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Dr. Yoko Yonezawa is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. She holds a PhD and MA from The Australian National University and a BA from Japan Women’s University. Her research explores the interface between language and culture, with a focus on Japanese pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and identity formation.
Her research interests include:
- Interaction between grammar and pragmatics
- Language and identity in political discourse
- Comparative studies of Japanese and East Asian languages
- Gender and language in Japanese society
- Kinship terms and address practices
She teaches advanced Japanese language courses (JPNS3611, JPNS3612, JPNS3650) and supervises postgraduate research in Japanese linguistics. Current projects examine Japanese female politicians' language and kinship terms in contemporary Japanese.
Awards include teaching excellence honors from ANU and a Higher Education Academy Fellowship. Her publications focus on Japanese address terms, pronoun usage, and cross-cultural pragmatics, with recent work analyzing kinship conceptualization and creative pronoun use in reported speech.
