Shoichi Iwasaki

BA, English Literature
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

BA, Japanese Language
International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

MA, East Asian Languages
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

PhD, Linguistics
University of California, Los Angeles

American University Alumnus, Bangkok, Thailand (1987)
Union Language School, Bangkok, Thailand (1988)
Nisa Language School, Bangkok, Thailand (1990)

Major Positions Held:

Research Intern
Communication Institute, East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii

Coordinator and Instructor of Japanese
Portland State University

Japan Foundation Visiting Lecturer
Center for Asian Studies
University of Adelaide, Australia

Instructor of Japanese
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia

Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant
Department of Linguistics,
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
university of California, Los Angeles

Lecturer
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures,
University of California, Los Angeles

Consultant for Teaching Assistants
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
University of California, Los Angeles

Instructor
Monterey Institute of International Studies

Japan Foundation Visiting Scholar
Japanese Program, Thammasat University
Bangkok, Thailand

Assistant Professor
Department of Foreign Languages
Nagoya Gakuin University
Aichi, Japan

Japan foundation Visiting Professor
Japanese Studies Center, Thammasat University
Rangsit, Thailand

Assistant Professor
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
University of California, Los Angeles

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Paper Presentations:

The Particle wa and discourse structure. The Fourth Biennial Conference of Asian Studies Association of Australia. Monash University.

Discourse functions of wa. The 36th Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies.

Semantics and functions of wa. Pennsylvania State University.

Change-of-state expressions: A comparison of Japanese and Thai. Presented at the Seminar on Japanese language. Rangsit, Thailand.

Nominalized clauses and cohesion in Japanese conversation. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies.

The intonation unit vs. the intermediate phrase. With Nagahara, Hiroyuki and Tsuyoshi Ono. Pre-conference workshop. The Fourth Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference. UCLA.

The structure of intonation unit in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and English. With Tao, Hongyin. Annual Meeting of LSA. Los Angeles.

Tail pitch movement and the intermediate phrase in Japanese. With Nagahara, Hiroyuki. Annual Meeting of LSA. Boston.

Tail pitch movement and the intermediate phrase in Japanese. With Nagahara, Hiroyuki. University of California, Irvine.

The functions of the final-attributive in poetry and prose in Heian Japanese. Pre- conference workshop. The Fifth Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference. UCLA.

Creating the middle ground register in Thai conversation. With Horie, Preeya. Berkeley Linguistics Society. February 17-20, 1995.

Causative and Benefactive Constructions in Thai. The Fifth Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. May 19-21, 1995. Hotel Park, Tucson, Arizona.

On the difference of consciousness regarding interpersonal interaction as appeared in verbal and non-verbal behaviors of Japanese and Thais. With Preeya Horie Ingkapirom. Spring Meeting of the Association of Japanese Language Teachers. May 27-28, 1995. Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan.

Activities in Scholarly and Professional Societies:

Editorial Services to Scholarly Publications: