Koji Miwa

Biographic Data

ID3844064
NAMEKoji Miwa
GIVEN NAMESKoji
FAMILY NAMEMiwa
SIGNATUREMIWA K
AFFILIATIONSNagoya University
ORCID0000-0002-0890-9265
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability

    Open AccessVictoria Reyes-García, Rainer M Krug et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2026References: 10

  • Conceptualisation of event roles in L1 and L2 by Japanese learners of English

    Open AccessJiashen Qu, Koji MiwaARTICLEPsychological Research2025

    The previous studies on the interface of language and thought showed that event role hierarchies are similar across different languages, despite the different linguistic encodings (Ünal et al. ( Developmental Science , 24 (6), e13116, 2021b); Isasi-Isasmendi et al. ( Open Mind, 7 , 240–282, 2023)). However, Qu and Miwa ( Cognitive Linguistics, 35 (4), 547–577, 2024) observed that Japanese speakers prioritise animacy over agency, whereas English s…

  • Constructing a web-accessible lexical database for core Tongan vocabulary

    Open AccessKatsuo Tamaoka, Shaoyun Yu et al.ARTICLEFolia Linguistica2025

    According to UNESCO. 2020. World atlas of languages , 3rd edn. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Available at: https://en.wal.unesco.org , the Tongan language is classified as ‘potentially vulnerable.’ This study aimed to identify a core Tongan vocabulary and develop a web-searchable database to support the preservation and accessibility of the language. Due to the lack of a large-scale corpus for calculating lexic…

  • Conceptualisation of event roles in L1 and L2 by Japanese learners of English

    Open AccessJiashen Qu, Koji MiwaARTICLECognitive Linguistics2024References: 9

    Events can be perceived from different perspectives. Langacker, Ronald W. (1990. Subjectification. Cognitive Linguistics 1. 5–38) typologically categorised the perspectives in event construal as subjective construal and objective construal based on how egocentric a perspective is. Compared with Western languages, such as English, Japanese is argued to be a language that favours subjective construal. However, little empirical work has tested this …

  • Rethinking First Language-Second Language Similarities and Differences in English Proficiency

    Open AccessNoam Siegelman, Irina Elgort et al.ARTICLELanguage Learning2024Cited by: 1References: 62

    This article presents the ENglish Reading Online (ENRO) project that offers data on English reading and listening comprehension from 7,338 university-level advanced learners and native speakers of English representing 19 countries. The database also includes estimates of reading rate and seven component skills of English, including vocabulary, spelling, and grammar, as well as rich demographic and language background data. We first demonstrate hi…

  • Nonlinearities in bilingual visual word recognition

    Open AccessKoji Miwa, R Harald BaayenARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2021

    This paper introduces the generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) and the quantile generalized additive mixed model (QGAMM) through reanalyses of bilinguals’ lexical decision data from Dijkstra et al. (2010) and Miwa et al. (2014). We illustrate how regression splines can be used to test for nonlinear effects of cross-language similarity in form as well as for controlling experimental trial effects. We further illustrate the tensor product smooth…

  • Cross-linguistic lexical effects in different-script bilingual reading are modulated by task

    Open AccessDavid Allen, Kathy Conklin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Bilingual lexical processing is non-selective, which allows for activation of the non-target language, even when reading in a different script. However, while the influence of cross-script L1 lexical knowledge has been demonstrated in isolated word reading, it is unknown whether it survives in more natural reading tasks. We investigated whether crosslinguistic facilitation due to phonological simila…

  • Structure Mapping in Second-Language Metaphor Processing

    Miki Ikuta, Koji MiwaARTICLEMetaphor and Symbol2021

    This study investigated metaphor processing in a second language (L2) by considering both analogy and categorization. Previous studies found that forward metaphors (e.g., “Some babies are angels”) were judged as to be more comprehensible than reversed metaphors (e.g., “Some angels are babies”) only when the sentences were presented for a long time. Based on this finding, structure mapping theory (SMT) was proposed, which posits that metaphor proc…

  • Enhancing synergies in nature’s contributions to people in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes

    Open AccessYasuo Takahashi, Kylie J Park et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2021Cited by: 2References: 4

    Trade-offs in nature’s contributions to people (NCP), particularly in material NCP versus regulating and non-material NCP, continue to rise. Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) represent harmonious human–nature interactions resulting in positive outcomes for both biodiversity and human well-being, thus implying synergies among multiple NCP are possible. In case studies of ten projects selected from biodiversity hotspots u…

  • How cross-language similarity and task demands affect cognate recognition

    Open AccessTon Dijkstra, Koji Miwa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Memory and Language2010