Rhetorical Literacy: A Bilingual English-Japanese Approach
| Project/Area Number |
21320090
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
GERRY Yokota 大阪大学, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 教授 (90216242)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WATANABE Hideki 大阪大学, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 教授 (30191787)
OHMORI Ayako 大阪大学, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 准教授 (70213866)
MURAKAMI Smith Andrew 大阪大学, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 准教授 (60324836)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
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| Keywords | 文体 / レトリック / 修辞学 / 翻訳 / 比喩 / 認知言語学 / トポス / ジェンダー / 認知 / メタファー / 英米文学 / 日本文学 / 翻訳論 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the traditional discipline of rhetoric, there is a tendency to focus on figurative language as a unique expression of a culture, and so area studies are more common than comparative research. But in this global age, there is a compelling need for greater international understanding of multicultural rhetoric. In this four -year joint research project, conducted by two American scholars of Japanese literature and two Japanese scholars of English literature, selected traditional figures of speech were analyzed from a comparative point of view with a view toward the effective, responsibleexploitation of the power of metaphor as well as the development of the skill of rhetorical literacy in order to prevent the abuse of that power to perpetuate racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. Recent developments in the fields of cognitive linguistics and translation theory were especially drawn upon in order to elucidate issues of translatability in areas such as the expression of mental states such as pride and shame, personal evaluations such as praise and blame, the metaphorical effect of topoi, and the role of rhetoric in the transmission of traditional culture.
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