Benedicte Mosby Irgens
førstelektor
Institutt for fremmedspråk
Hjemmeside: http://benedicte-go.blogspot.com/
Stilling: førstelektor
Telefon: 55 58 88 43
E-post: Benedicte.Irgens@if.uib.no
Besøksadresse: HF-bygget, Sydnesplassen 7
My field of research is within Japanese linguistics, more specifically person deixis in a contrastive perspective. Person deixis is not grammaticalized in the same way in Japanese as in English and other European languages. In addition, nominal ellipsis is frequent in Japanese. In my PhD project I try to find out whether the Japanese grammar system has any compensatory devices that serve to clarify the coding of participant roles. My work is based on the contrastive methodology of Andrew Chesterman. http://www.helsinki.fi/~chesterm/1998bCFA.html
Key words:
Modern Japanese linguistics, 現代日本語学
Person deixis, 人称ダイクシス
Contrastive studies, 対照研究
Translation, 翻訳
I work as a Japanese Studies Coordinator at our department, and also coordinate our newly established Chinese courses. I teach Japanese language on elementary and intermediate levels, and give lectures on topics related to Japanese society and culture, such as Meiji history, education, religion, and Japan in East-Asia.
I have experience as an interpreter and translator (mainly Japanese-Norwegian) on a variety of topics.
学位：１９９２年度大阪大学現代日本語学講座修士号取得、博士課程中退
（指導教官 仁田義雄先生）
専攻分野、能力：
日本語能力試験１級取得
現代日本語学（対照研究）
実践日本語教育（初級と中級レベル）
通訳・翻訳（日本語、ノルウェー語、英語）
日本史、日本社会などの講義（ノルウェー語）
2010: Egen læringsplan for østasiatiske språk, innlegg i Morgenbladet.
2010: De østasiatiske gigantene, kronikk i Bergens Tidende.
2005: Two contributions in "Vinduer mot Japan".
http://sittapir.sit.no/produkt/vinduer-mot-japan-9788251920469.aspx
2000: Språk og virkelighet -argumenter for en holistisk, Whorfiansk lingvistikk, i: Brodersen, Randi B. og Kinn, Torodd (red.): Språkvitskap og vitskapsteori - ti nye vitskapsteoretiske innlegg, Ariadne forlag, Larvik.
1997: Subjective or objective? A Comparison of Utterance Types in Japanese and Norwegian, in: Frellesvig, Bjarke & Starrs, Roy (eds.): Proceedings of the Fourth Nordic Symposium on Japanese and Korean Studies, Aarhus, Aarhus University Press.http://www.unipress.dk/en-gb/Item.aspx?sku=634
1995: Translation: Pros and Cons, in: Dalgård, Lis (ed.): Proceedings of Nordic Symposium on Teaching Japanese - Methods and Improvements, Tokai University European Center, Denmark.
1993:「日本語のテアル構文受動型とノルウェー語の非人称受身構文の対照」 (A contrastive analysis of the Japanese passive te-aru construction and the Norwegian impersonal passive construction), Nihon gakuhoo, Osaka University, Japan.
1992:「日本語とノルウェー語における受身の対照研究 」(A Contrastive Analysis of Passive in Japanese and Norwegian), Master´s Thesis, Osaka University, Japan.
Jeg underviser på 100- og 200-nivå på japanskfaget, både i språklige og samfunnsrelaterte emner. Jeg har også undervist på TRANSHF og på forprøvene i språk og kommunikasjon (språklydlære).
The Category of Person in Japanese Grammar - a Contrastive Analysis (ongoing PhD-project)