NOTOHARA Yoshiyuki
Faculty of Letters Department of English
Professor
Last Updated :2025/06/17

Researcher Profile and Settings

Research Interests

  • Communicative Approaches & English Grammar in Contexts
  • Modern English Grammar & Pedagogical Grammar
  • Usage-Based Approach to SLA & L2 Pedagogy
  • Canonical Schema Constructions in Contexts
  • Pragmatic Markers
  • Indirect Speech Acts
  • Spoken Corpus Analysis
  • Learner Corpus Analysis
  • Pedagogic Corpus Analysis
  • CEFR Criterial Features

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences / Foreign language education / Applied Linguistics & TESOL
  • Humanities & social sciences / English linguistics / Corpus Linguistics (Cognitive Linguistics & Pragmatics)

Research Experience

  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English, 2016 - Today
  • University College London (UK), Department of English Language and Literature (English Linguistics), Visiting Researcher, 2022 - 2023
  • Doshisha University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English, 2012 - 2016
  • Hijiyama University, Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Department of Languages and Culture, 2007 - 2012
  • Hijiyama University, Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Department of Languages and Culture, 2005 - 2007
  • Hijiyama University, Faculty of Contemporary Culture, Department of Languages and Culture, 2002 - 2005
  • Kure National College of Technology, 1997 - 2002

Education

  • Hiroshima University Graduate School of Education (Ph.D), 2008 - 2011
  • Hiroshima University Graduate School of Education (MA), 1993 - 1996
  • University of Warwick (UK), Centre for English Language Teacher Education (Postgraduate Diploma), 1994 - 1995

Degree

  • Ph.D., Hiroshima University
  • MA, Hiroshima University
  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of Warwick

Association Memberships

  • The British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
  • EuroSLA
  • The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)
  • The International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA)
  • International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
  • The Asian Association for Lexicography (ASIALEX)
  • Japan Society of English Language Education (JASELE)
  • The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
  • The Pragmatics Society of Japan (PSJ)
  • The Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association (JCLA)
  • Japanese Association for English Corpus Studies (JAECS)
  • The Association for Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education (CASELE)
  • Kansai English Language Education Society (KELES)
  • 日本英学史学会中国四国支部

Committee Memberships

  • 日本英学史学会中国・四国支部理事, 2017 - Today, Society
  • 大学英語教育学会賞・学術出版物選考委員, 2017 - Today, Society
  • 英語コーパス学会 編集委員会委員長, 2020 - 2022, Society
  • 関西英語教育学会 紀要編集委員, 2018 - 2022, Society
  • 英語コーパス学会 編集委員会委員, 2014 - 2022, Society
  • 全国英語教育学会 査読委員, 2015 - 2021, Society
  • 関西英語教育学会理事, 2015 - 2018, Society
  • 中国地区英語教育学会理事, 2011 - 2012, Society

Awards

  • 中国地区英語教育学会教育論文賞
    2008
  • 中国地区英語教育学会教育奨励賞
    2004

Published Papers

  • Type/token frequency effects in L2 learners' canonical construction development
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Doshisha Studies in English, (102) 141 - 178, 2021
  • Pragmatic formulaic sequences in canonical constructions and indirect speech acts
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Journal, (50) 51 - 63, 2020
  • A collostructional approach to tense, aspect and modality patterns with canonical constructions in spoken English
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Doshisha Studies in English, (101) 127 - 161, 2020
  • Interpretations of indirect speech acts in canonical constructions
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, (49) 33 - 42, 2019
  • Canonical constructions and verbs
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Yanase, Y. & Nishihara, T. (ed.) Extending sense and sensibility: New horizons in linguistics and applied linguistics, 128 - 139, 2016
  • Canonical construction sequences in junior high school English textbooks and negative conceptual transfer
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, (46) 99 - 108, 2016
  • Canonical event schemata and sentence structures in spoken English
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, (44) 107 - 116, 2014
  • Verb patterns revisited: A dynamic usage-based model perspective
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    English Language Education Journal, (3) 11 - 20, 2012
  • Familiarity with catenative verb constructions through a JEFLL corpus analysis
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Hijiyama University Bulletin, (17) 37 - 46, Mar. 2011
  • Event schemata and sentence structures in junior high school textbooks
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, 41(41) 11 - 20, 2011
  • Familiarity with event schemata and sentence structures through a JEFLL corpus analysis
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    English Corpus Studies, 英語コーパス学会, (17) 33 - 48, 2010
  • Recurrent verbs of Japanese adult EFL learners in narrative e-mails
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Hijiyama University Bulletin, (16) 29 - 39, 2009
  • Pedagogcial effects of convergent concordances: On low and high-intermediate adult Japanese EFL learners
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part. II, 広島大学大学院教育学研究科, (58) 165 - 174, 2009
  • Blog-based convergent data-driven learning
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, 38(38) 101 - 110, 2008
  • Establishing blended learning environments: Tailoring learning management system and e-learning community
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Hijiyama University Bulletin, (14) 59 - 70, 2008
  • Top-down approach to introducing convergent data-driven learning: Feasibility of the FrameNet
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    English Language Education, 167 - 180, 2007
  • Perspectives on data analysis in convergent data-driven learning
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, 35(35) 87 - 96, 2005
  • Integrating data-driven learning into e-mail writing activities
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    CASELE Research Bulletin, The Chugoku Academic Society of English Language Education, 34(34) 113 - 122, 2004
  • L2 listening instruction at high school levels (Oral communication B): An empirical survey
    Yoshida, K; Ozato, F; Nakamura, Y; Kawajiri, T; Yorozuya, R; Notohara, Y; Hayashi, J; Yamaguchi, T
    English Language Education, (44) 30 - 63, 2001
  • Feasibility of diagnostic approach to L2 listening instruction: A descriptive study of listening strategies in repetitive listening activities
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Applied Linguistics and English Language Education, 185 - 200, 2001
  • Japanese EFL learners' motivations at high school levels: An empirical survey
    Department of English; Language Education (Leader; Shogo MIURA
    English;Language Education, (40) 80 - 100, 1997
  • The relationships between dictation skills and listening comprehension skills: Task type effects
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Bulletin of Chugoku and Shikoku Academic Society of Education Part II, 41 83 - 88, 1996

