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| Date and Time | October 11th (Tue) 11:05-12:35 |
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| Place | Nanzan University, Nagoya Campus, P room |
| Lecturer | Dr. Scott Saft (Professor, University of Hawaii at Hilo) |
| MC | Tatsuya Suzuki (Professor, Department of British and American Studies) |
The second lecture, "Understanding Differences between English and Japanese Discourse: From Culture to Linguistics", examined how the language structure of Japanese and English and their differences and similarities are reflected in how the speakers of the language are perceived.
 Dr. Saft discussing the stereotypes of Japanese and English speakers |
 Dr. Saft's lecture |
 Executive Director Suzuki Tatsuya introducing Dr. Saft |
Dr. Scott Saft's Lecture.
In this lecture, Dr. Saft of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, during Hawaii Week, examined the stereotypes of Japanese and English speakers through discourse. The students experienced a lecture on how grammar structure had a great deal to do with how people of a culture were perceived. There was also discussion of how there were some misunderstandings that came about through forcing cultural biases on language. In conclusion, Dr. Saft stated that the discourse differed very little in intent but just in the type of resources utilized.
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