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Last Updated :2026/09/12

Kaoru Lisa Silverman

General Education Center
Foreign Language Lecturer

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • MA（Linguistics and Literature）, Kyushu University, Mar. 2018
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics (Taboo, Identity, Gender)
  • Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Bilingualism
  • Humanities & social sciences, Gender studies, Feminism

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
    Fukuoka University, General Education Center
  • Feb. 2019 - Present
    Kyushu Institute of Technology, Institute of Liberal Arts Department of Foreign Languages
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2026
    Nakamura Gakuen University, Instructor of General Education Courses
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025
    Kyushu Sangyo University, Language Education and Research Center
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025
    Saga University, Center for General Education
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022
    Kyushu Kyoritsu University, Center for General Education
■ Educational Background
  • Mar. 2024
    Kyushu University, Graduate School of Humanities, English Language and Literature

Research activity information

■ Paper
  • Unveiling Cultural Perceptions: Scatological Language of Diarrhea and Vomiting
    Kaoru Lisa Silverman
    31 Mar. 2024, 66:11 - 21, Refereed
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • “Not at the Dinner Table”: Euphemism, Dysphemism, and Cross-Linguistic Avoidance in Toilet-Related Expressions
    Kaoru Lisa Silverman
    48th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS) – Workshop: Patterns in Linguistic Avoidance (University of Trier, Trier, Germany), 26 Feb. 2026
  • Translating Taboo Humor: A Case Study of Toilet Humor in Audiovisual Translation
    Kaoru Lisa Silverman
    Passaggi di Senso: traduzioni e linguaggi oltre i confini (University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy), 23 Feb. 2026
  • Exploring Taboo: Conceptual Metaphors in English Toilet Slang
    Kaoru Lisa Silverman
    The 49th Conference of Fukuoka Cognitive Linguistics Society (Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan), 24 Aug. 2024
■ Affiliated academic society
  • Jul. 2024 - Present
    The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences