Dr. Hiroko Itakura
Associate Professor
English Language & Literature
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
China
Biography
Hiroko ITAKURA has completed her Ph.D in University of Hong Kong, M.A in University of Exeter, M.A in University of Shinshu, B.A. in University of Shinshu. She got English Teaching Certificate in University of Shinshu.
Research Interest
Language and gender, Discourse analysis and pragmatics, Contrastive rhetoric, Language and identity, Professional communication
Publications
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Itakura H (2004) Gender and conversational dominance in Japanese conversation (with Amy B. M. Tsui). Language in Society 33: 223-248.
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Itakura H (2008) Attitudes towards masculine Japanese in multilingual professional contexts of Hong Kong: Gender, identity, and native-speaker status. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29: 467-482.
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Itakura H (2011) Evaluation in academic discourse: Managing criticism in Japanese and English book reviews (with Amy B. M. Tsui). Journal of Pragmatics 43: 1366-1379.
