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Saoko Funada

Faculty of Humanities
Lecturer/Senior Assistant Professor

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • 修士（文学）, 広島大学
  • 博士（文学）, 広島大学
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, English linguistics, English Stylistics

Career

■ Educational Background
  • Hiroshima University Postgraduate School, Graduate School, Division of Letters, 人文学専攻

Research activity information

■ Paper
  • An Analysis of the Practice and Effectiveness of Cross-Cultural Correspondence Using Skype
    福岡大学 教職課程教育センター紀要 第６号, 01 Dec. 2021, :76 - 95
  • A Stylistic Study of Dickens's Dehumanisation: With a Focus on Animal Metaphors in Bleak House
    ERA New Series Vol.39 No. 1, 01 Sep. 2021, 39(1):19 - 39, Refereed
  • A Stylistic Study of Dickens’s Simile Expressions in Little Dorrit: With Special Focus on Dehumanised Characters
    Research Horizons. Edited by Dr. Rajshree P. Trivedi. Mumbai: Maniben Nanavati Women's College., 01 Jul. 2021, Refereed
  • A Stylistic Analysis of Dickens's Dehumanisation Using Metaphors in Our Mutual Friend
    福岡大学研究部論集A:人文科学編, 20 Dec. 2019, 19(2):39 - 52
  • 別府大学教養英語共通テストの解答傾向分析
    三重野佳子; 竹安大; 内山和也; 舩田佐央子; 藤森千博; 松田美香
    別府大学紀要, Feb. 2016, (57):87 - 105
  • A Stylistic Approach to Animal Metaphors in Charles Dickens’s Novels: With Special Reference to the First-Person Narrative Perspectives
    Online Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), Jan. 2016
  • Metaphorical Expressions in Little Dorrit: Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    Research Horizons. Eds. Prof. Vibhuti Patel & Dr. Harshada Rathod. Mumbai: Maniben Nanavati Women's College., Sep. 2015, :116 - 128, Refereed
  • 別府大学語学教育におけるプレイスメントテストの活用：2014年度分析結果から見える今後の課題
    竹安大; 三重野佳子; 舩田佐央子; 内山和也; 松田美香
    別府大学日本語教育研究 [CD-ROM], Mar. 2015, (5):23 - 34
  • Rhetorical Expressions in Charles Dickens's Novels
    Doctoral thesis (Hiroshima University Postgraduate School), Mar. 2012
  • Metaphors in Great Expectations in Terms of Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    ERA （広島英語研究会） New Series Vol.26 Nos. 1 & 2, Mar. 2009
  • Rhetorical Expressions by Simile in David Copperfield
    PALA 2008 Proceedings, Dec. 2008, Refereed
  • Similes in Oliver Twist: Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    ERA （広島英語研究会） New Series Vol.25 Nos. 1 & 2, Mar. 2008
  • Metaphors in Great Expectations in Terms of Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association), Dec. 2007, Refereed
  • Dehumanisation in Great Expectations in Terms of Simile
    ERA （広島英語研究会） New Series Vol.21 Nos. 1 & 2, Mar. 2004
  • Metaphors in Great Expectations
    ERA （広島英語研究会） New Series Vol.20 Nos. 1 & 2, Mar. 2003
  • Similes in Great Expectations
    PHOENIX（広島大学文学研究科英文学会機関誌）第58号, Dec. 2002, (58):1 - 22
  • Metaphorical Expressions in David Copperfield
    ERA（広島英語研究会） New Series Vol.19 Nos. 1 & 2, Mar. 2002
  • Rhetorical Expressions in David Copperfield
    Master's thesis (Hiroshima University Postgraduate School), Mar. 2001
■ MISC
  • ディケンズの比喩表現について
    『サイコアナリティカル英文学論叢』第25号, Jan. 2005, (25):109 - 111
■ Books and other publications
  • 欧米圏デジタル・ヒューマニティーズの基礎知識
    小風尚樹; 小川潤; 纓田宗紀; 長野壮一; 山中美潮; 宮川創; 大向一輝; 永崎研宣; Neil Fraistat; 菊池信彦; 横山説子; Alex Gil; Niall O'Leary; 西川開; James Cummings; 鈴木親彦; 髙橋亮介; 吉川斉; 永井正勝; 赤江雄一; 安形麻理; 徳永聡子; 北村紗衣; Pip Willcox; 槙野翔; 小風綾乃; 松下聖; 舩田佐央子, Joint work
    文学通信, 26 Jul. 2021
  • Charles Dickens’s Personification and Style: With a Special Focus on the First-Person Narrative Perspectives. The Pleasure of English Language and Literature: A Festschrift for Akiyuki Jimura. (Edited by Hideshi Ohno, Kazuho Mizuno, and Osamu Imahayashi)
    Joint work
    Keisuisha, 2018
  • Similes in David Copperfield: with Special Reference to Dehumanisation. Language and Style in English Literature. (Edited by Imahayashi, O, Jimura, A. and Ken Nakagawa)
    Joint work
    Keisuisha, 2016
  • Studies in English Philology (Edited by Masahiko Kanno and Kazuko Matsuura)
    Joint work
    Keisuisha, Nov. 2006
  • English Philology and Stylistics (Edited by Osamu Imahayashi and Hiroji Fukumoto)
    Joint work
    Keisuisha, Dec. 2004
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • What Makes Online Real-Time Intercultural Communication Meaningful In Practical English Language Teaching Today?
    3rd International Conference on Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices (MMLPP3) Yerevan State University, Armenia, 24 May 2024
  • ディケンズの言語・文体研究 ⏤「アナログ」と「デジタル」の観点から
    日本英文学会関東支部 第23回 (2023年度秋季大会) シンポジウム, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The Effective Methods of Enhancing Students’ Oral English Skills through Online Intercultural Communication
    The Fifth International Conference: Second Language Teaching/Acquisition in the Context of Multilingual Education (SeLTAME 2023) at Tbilisi State University, Georgia, Sep. 2023
  • A Stylistic Analysis of Dickens’s Dehumanisation Using Animal Metaphors in Bleak House
    Hawaiʻi International Conference on English Language and Literature Studies (HICELLS) at The University of Hawaii, United States, Mar. 2020
  • The Dickens Lexicon Digital and His Style in Literature with a Special Focus on The Old Curiosity Shop
    The Third International Conference on English Language, Literature, Teaching and Translation Studies (CELLTTS) at The University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sep. 2018
  • The ‘Distant Correspondence Project’: How Can Japanese University Students Learn to Communicate Better in English?
    From Theory to Practice in Language for Specific Purposes 2017, Feb. 2017, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Dickens’s Personification and Style: With a Special Focus on the First-Person Narrative Perspectives
    Metaphor Festival Amsterdam 2016, Sep. 2016, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • A Stylistic Approach to Dickens's Metaphorical Expressions: With a Special Focus on 'How are Humans Treated as Animals?'
    Advances in Metaphor Studies Conference, May 2016, University of Genoa, Italy
  • A Stylistic Analysis of Dickens’s Figurative Expressions in Little Dorrit: With Special Focus on Dehumanised Characters
    The 5th International Conference of English Language and Literature Studies: Tradition and Transformation (ELLSTAT), Oct. 2015, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • A Stylistic Approach to Animal Metaphors in Charles Dickens’s Novels: With Special Reference to the First-Person Narrative Perspectives
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第56回夏季研究会, Aug. 2015, English Research Association of Hiroshima
  • A Stylistic Approach to Animal Metaphors in Charles Dickens’s Novels: With Special Reference to the First-Person Narrative Perspectives
    The 2015 Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) at the University of Kent, United Kingdom, Jul. 2015, PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association)
  • Humanisation and Dehumanisation: A Stylistic Approach to Metaphorical and Metonymical Expressions in The Old Curiosity Shop
    Stockholm Metaphor Festival 2014 at Stockholm University, Sweden, Aug. 2014, Department of English, Stockholm University
  • Humanisation and Dehumanisation: A Stylistic Approach to Metaphorical and Metonymical Expressions in Our Mutual Friend
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第55回夏季研究会, Aug. 2014, English Research Association of Hiroshima
  • Humanisation and Dehumanisation: A Stylistic Approach to Metaphorical and Metonymical Expressions in Our Mutual Friend
    10th Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor at the University of Cagliari, Italy, Jun. 2014, RaAM (Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor)
  • Rhetorical Expressions in Bleak House
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第53回夏季研究会, Aug. 2012, English Research Association of Hiroshima
  • Rhetorical Expressions in Bleak House
    International Conference of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) at the University of Malta, Malta, Jul. 2012, Poetics and Linguistics Association
  • Little Dorritにおけるメタファー考察―『人間化』と『非人間化』の技法を中心に―
    英語史研究会第２０回大会, 27 Mar. 2010
  • Metaphorical Expressions in Our Mutual Friend
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第50回夏季研究会, 27 Aug. 2009
  • Our Mutual Friendにおけるメタファー考察
    日本英文学会九州支部第61回大会, 26 Oct. 2008
  • Rhetorical Expressions in David Copperfield
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第49回夏季研究会, 07 Aug. 2008
  • Rhetorical Expressions in David Copperfield
    International Conference of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 26 Jul. 2008
  • Metaphors in Oliver Twist in Terms of Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第48回夏季研究会, 07 Aug. 2007
  • Metaphors in Great Expectations in Terms of Humanisation and Dehumanisation
    International Conference of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association) at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan, 01 Aug. 2007
  • 『オリヴァー・ツイスト』におけるシミリーについて―「人間化」と「非人間化」の技法を中心に―
    日本英文学会九州支部第59回大会, 29 Oct. 2006
  • Similes in Great Expectations
    日本英文学会中国四国支部第55回大会, 02 Nov. 2002
  • Similes in Great Expectations
    広島英語研究会(ERA)第43回夏季研究会, Aug. 2002
■ Courses
  • イギリス文化・文学演習IIA・IIB
    99 Apr. 2023
    福岡大学
  • 基礎演習A・B
    99 Apr. 2022
    Fukuoka University
  • English Conversation IIIA・IIIB
    99 Apr. 2018
    Fukuoka University
  • イギリス文化・文学演習IA・IB
    20 Apr. 2022
    福岡大学
  • 英語読解IIA・IIB
    20 Apr. 2017
    福岡大学
■ Affiliated academic society
  • Research Horizons, an International Peer Reviewed, Multidisciplinary, Multilingual Annual Research Journal
  • Poetics and Linguistics Association（PALA）
  • The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)
  • 広島英語研究会
  • 日本英文学会中国四国支部
  • 日本英文学会九州支部
  • 日本英文学会
  • ディケンズ・フェロウシップ日本支部
  • 日本英語学会
  • 近代英語協会
■ Research Themes
  • ディケンズ・レキシコンとデジタル・ヒューマニティーズによる英文学研究基盤創成
    01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2022
  • 領域別研究
    福岡大学
    01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2021
  • 領域別研究
    福岡大学
    Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019
  • 次世代ディケンズ・レキシコン・デジタルの開発とそれに基づく後期近代英語研究
    基盤研究(B)
    Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2016
  • 高機能インターフェイスを備えたデジタルディケンズレキシコン作成とその活用研究
    基盤研究(B)
    Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013
  • 大規模コーパスを用いたチャールズ・ディケンズの言語・文体研究
    基盤研究(C)
    Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2012