Inoue, Kyoko

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Affiliation

Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Foreign Languages and Liberal Arts ( Hiyoshi )

Position

Professor

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  • The main research themes in the Science for Open and Environmental Systems are: (1) To explore the architectural space which will promote the restructuring of human relationships; and (2) To consider the possible space communication devices for the next generation.

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Other Affiliation 【 Display / hide 】

  • Faculty of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Center for Space and Environment Design Engineering, School of Science for Open and Environmental Systems

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1986.04
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    1986.07

    日産自動車株式会社 ,欧州部

  • 1987.06
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    1987.12

    Research assistant, Asian Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 1987.08
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    1988.05

    Teaching assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 1988.01
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    1988.05

    Teaching assistant, Department of Asian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 1991.01
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    1992.05

    Teaching assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1986.03

    Sophia University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature

    University, Graduated

  • 1988.08

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology

    United States, Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

  • 1993.05

    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology

    United States, Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Coursework, 1993.05

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Matters concerning Career Achievements 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2012.12
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    Present

    Organaizing a Lecture by Charles Briggs

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore (Spatial expression)

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Cognitive science (Linguistic Anthropology)

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Environmental Cognition

  • Inter-cultural Communication

  • Space and Cognition

  • Coevolution

  • Particles

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle

    Everett, Daniel L. (translated by Michiko Yashiro), Misuzu Publishing, 2012.03

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    Revised the English-Japanese translation section of the author's linguistic argument against Chomsky and Pinker's universal grammar.

  • 『ことば・空間・身体』篠原和子・片岡邦好編

    INOUE KYOKO, ひつじ書房, 2008.03

    Scope: 101-128

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    2002年に刊行した『認知言語学II』掲載の論文を再録したもの

  • Culture and Language

    INOUE KYOKO, 丸善株式会社, 2006.07

    Scope: 427-437

  • Encyclopedia of Japanese Language Education

    INOUE KYOKO, 大修館書店, 2005.12

    Scope: 543-545, 558

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    1982年初版本を21世紀の日本語教育のあり方を展望した新たな事典として全面改訂。「言語と文化・社会」、「言語の普遍性」、「言語人類学」項目担当。

  • Yoro Takeshi's Barriers in Knowledge

    INOUE KYOKO, Nikkei Science, Inc., 2003.08

    Scope: 57-78

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    1999年6月に刊行した『養老孟司・学問の格闘』を文庫化したもの

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • Changes in Communicative Interpersonal Distance Caused by the Global Standardization of Social Distance: A Japan-US Comparison of Comfortable and Appropriate Proxemics in the Post-Corona Era

    Kyoko INOUE

    The Japanese Journal of Language in Society (The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences)  28 ( 1 ) 159 - 169 2025.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Lead author,  ISSN  1344-3909

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the standard for interpersonal distance, which can have a huge and long-lasting impact on human communication behavior. By investigating the situation in regions where contact culture (cultures with close interpersonal distance during communication) and non-contact culture were classified before the COVID-19 pandemic, we can determine people's sense of interpersonal distance — that is, how much distance is needed for people to feel comfortable, and how smoothly communication takes place. Diachronic research is needed to ascertain the complete impact of the pandemic on people’s communication behavior as well as the possibility of whether they will return to the pre-corona values of proximity they had shared among the community members. This paper introduces several field studies conducted immediately after the pandemic subsided (2023) in Japan and the US, two countries in which Hall's (1966) proxemics study showed significant differences in people’s distance perception. The result suggests that the degree of intimacy and the use of open space lead to conditions that influence changes in people’s communication behavior. Furthermore, in cooperation with researchers from the architectural field, we attempt to explore spatial designs that people find comfortable and appropriate.

  • Distance Measured with Language

    Kyoko INOUE

    Civil Engineering Consultant (Civil Engineering Consultant)  300   12 - 15 2023.07

    Part of collection (book), Lead author

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    Everyone has a comfortable personal space when greeting others, and this varies by culture and era. This article explores the relationship between group size—which evolved alongside humanity—and the origins of language, as well as the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interpersonal distancing around the world.

  • <Book Review> Encyclopedia of the World's Official Languages

    Kyoko INOUE

    Gakuto (MARUZEN)  119 ( 2 ) 54 - 55 2022.06

    Part of collection (book), Single Work, Lead author

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    A book review of Hiroshi Shoji edited "Encyclopedia of the World's Official Languages"

  • 人類学はなぜ認知科学と相性が良いのか

    INOUE KYOKO

    月刊言語 (大修館書店)  Vol.38 ( No.10 ) 44-45 2009.10

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

  • Language and Body

    INOUE KYOKO

    Introduction to Open System Linguistics: Culture, Cognition, and Communication (Keio University Press)     57-82 2008.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

  • <Special Lecture> Measuring Comfortable and Appropriate Space Through Language: Post-COVID Proxemics

    Kyoko INOUE

    [Domestic presentation]  49th Annual Conference, The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences (Keio University, Mita Campus) , 

    2025.03
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    Oral presentation (invited, special)

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    This lecture presents a couple of case studies based on field research conducted in 2023—immediately following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic—in Japan and the United States, the two countries where E. T. Hall (1966) identified significant differences in perceived distance in his proxemics research. In particular, the focus of the talk is environmental factors that influence changes in communication behavior in Japan. It will also comment on efforts to explore spatial designs that people find comfortable and appropriate, in collaboration with the architectural field.

  • A Quest for the Deictic Field in the Use of the Japanese Right/Left, Front/Back

    INOUE KYOKO

    [Domestic presentation]  日本英語学会第28回大会 (日本大学文理学部) , 

    2010.11
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    Oral presentation (general), 日本英語学会

  • 学習環境の差異から検証する協調学習の有効性 --オンライン教材使用実験授業の数値解析

    OKANO MEGUMI / INOUE KYOKO

    [Domestic presentation]  平成21年度教育改革IT戦略大会 (東京) , 

    2009.09
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    Oral presentation (general), 私立大学情報教育協会

  • Spatial Cognition and Indexicality

    INOUE KYOKO

    [Domestic presentation]  The 23rd Conference of English Linguistic Society of Japan (九州大学箱崎地区) , 

    2005.11
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    Oral presentation (invited, special), English Linguistic Society of Japan

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    認知、言語、社会に関わる指標性、すなわちインデクシカリティを類別し、空間認知研究におけるケーススタディを提示しながらその普遍性および相対性について検証した。

  • Categorization in Nominal Classification and Gender Performance

    INOUE KYOKO

    [Domestic presentation]  The 18th Conference of The English Linguistic Society of Japan (甲南大学) , 

    2000.11
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    Oral presentation (general), The English Linguistic Society of Japan

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Works 【 Display / hide 】

  • Let's Find Out Your Own Language Level, and Polish Up Your Language Skills!

    INOUE KYOKO

    横浜, 

    2011.04
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    Other, Single

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    慶應義塾大学理工学部・理工学研究科生へ海外留学をすすめるパンフレット(22ページ）に掲載された、英語学習のすすめ方を指南する文章。

  • 大東文化大学大学院外国語学研究科・英語学専攻主催ワークショップ講師

    INOUE KYOKO

    大東文化大学板橋校舎, 

    2010.10
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    Other, Single

  • 朝日新聞コラム「ことば談話室」にコメント掲載

    INOUE KYOKO

    東京, 

    2007.04
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    Present
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    Other, Joint

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    「横」を含む熟語にはマイナスイメージの言葉が多いのはなぜか、という問いに、人間にとって重要な前後を表す縦と、それに交わる二次的な空間軸としての横の持つ意味を示唆したコメント。

  • 慶應義塾広報誌『塾』の中で「幅広い知とめぐりあう」教育研究の紹介

    INOUE KYOKO

    2007.04
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    Other, Single

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    日吉における言語学関連の担当授業「文化人類学」および「言語認識論」を紹介している。

  • 放送大学ＴＶ放送授業ゲスト出演

    INOUE KYOKO

    日本全国, 

    2007.04
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    2011.03
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    Other, Single

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    （ねらい）この講義では、人間の探求専攻の人類学・比較文化領域の学生、あるいは人類学を収める予定の学生だけを想定せず、全専攻・全領域の学生を対象とする基礎科目とします。世界各地を視野に人類学で蓄積されてきた多くの知見・データ・理論が私たちの日常生活に関与することを国内外の具体的な事例をとおして見る授業です。古典的な理論と最先端の学説を交えながら、人類の歴史からはじまり、さまざまな人間の行為をキーワードに、ほかの学問領域との接続を意識して、巾の広い知識と解釈を提供します。
    　人間は「ことば“を”学び、「ことば」“で”学びます。人間は「ことば」を生み、「ことば」は人間をつくります。第4回は、こうした人間と「ことば」の多元的な関わりを、文化の普遍性と多様性の視点から考えていきます。言語習得から人間の認知世界の形成までの過程を文化の側面から考え、言語の多様性をめぐる最新の議論にふれます。

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEERING PRACTICAL RESEARCH (DOMESTIC) C

    2026

  • INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE IN JAPAN 3

    2026

  • DOCTORAL RESEARCH ON INFORMATICS, MANAGEMENT, AND HUMAN SCIENCES

    2026

  • PUBLIC SPACE AND COMMUNICATION

    2026

  • CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1

    2026

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • 日本文化人類学会, 

    2012.12
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    2013.06

  • Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association, 

    2000.09
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    Present

  • The Japanese Cognitive Science Society, 

    1999
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    Present

  • The Linguistic Society of Japan, 

    1999
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    Present

  • The 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics in Tokyo, Japan, 

    1998.04
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    1999.09

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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2015.04
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    2016.03

    学会誌編集委員, 日本認知言語学会

  • 2012.12
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    2013.06

    第47回研究大会準備委員, 日本文化人類学会

  • 2010.09
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    Present

    Director, Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association

  • 2000.09
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    Present

    Member, Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association

  • 1999
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    Present

    会員, 日本認知科学会

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