(Last updated : 2023-08-18 15:04:12)
  Chik Sonya
   Kanagawa University  Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of English
   Associate Professor
■ Present specialized field
Contrastive Linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Rhetorical Structure Theory (Key Word:Contrastive Linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Rhetorical Structure Theory, Discourse Analysis) 
■ Book and Papers
1. Papers Request or command? A preliminary analysis of COVID-19 speeches in English, Japanese and Chinese  (Collaboration)  2023/03
2. Papers Generic Structure and Rhetorical Relations of Online Book Reviews in English, Japanese and Chinese  (Collaboration)  2020/08 Link
3. Book Towards a systemic functional contrastive analysis of Japanese and English corporate legal discourse.  (Single)  2018/04
4. Papers Rhetorical relations in Japanese and English corporate enabling texts.  (Single)  2015/10
5. Papers Organising customer actions in commercial context: a comparative analysis in Japanese, English and Chinese.  (Single)  2014/09
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2023/07/21 Learning about language - a socio-semiotic approach to teaching English as a foreign language (10th International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics 2023)
2. 2019/05/11 Lexicogrammatical patterns of speech acts in English and Japanese legal discourse. (The English Linguistic Society of Japan 12th International Spring Forum)
3. 2018/10/06 My opinion, but you decide - a contrastive analysis of online book reviews in English, Japanese and Chinese. (Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics autumn conference)
4. 2017/10/08 Constructing and shaping social reality across languages and cultures: a linguistic perspective. (Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics 25th anniversary autumn)
5. 2017/06/30 A contrastive description of Japanese and English in corporate regulating texts. (The 27th European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference)
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