| SAKABA Hiromichi |  |
| Faculty of Global Communications Department of Global Communications | |
| Assistant Professor |
Last Updated :2025/04/25
Researcher Profile and Settings
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Research Interests
- Language and Culture
- Natural Semantic Metalanguage
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Cross-cultural Communication
- Semantics
Research Areas
Research Experience
- Doshisha University, Faculty of Global Communications, assistant professor, 2025/04 - Today
- Ritsumeikan University, Center for Language Education and Research, Full-time Foreign Language Lecturer, 2022/04 - 2025/03
- Osaka University, School of Foreign Studies, Part-time Lecturer, 2022/04 - 2024/03
- Otemon Gakuin University, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Part-time Lecturer, 2021/04 - 2022/03
- Kansai University of International Studies, 現代社会学部観光学科, 非常勤講師, 2020/04 - 2022/03
- Aino University, 短期大学部専攻科, Part-time Lecturer, 2020/04 - 2022/03
- Australian National University, College of Arts & Social Sciences, Visiting researcher, 2019/07 - 2019/11
Education
- Osaka University, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Department of Language and Culture, 2019/04 - 2022/03
- Osaka University, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Department of Language and Culture, 2017/04 - 2019/03
- Osaka University, School of Foreign Studies, Department of Foreign Studies, 2012/04 - 2017/03
- Australian National University, 2015/02 - 2015/11
Degree
- Master（Language and Culture）, Osaka University, Mar. 2019
- PhD（Language and Culture）, Osaka University, Jun. 2023
Association Memberships
Published Papers
- Euphemisms for Japanese shinu 死ぬ ‘die’: Linguacultural, semantic, and pragmatic perspectives
Hiromichi Sakaba; Sandy Habib
Australian Journal of Linguistics, 45(1) 43 - 67, 02 Jan. 2025, Scientific journal - Tanoshisa and tanoshimi: Differences in the conceptualization of the cause of emotion
日本認知言語学会論文集, 24 36 - 48, 31 Mar. 2024 - Conceptualization of “happy-like” feelings in Japanese and its relevance to a semantic typology of emotion concepts
Hiromichi Sakaba
Australian Journal of Linguistics, 43(4) 283 - 313, 02 Oct. 2023, Scientific journal - Feasibility Study on Large-scale Introduction of Neural Machine Translation into PBL English Classes
近藤 雪絵; 木村 修平; 坂場 大道; 豊島 知穂; 中南 美穂; 山下 美朋; 山中 司
Proceedings of the CIEC Spring Conference 2023, CIEC（コンピュータ教育利用学会）, 14 41 - 44, 11 Mar. 2023 - Is the feeling designated by the term yorokobu expressed in action? -The validity of linguistic tests based on selective restrictions-
坂場大道
Papers from the 22nd National Conference of the Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association, 22 309 - 315, Apr. 2022 - High-Context Communication in Workplace -Case Study of Japanese Enterprises in Thailand
今村都; 坂場大道
Proceedings of 2021 Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference, 149 - 151, 09 Dec. 2021, International conference proceedings
MISC
- The meaning of setsunai : A Japanese emotion term to express the “mixed” feelings
Hiromichi SAKABA
言語文化共同研究プロジェクト 2023/ 認知・機能言語学研究 IX, 28 - 41, 31 May 2024 - 立命館大学の正課英語授業へのニューラル機械翻訳導入について
坂場大道; 木村修平; 近藤雪絵
機械翻訳, 79, 29 Nov. 2023, Introduction scientific journal - Mottainai as a Japanese cultural keyword: A key semantic difference to the English word waste
言語文化共同研究プロジェクト 2021: 認知・機能言語学研究 VII, 61 - 70, 31 Mar. 2022 - Gladの意味についての一考察
坂場 大道; サカバ ヒロミチ
言語文化共同研究プロジェクト 2020: 認知・機能言語学研究 VI, 大阪大学大学院言語文化研究科, (2020) 11 - 20, 31 May 2021 - 意味論から見た「幸せ」
坂場 大道; サカバ ヒロミチ
言語文化共同研究プロジェクト 2019: 認知・機能言語学研究 V, 大阪大学大学院言語文化研究科, 31 - 40, 31 Jul. 2020 - The Difference of Japanese Uso and English Lie from the Perspective of Speech Acts
Sakaba Hiromichi
大阪大学言語文化学 = Journal of language and culture, Society for the Study of Language and Culture Osaka University, 29 35 - 55, 31 Mar. 2020
Books etc
Presentations
- The biblical key word ləḇārêḵ: what does it mean?
Sandy Habib; Hiromichi Sakaba
NSM Conference: NSM-Con 2024, 27 Jun. 2024, 27 Jun. 2024, 28 Jun. 2024 - Exploring cultures through the meaning of words
Theoretical Linguistics at Keio 2023, 20 Oct. 2023 - 「楽しさ」と「楽しみ」―派生元の品詞が表す感情の性質の違い―
日本認知言語学会第24回全国大会, 02 Sep. 2023, Oral presentation - On setsunai: A Japanese emotion term to express the ‘bittersweet’ feelings
NSM Conference: NSM-Con2023, 23 Jun. 2023 - Report on the practice of an inquiry-based study of science through collaboration between the high school and the university: an attempt at a joint poster presentation
SAKABA, Hiromichi; YAMASHITA, Miho; OGA, Mayumi
JACET Kansai Chapter 2022 Conference, 04 Mar. 2023 - Worry about vs. be worried about – The difference in the conceptualization of the triggering event –
Hiromichi SAKABA
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ) 15th International Spring Forum 2022, 15 May 2022 - “Mottainai as a Japanese cultural keyword: How it is different from English ‘waste(ful)’”
Hiromichi SAKABA
NSM Conference: NSM-Con2022, 28 Apr. 2022 - “High-Context Communication in Workplace -Case Study of Japanese Enterprises in Thailand”
今村都; 坂場大道
Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference, 08 Dec. 2021 - 「喜ぶ」は感情の外的表出を伴うか−選択制限にまつわるテストの妥当性−
日本認知言語学会 第22回全国大会, 05 Sep. 2021 - 感情形容詞「嬉しい」と「楽しい」の違い
関西言語学会第45回大会, 13 Jun. 2020 - 「「嘘」と「冗談」~日本語と英語における<真ではない発話>の捉え方の違い〜」
大阪大学言語文化学会第55回大会, 27 Jun. 2019
Research Projects
- 「探究から研究へ」高大連携の支援体制と合同成果発信への取り組み
立命館大学, 2022年度グラスルーツ実践支援制度, 2022/09 -2023/03, 立命館大学 - 感情の認知意味論〜日本語と英語における肯定的感情の概念化の違い〜
国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構(JST), 学際融合を推進し社会実装を担う次世代挑戦的研究者育成プロジェクト, 2021/10 -2022/03, Principal investigator, 大阪大学 - 英語教育プログラムと生成系AIの関係に関する実践調査：実践的提言をおこなうための基礎研究
立命館大学, 2023年度グラスルーツ実践支援制度, 立命館大学
Teaching Experience
- English JP1
Ritsumeikan University - English P1-P4
Ritsumeikan University - English linguistics
Osaka University - Travel English
Otemon Gakuin University - Discussion and Debate
Otemon Gakuin University - Speech and Presentation
Otemon Gakuin University - 英語コミュニケーション
藍野大学短期大学部 - 総合英語/基礎英語
Kansai University of International Studies