Saburo Aoki

Saburo Aoki (born 1956) is a Japanese linguist and member of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. He specializes in French language and literature, semantics, and linguistics. His research is mainly on cross-cultural communication and comparative studies of Japanese and French. He is the deputy of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR).

Research keywords Source: Cross-linguistic research on French and Japanese language Francophony study Dialogue between civilisations Global negotiation Research for development in Japanese language Culture and society

Research projects Source:

(current) Contrastive Linguistics in French language and Japanese language 2012-2014 Center of Research for Development in Japanese Culture and Society 2011-2013 The Emerging Role of the Humanities in Our Present Changing Society

Career history Source:

1986-1993 University of Tsukuba Institute of Literature & Linguistics, lecturer 1993-2004 University of Tsukuba Institute of Literature & Linguistics, assistant professor 2004-2005 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, assistant professor 2007- (current) Inter Faculty Education & Research Initiative (IFERI) Head of Management Committee 2005-2011 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Professor 2008-2015 Alliance for Research on North Africa (ARENA), Management Committee 2011- (current) Europe-East Asia Education Program for Global Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences (TRANS), Management Committee 2011- (current) University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities ＆ Social Sciences, Professor 2013-2014 University of Tsukuba Global Commons, Director 2013- (current) Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR), Deputy 2014- (current) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Internationalization Promotion Office University of Tsukuba, Director

Academic background Source: 1979-1980 Universite Paris 7 Departement de Linguistique (Linguistics), Completed 1977-1979 Universite de Besançon Faculty of Literature, Graduated

Degree 1984-12 Docteur en linguistique University of Paris 7

Academic societies Source:

1986 - (current) Japanese Society Of French Linguistics 1986 - (current) La Société Japonaise de Langue et Littérature Françaises 2012 - (current) The Japanese Society for Global System and Ethics (current) Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association

Major publications in English and French Source:

L'interprétation croisée d'une pratique de karaté: le conflit des fondations France/Japon, Saburo Aoki, 2013 Cross-linguistic study of grammar - the Japanese and the French, Saburo Aoki, 1989 La personne en japonais Junji Kawaguchi; France Dhorne; Saburo Aoki, 1995 « Triste » d’une langue à l’autre Saburo Aoki, 2005 Les études françaises au Japon Francine Thyrion; Jean René Klein; Saburo Aoki, 2010