MISC

  • 歴史的転換期イギリスで耳に残った慣習的な英語表現
    能登原祥之
    『CHART NETWORK』 (数研出版), (104) 5 - 8, Sep. 2024
  • 行動志向の英語教育における文法指導
    能登原祥之
    『CHART NETWORK』 (数研出版), (90) 1 - 4, Nov. 2019
  • A usage-based approach to criterial canonical construction in an L2 learner corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    In Y.Tono & H. Isahara (eds.) (2018) Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC 2018), 357 - 360, Sep. 2018, Summary international conference
  • 学習者が使えている文法項目から熟達度レベルを感じとる
    能登原 祥之
    雑誌『英語教育』6月号(大修館書店), 65(3) 16 - 18, May 2016
  • 『平成24-27年度 科学研究費補助金(基礎研究 (A))学習者コーパスによる英語CEFRレベル基準特性の特定と活用に関する総合的研究(課題番号:24242017)』(分担執筆)
    研究者代表; 投野由紀夫
    Apr. 2016
  • A corpus-based difficulty level evaluation of example sentences with the CEFR levels in CALD4
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    In. L, Lan, J. Mckeown, & L.Kiming. (eds.) (2015) Proceedings of Asialex 2015 Hong Kong, Words, Dictionaries and Corpora : Innovations in Reference Science, 273 - 280, May 2015, Summary international conference
  • N-gram 分析を通したCEFRレベルの基準特性の特定:動詞共起フレームに焦点をあてて
    能登原祥之
    『言語処理学会 第21回年次大会発表論文集』, 876 - 879, Mar. 2015, Summary national conference
  • 学習者コーパスに見られる間違いを指導に生かす
    能登原 祥之
    雑誌『英語教育』5月号(大修館書店), 63(2) 24 - 25, Apr. 2014
  • 『平成10・11・12年度科学研究費補助金(基礎研究 (B)(2))研究成果報告書技術教育のための知的マルチメディア開発と実施に関する共同研究(課題番号:10045056)』(分担執筆)
    研究者代表; 長町三生
    Apr. 2001
  • Computer-Mediated Communication 活動を通した国際交流授業の運営−E-mail Writing 活動の場合の記述研究−(分担執筆)
    能登原祥之; 石井淳二; 川尻 武信; 周藤剛士; 岡中正三; 谷岡憲三; 長町三生
    『高専教育』, (24) 271 - 276, Mar. 2001
  • Eメールを利用した国際交流授業の実践(分担執筆)
    能登原祥之、石井淳二、田邊達雄、川尻武信、周藤剛士、岡中正三
    『工学教育』, 48(3) 44 - 47, May 2000
  • Eメールを活用した国際交流 -呉高専とマウイ校の学生の交流に対する 態度の比較調査-(分担執筆)
    田邊達雄; 石井淳二; 川尻武信; 周藤剛士; 能登原祥之; 岡中正三; 谷岡憲三; 長町三生
    『呉高専三十五周年記念学術論文集』, 27 - 33, Mar. 2000
  • Application of Intelligent Multimedia to Language Teaching -International Exchange with University of Hawwaii Maui Community College (MCC) by E-mail-
    TANABE Tatsuo; ISHII Junji; KAWAJIRI Takenobu; SUDO Tsuyoshi; NOTOHARA Yoshiyuki; OKANAKA Shozo; NAGAMACHI Mitsuo
    『教育システム情報学会誌』, 16(2) 99 - 104, Jul. 1999
  • マルチメディアを応用した語学教育の実践(分担執筆)
    能登原 祥之; 石井 淳二; 田邊 達雄; 川尻 武信; 周藤 剛士; 岡中 正三
    『工学・工業教育研究講演会講演論文集』, 255 - 258, 1999
  • 英語教育学モノグラフ16 リスニング(分担執筆)
    柳善和; 萬谷隆一; 杉野直樹; 川島浩勝; 平本哲嗣; 田中祐治; 能登原祥之
    雑誌『英語教育』9月 増刊号(大修館書店), 45(7) 70 - 72, Sep. 1996

