Matsuji Tajima
Biographic Data
| ID | 741817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matsuji Tajima |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matsuji |
| FAMILY NAME | Tajima |
| SIGNATURE | TAJIMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kyushu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4896-731X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ideological positioning of Serbian teachers in Japan’s online eikaiwa industry: Peripheral whiteness and exploitation of Eastern European labor
Caring and loving teachers online: Personality in the feminized labour of Filipina English Language teachers
What kind of people are language teachers? In this article we address this question by examining commercial forms of language teaching in which personality functions in the evaluation of particular teachers as "good" or "suitable" for particular learners. We relate commercial forms of the online teaching of English to global political economic changes in which affective labour in service work, and the feminization of labour, have involved new gen…
Engagement with English as a neoliberal endeavor: Reconsidering the notion of language learning
This article explores the idea of “engagement with English as a neoliberal endeavor.” Drawing on narrative accounts from seven employees who are/were affiliated with Japan-based companies that have adopted English as an official corporate language (EOCL), the article argues that even in these supposed “global” organizations, English does not exist simply to be learned or used as a business lingua franca; the language can also serve as an ideologi…
‘Weird English from an American’? Folk engagements with language ideologies surrounding a self-help English language learning comic book published in Japan
This article reports on a study of how users of a self-help English language learning comic book published in Japan engage with various English-related ideologies through posting customer reviews on online bookstores. Analysis of the reviews demonstrates that these users occasionally celebrate, and at other times counter, dominant language ideologies, drawing on their own views about English, English language teaching, ideal English teachers, and…
Gendered constructions of Filipina teachers in Japan's Skype English conversation industry
Drawing on data from a larger project that includes blog entries and interview findings, this paper investigates the ways in which Filipina teachers working in Japan's Skype English conversation (eikaiwa) industry are constructed as intimate and romanticized entities through Japanese male learners' discursive practices. The paper argues that these highly gendered constructions are never unrelated to the male learners' desires to display their mas…
The Compound Gerund in 17th-Century English
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Linguistics in Britain: Personal histories. Edited by Keith Brown & Vivien Law
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The Common-/Objective-Case Subject of the Gerund in Middle English
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Noam Chomsky: A Personal Bibliography, 1951-1986
Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951–1986
The impetus for producing a bibliography of Noam Chomky’s output (so far) derives from a strong interest in and commitment to a historical accounting of the contribution to the field of linguistic theory and possibly other subjects, such as philosophy and political science, by a man who has dominated linguistics for more than a generation, at least in North America. This bibliography lists his writings in linguistics and related fields, his writi…
Saussure in Japan: A Survey of Research, 1928-1978
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Gendered constructions of Filipina teachers in Japan's Skype English conversation industry
Drawing on data from a larger project that includes blog entries and interview findings, this paper investigates the ways in which Filipina teachers working in Japan's Skype English conversation (eikaiwa) industry are constructed as intimate and romanticized entities through Japanese male learners' discursive practices. The paper argues that these highly gendered constructions are never unrelated to the male learners' desires to display their mas…
Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951–1986
The impetus for producing a bibliography of Noam Chomky’s output (so far) derives from a strong interest in and commitment to a historical accounting of the contribution to the field of linguistic theory and possibly other subjects, such as philosophy and political science, by a man who has dominated linguistics for more than a generation, at least in North America. This bibliography lists his writings in linguistics and related fields, his writi…
Caring and loving teachers online: Personality in the feminized labour of Filipina English Language teachers
What kind of people are language teachers? In this article we address this question by examining commercial forms of language teaching in which personality functions in the evaluation of particular teachers as "good" or "suitable" for particular learners. We relate commercial forms of the online teaching of English to global political economic changes in which affective labour in service work, and the feminization of labour, have involved new gen…
Saussure in Japan: A Survey of Research, 1928-1978
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Saussure in Japan: A Survey of Research, 1928-1978
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Noam Chomsky: A personal bibliography, 1951–1986
The impetus for producing a bibliography of Noam Chomky’s output (so far) derives from a strong interest in and commitment to a historical accounting of the contribution to the field of linguistic theory and possibly other subjects, such as philosophy and political science, by a man who has dominated linguistics for more than a generation, at least in North America. This bibliography lists his writings in linguistics and related fields, his writi…
Noam Chomsky: A Personal Bibliography, 1951-1986
The Common-/Objective-Case Subject of the Gerund in Middle English
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Linguistics in Britain: Personal histories. Edited by Keith Brown & Vivien Law
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The Compound Gerund in 17th-Century English
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‘Weird English from an American’? Folk engagements with language ideologies surrounding a self-help English language learning comic book published in Japan
This article reports on a study of how users of a self-help English language learning comic book published in Japan engage with various English-related ideologies through posting customer reviews on online bookstores. Analysis of the reviews demonstrates that these users occasionally celebrate, and at other times counter, dominant language ideologies, drawing on their own views about English, English language teaching, ideal English teachers, and…
Gendered constructions of Filipina teachers in Japan's Skype English conversation industry
Drawing on data from a larger project that includes blog entries and interview findings, this paper investigates the ways in which Filipina teachers working in Japan's Skype English conversation (eikaiwa) industry are constructed as intimate and romanticized entities through Japanese male learners' discursive practices. The paper argues that these highly gendered constructions are never unrelated to the male learners' desires to display their mas…
Engagement with English as a neoliberal endeavor: Reconsidering the notion of language learning
This article explores the idea of “engagement with English as a neoliberal endeavor.” Drawing on narrative accounts from seven employees who are/were affiliated with Japan-based companies that have adopted English as an official corporate language (EOCL), the article argues that even in these supposed “global” organizations, English does not exist simply to be learned or used as a business lingua franca; the language can also serve as an ideologi…
Caring and loving teachers online: Personality in the feminized labour of Filipina English Language teachers
What kind of people are language teachers? In this article we address this question by examining commercial forms of language teaching in which personality functions in the evaluation of particular teachers as "good" or "suitable" for particular learners. We relate commercial forms of the online teaching of English to global political economic changes in which affective labour in service work, and the feminization of labour, have involved new gen…
Ideological positioning of Serbian teachers in Japan’s online eikaiwa industry: Peripheral whiteness and exploitation of Eastern European labor
Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)