Akiko Imamura

Akiko Imamura is an assistant professor of Japanese & Japanese language program coordinator at Michigan State University. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Japanese Linguistics and minoring in Second Language Acquisition. Before joining MSU, she taught both Japanese language and Japanese Linguistics at Swarthmore College. Her research interest centers around Japanese language use and social interaction using Conversation Analysis. Her current research projects explore compliment sequences in Japanese everyday conversation and use of non-lexical tokens. Another line of her research interest involves Japanese language pedagogy and program development/direction.

Publications

Imamura, A. (2022). Tacit acceptance of compliments after tellings of accomplishment: Contingent operation of preferences in Japanese ordinary conversation. Discourse Studies, 24(2). 206-230.

Arita, Y., Imamura, A., & Shibata, Y. (2019). “Daisansha ganboo no hyogen keeshiki no tayoosei: Kaiwa ni okeru jissaino shiyoo to kyooikutekishisa [Various constructions for the third person desire: Actual use in conversation and pedagogical implications].” Conference Proceedings of the 27th Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference. 199-210.

Mori, J., Imamura, A., and Shima, C. (2017). Evidentiality in nursing shift handovers: The management of knowledge about patient condition. Journal of Pragmatics.109, 64-81.