Ryoko Sasamoto
Biographic Data
| ID | 1134799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryoko Sasamoto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryoko |
| FAMILY NAME | Sasamoto |
| SIGNATURE | SASAMOTO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1644-6897 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Investigating the impact of personalized headnotes for English-speaking audiences in viewing Chinese comedies
This article explores the use of personalized headnotes (PHNs) to enhance the viewing experience of English-speaking audiences watching subtitled Chinese comedies. Based on personalization and relevance theory, this study employs eye-tracking, questionnaires, and interviews to assess the impact of PHNs on audience reception. Findings suggest that while PHNs enhance comprehension of cultural references, their effect on humor appreciation varies wi…
Perceptual resemblance and the communication of emotion in digital contexts
Online communication has created new ways to express emotions, including emoji and reaction GIFs. Emoji are often discussed as signs for meaning-making, adding emotional tone to communication. Reaction GIFs express emotions and attitudes in a playful manner. This study shows that through the lens of cognitive pragmatics, these phenomena are not distinct. Both are cases of non-verbal communication pointing to the communicator’s emotional state. Dr…
Examining interlanguage pragmatics from a relevance-theoretic perspective
This paper explores three pragmatic challenges that learners of Japanese as L2 encountered during their study abroad programs and work placements in Japan. These challenges are examined within the framework of Relevance Theory. Research on interlanguage pragmatics of L2 Japanese is limited in scope, as studies mostly focus on speech acts and other sociolinguistic and interactional strategies. As a result, researchers have yet to formally establis…
Onomatopoeia, translation and relevance
It is generally acknowledged that onomatopoeia poses challenges for translation. However, there is little research into the translation of onomatopoeia in Pragmatics. This study seeks to examine the nature of onomatopoeia and its implications for translation from the perspective of relevance theory, addressing, in particular, the following questions: (i) Can notions from pragmatics help to account for the perceived challenges involved in translat…
Onomatopoeia
This study is concerned with the reception of onomatopoeia in the English translation of digital manga.In manga, onomatopoeia is often presented as part of the aesthetics, being both verbal (meaning) and non-verbal (showing) simultaneously.Drawing on the relevance-theoretic notion of a showing-saying continuum (Sperber and Wilson 1995), this study aims to identify factors that affect reading behaviour including the translation strategies and the …
Contemporary global media circulation based on fan translation
Telop, Affect, and Media Design
Japanese and other Asian TV producers have been deploying multi-colored, and highly visible, intra-lingual captions on TV programs to enhance their appeal and to influence their viewers’ interpretations. The practice of adding these captions is far from innocent and is prone to abuse and overuse due to the lack of official guidelines and an evidence base. We conducted a multimodal analysis within the framework of relevance theory to provide an em…
Little Words
Onomatopoeia - Showing-word or Saying-word? Relevance Theory, lexis, and the communication of impressions
Impact caption as a highlighting device
Japanese discourse connectives dakara and sorede
Onomatopoeia - Showing-word or Saying-word? Relevance Theory, lexis, and the communication of impressions
Japanese discourse connectives dakara and sorede
Telop, Affect, and Media Design
Japanese and other Asian TV producers have been deploying multi-colored, and highly visible, intra-lingual captions on TV programs to enhance their appeal and to influence their viewers’ interpretations. The practice of adding these captions is far from innocent and is prone to abuse and overuse due to the lack of official guidelines and an evidence base. We conducted a multimodal analysis within the framework of relevance theory to provide an em…
Examining interlanguage pragmatics from a relevance-theoretic perspective
This paper explores three pragmatic challenges that learners of Japanese as L2 encountered during their study abroad programs and work placements in Japan. These challenges are examined within the framework of Relevance Theory. Research on interlanguage pragmatics of L2 Japanese is limited in scope, as studies mostly focus on speech acts and other sociolinguistic and interactional strategies. As a result, researchers have yet to formally establis…
Little Words
Impact caption as a highlighting device
Japanese discourse connectives dakara and sorede
Impact caption as a highlighting device
Telop, Affect, and Media Design
Japanese and other Asian TV producers have been deploying multi-colored, and highly visible, intra-lingual captions on TV programs to enhance their appeal and to influence their viewers’ interpretations. The practice of adding these captions is far from innocent and is prone to abuse and overuse due to the lack of official guidelines and an evidence base. We conducted a multimodal analysis within the framework of relevance theory to provide an em…
Little Words
Onomatopoeia - Showing-word or Saying-word? Relevance Theory, lexis, and the communication of impressions
Contemporary global media circulation based on fan translation
Onomatopoeia, translation and relevance
It is generally acknowledged that onomatopoeia poses challenges for translation. However, there is little research into the translation of onomatopoeia in Pragmatics. This study seeks to examine the nature of onomatopoeia and its implications for translation from the perspective of relevance theory, addressing, in particular, the following questions: (i) Can notions from pragmatics help to account for the perceived challenges involved in translat…
Onomatopoeia
This study is concerned with the reception of onomatopoeia in the English translation of digital manga.In manga, onomatopoeia is often presented as part of the aesthetics, being both verbal (meaning) and non-verbal (showing) simultaneously.Drawing on the relevance-theoretic notion of a showing-saying continuum (Sperber and Wilson 1995), this study aims to identify factors that affect reading behaviour including the translation strategies and the …
Perceptual resemblance and the communication of emotion in digital contexts
Online communication has created new ways to express emotions, including emoji and reaction GIFs. Emoji are often discussed as signs for meaning-making, adding emotional tone to communication. Reaction GIFs express emotions and attitudes in a playful manner. This study shows that through the lens of cognitive pragmatics, these phenomena are not distinct. Both are cases of non-verbal communication pointing to the communicator’s emotional state. Dr…
Examining interlanguage pragmatics from a relevance-theoretic perspective
This paper explores three pragmatic challenges that learners of Japanese as L2 encountered during their study abroad programs and work placements in Japan. These challenges are examined within the framework of Relevance Theory. Research on interlanguage pragmatics of L2 Japanese is limited in scope, as studies mostly focus on speech acts and other sociolinguistic and interactional strategies. As a result, researchers have yet to formally establis…
Investigating the impact of personalized headnotes for English-speaking audiences in viewing Chinese comedies
This article explores the use of personalized headnotes (PHNs) to enhance the viewing experience of English-speaking audiences watching subtitled Chinese comedies. Based on personalization and relevance theory, this study employs eye-tracking, questionnaires, and interviews to assess the impact of PHNs on audience reception. Findings suggest that while PHNs enhance comprehension of cultural references, their effect on humor appreciation varies wi…
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Relevance (law (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works)