Books etc

  • 『COMET English Communication III』高等学校教科書 英語コミュニケーション III
    池野修(編著)
    数研出版, Jan. 2024, Joint editor
  • 『COMET English Communication II』高等学校教科書 英語コミュニケーション II
    池野修(編著)
    数研出版, Jan. 2023, Joint editor
  • 『COMET English Communication I』高等学校教科書 英語コミュニケーション I
    池野修 (編著)
    数研出版, Jan. 2022, Joint editor
  • 『教材・テスト作成のための CEFR-J リソースブック』
    投野由紀夫; 根岸雅史(編著)
    大修館書店, May 2020, Contributor, Scholarly book
  • 『英語指導法理論と実践: 21世紀型英語教育の探究』
    赤松信彦(編著)
    英宝社, Jan. 2018, Contributor, Scholarly book
  • 『英語教師のためのコーパス活用ガイド』
    赤野一郎; 堀正広; 投野由紀夫(編著)
    大修館書店, Mar. 2014, Contributor, Scholarly book
  • 『外国語活動から始まる英語教育: ことばへの気づきを中心として』
    馬本勉(編著)
    あいり出版, Mar. 2014, Contributor, Scholarly book
  • 『プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第5版)』
    瀬戸賢一; 投野由紀夫(編著)
    小学館, Feb. 2012, Contributor

