/Focus
This edited book explores morphological case in English, Japanese and Bantu languages from morphosyntactic, semantic and historical perspectives.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Here's hoping THE AI CON will get enough traction to reach such people.

More info here: thecon.ai

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May 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Had a lot of fun interviewing a UNE student in WA for this new jazzy video expertly produced by @thejsaa.bsky.social colleagues! It is an Australian take on Japanese language learning, but widely applicable. Please share! @unseenjapan.com @jppinfo.bsky.social @japantimes.co.jp @jamuseum.bsky.social😄
How Japanese Studies Can Shape Your Future Career
This is "How Japanese Studies Can Shape Your Future Career" by Jokyu Nihongo on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I'm delighted to share that my article on the language policy for English loanwords in Japan has been published! Free download
Nambu, Satoshi. 2025. Reflection on Japan’s language policy for English loanwords. English Today. Online first. Free download doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Reflection on Japan's language policy for English loanwords | English Today | Cambridge Core
Reflection on Japan's language policy for English loanwords
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April 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
「大事だと思うよ」の「だ」は入れるべきという意見が多い一方、直感と異なり話し言葉より書き言葉でより多く省かれる傾向があり、もともとは「だ」なしが基本形だったのではと報告しています。特に「と思われる」では「だ」ナシが圧倒的に多くなるようです。

Nambu, Satoshi. 2023. A quantitative study on zero copula in Japanese. Language Sciences 96. Link to the article in the journal doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
April 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
日常会話では、カジュアルな場面で98.6%が「(寝)ている」でなく「(寝)てる」、職場の会議のようなフォーマルな場面でも92%が「てる」。一方で、書き言葉では「ている」が圧倒的多数。

「複数のコーパスを利用した言葉のバリエーションの研究」国立国語研究所論集 28, 79-94. open access

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下記もぜひ覧ください!

小磯花絵 (2022) 「書き言葉・話し言葉における縮約形の実態−コーパスに基づく分析を通して−」 窪薗晴夫・朝日祥之(編)『言語コミュニケーションの多様性』61–78.くろしお.
April 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Save languages at Cardiff!

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February 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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The 5th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP 5)@ 早稲田大学 4月17--19日 のプログラム公開されとる
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February 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Masa Koizumi receiving the Bloomfield Book Award 👏👏👏
January 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM