Benedicte Mosby Irgens

Lecturer, Teaching professor

E-mailBenedicte.Irgens@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 88 43
Visitor Address
Sydnesplassen 7

HF-bygget

5007 Bergen

Room
327
Postal Address
Postboks 7805

5020 Bergen

My field of research is within Japanese linguistics, and my PhD dissertation from 2017 was about person deixis in a contrastive perspective. Person deixis is not grammaticalized in the same way in Japanese as in English and other European languages, and in addition, nominal ellipsis is frequent in Japanese. In my dissertation, I have tried to find out whether the Japanese grammar system has any compensatory devices that serve to clarify the coding of participant roles. The entire dissertation is accessible here: http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/17273

In 2013, I organized the 9th conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) in collaboration with colleagues in the Bergen Area.

From fall 2023, we will start a brand new Master´s program in Japan Studies here at UiB, and I will contribute with teaching and supervision mainly in the field of applied Japanese linguistics.

I have appeared in Norwegian media (local and national radio and television) on several occasions as an expert on Japanese language and culture.

I work as a Teaching Professor (docent) of Japanese linguistics at our department, and teach Japanese language on elementary and intermediate levels. I also give lectures on topics related to Japanese society and culture, such as Meiji history, religion, gender/family and Japan in East-Asia. I have supervised a large number of bachelor´s theses on various topics in Japan Studies. From 2023 I will contribute with teaching and supervision in our new Master´s program in Japan Studies, mainly in the field of applied Japanese linguistics.

I have experience as an interpreter and translator (mainly Japanese-Norwegian) on a variety of topics.

Show author(s) (2021). Samtale med to fremragende undervisere. Panelsamtale.

Show author(s) (2017). Yasukuni-helligdommen i Tokyo Lenke: https://radio.nrk.no/serie/studio-2-p2/MKRV20015717/17-10-2017#t=40m18s.
Show author(s) (2017). Person deixis in Japanese and English - a Contrastive Functional Analysis.
Show author(s) (2017). Person Deixis in Japanese and English - a Contrastive Functional Analysis .
Show author(s) (2017). Japansk grunnfag 30 år Lenke: https://radio.nrk.no/serie/distriktsprogram-hordaland/DKHO02022517/10-11-2017#t=41m37s.
Show author(s) (2017). Japansk dag - stor formidlingsdag i Japanhagen.
Show author(s) (2017). "Abe raser på målingene" Lenke: https://radio.nrk.no/serie/dagsnytt-atten/NMAG03006217/28-03-2017#t=51m31s.

Show author(s) (2013). Website of Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) http://www.najaks.org/.

Show author(s) (2012). Å lære et strukturelt annerledes språk.
Show author(s) (2012). Website of Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS) http://www.najaks.org/.
Show author(s) (2012). Et ormebol av motsetninger. Bergens Tidende.

Show author(s) (2010). Læringsplan for øst-asiatiske språk. Morgenbladet.
Show author(s) (2010). De øst-asiatiske gigantene. Bergens Tidende. 1 pages.

Show author(s) (2009). 「ノルウェーの高等教育-その歴史と現在」(Higher education in Norway, past and present).

Show author(s) (2005). Utsyn:Utfordringer i tilegnelsen av japansk. 4 pages.
Show author(s) (2005). Djevelens tungemål - det japanske språket i språkvitenskapelig forstand. 7 pages.

Show author(s) (1995). Translation: Pros and Cons.
Show author(s) (1995). Subjective or objective? A Comparison of Utterance types in Japanese and Norwegian.
Show author(s) (1995). Norsk informatikkonferanse - NIK'95 (Oslo, 20.-22. November 1995). Tapir.