Presentations

  • Exploring Illocutionary Force of Tense-Aspect-Modality (TAM) Specified Canonical Constructions: A Collostructional Approach
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 18th International Pragmatics Conference (IPC), Jul. 2023, Oral presentation
  • Exploring the metaphorical and image-schematic grounding of indirect speech acts realization in processes and force-dynamic schemata constructions: A corpus pragmatics approach
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 41st International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) Heidelberg Digital Conference, May 2020
  • Pragmatic formulaic sequences in canonical constructions and indirect speech acts
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 50th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2019
  • A usage-based approach to criterial canonical construction in an L2 learner corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 4th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference( APCLC), Sep. 2018
  • Type frequency effects on L2 learners’ canonical construction development
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 51st British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Conference, Sep. 2018
  • Interpretation of indirect speech acts in canonical constructions
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 49th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2018
  • Exploring the epistemic associations between tense-aspect-modal markers and canonical verbs in the spoken English corpus: A collostructional analysis
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 38th International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) Conference, May 2017
  • The development of the Grammar/Text/Error Profiles for the CEFR-J
    Yukio TONO; Yasutake ISHII; Satoru UCHIDA; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA; Masao AIKAWA
    The JACET 55th International Convention Symposium, Sep. 2016
  • Frequency effects of canonical constructions through senior high school textbooks
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 47th CASELE Conference, Aug. 2016
  • English sentence patterns and criterial features for the CEFR levels" ,Yoshiyuki Notohara
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    A Symposium on the CEFR-J RLD Project: Developing Grammar, Text and Error Profiles Using Textbook & Learner Corpora, Mar. 2016
  • Tense and aspect usage patterns of canonical verbs in the spoken English corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 48th British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Conference, Sep. 2015
  • Canonical construction sequences in junior high school English textbooks and negative conceptual transfer
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 41st JASELE Conference, Aug. 2015
  • A corpus-based difficulty level evaluation of example sentences with the CEFR levels in CALD4
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    ASIALEX 2015 Conference, Jun. 2015
  • Criterial features extraction through n-gram analysis: Co-occured verb frames
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 21st NLP Conference, Mar. 2015
  • CEFR criterial features in verb construction patterns
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 2nd CEFR-J RLD Project Public Meeting (2014), Dec. 2014
  • Extended canonicity of event schemata in the spoken English corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 47th British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Conference, Sep. 2014
  • Frequency effects of canonical event schemata and structures through English textbooks
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 40th JASELE Conference, Aug. 2014
  • Historical considerations on exposed English example sentences in Japanese EFL classrooms
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 26th Historical Society of English Studies in Japan (Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter), May 2014
  • Criterial features in CEFR-rated JEFLL corpus:Verbs observed
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 2nd CEFR-J RLD Project Public Meeting (2013), Sep. 2013
  • Canonical event schemata and sentence structures in spoken English
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 39th JASELE Conference, Aug. 2013
  • Criterial features candidates in Japanese EFL learners' writing
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 3rd CEFR-J RLD Project Public Meeting (2012), Mar. 2013
  • Criterial features extraction from written learner corpora
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA, Yukio TONO
    The 2nd CEFR-J RLD Project Public Meeting (2012), Dec. 2012
  • Reclassification of CEFR levels in the JEFLL corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA; Yukio TONO
    The 1st CEFR-J RLD Project Public Meeting (2012), Sep. 2012
  • Phraseological Units Development in Japanese EFL Learners' Interlanguage through Convergent Concordances
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 44th British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Conference, Sep. 2011
  • Verb patterns revisited: A dynamic usage-based approach
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 4th Hiroshima University English Language Education Conference, Jul. 2011
  • Frequency effects analysis of junior-high school textbooks: Event schemata and sentence structures
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 36th JASELE Conference, Aug. 2010
  • Pedagogical effects of e-learning at Japanese EFL university levels
    Nobuyuki AOKI; Tomoe WATANABE; Shigeo SUZUKI; Ken NOZAWA; Mitsuko TAKEI; Toshihiro SHIMIZU; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA; Masato IKEGAMI; Takeshi TERASHIMA
    The 50th LET Conference, Aug. 2010
  • Event schemata and sentence structures in Junior high school textbooks
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 41th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2010
  • Japanese EFL learners’ relative familiarity with catenative verb constructions through a JEFLL corpus analysis
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 35th JASELE Conference, Aug. 2009
  • Japanese EFL learners’ relative familiarity with canonical event schemata with sentence structures through a JEFLL Corpus analysis
    能登原 祥之
    The 33rd JAECS Convention, Apr. 2009
  • Pedagogical effects of e-learning and learning management at Japanese EFL university levels
    Nobuyuki AOKI; Tomoe WATANABE; Michio TOKUMI; Toshihiro SHIMIZU; Motoyuki TSUNEKAWA; Takeshi TERASHIMA; Masato IKEGAMI; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA; Hiroaki MAEDA
    The 47th LET Conference, Aug. 2007, Public symposium
  • Blog-based convergent data-driven learning
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 38th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2007
  • Establishing blended learning environments: Tailoring learning management system and e-learning community
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Hiroshima CALL Research Meeting, Dec. 2006
  • Recurrent verbs of Japanese EFL learners in narrative e-mails
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 34th JSEUS Conference, Jun. 2005
  • Perspectives on data analysis in convergent data-driven learning
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 35th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2004
  • Integrating data-driven learning into e-mail writing activities
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 34th CASELE Conference, Jun. 2003
  • Computer-mediated communication-based intercultural exchange classrooms management
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Hiroshima CALL Research Meeting, Feb. 2002
  • Exploring effective pronunciation instruction: Pronunciation strategies and pronunciation competence
    Shizuya TARA; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA; Taro SUZUKI
    The 26th JASELE Conference, Aug. 2000
  • L2 listening instruction at high school levels (Oral communication B): An empirical survey
    Takenobu KAWAJIRI; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 24th Hiroshima English Language Education, Aug. 2000
  • Multimedia-mediated EFL instruction: Email-based intercultural exchange program
    Tatsuo TANABE; Takenobu KAWAJIRI; Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The JSEE 1999 Conference, Jul. 1999
  • Aspects of Japanese EFL learners' perceptual sense units in listening comprehension
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 27th CASELE Conference, Sep. 1996
  • Japanese EFL learners' listening comprehension in dictation activities
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 47th Chogoku-Shikoku SSE Conference, Nov. 1995
  • Exploring pedagogical effects of dictation as a listening task: An information-processing perspective
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    The 26th CASELE Conference, Oct. 1995

Research Projects

  • A Canonical Construction Instruction List Revisited: Speech Acts Allocation
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Scientific Research(C)(General), 2018/04 -2021/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Frequency Effects of Canonical Event Schemata with Sentence Patterns through the English Textbook Corpus
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Scientific Research(C)(General), 2015/04 -2018/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Empirical Studies on Event Schema-based Pedagogical Semantic Tag Sets
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Scientific Research(C)(General), 2012/04 -2015/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Pedagogical Effects of Convergent Concordances : Semantic Restructuring of English Catenative Verb Constructions
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 2009/04 -2012/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Hijiyama University
  • Convergent Data-Driven Learning and the Semantic Restructuring of English Verbs of Japanese EFL Learners
    Yoshiyuki NOTOHARA
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 2006/04 -2009/03, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Hijiyama University