3月１９日の学位記授与式とともに、201８年度 英語文化学科?卒業論文最優秀賞「リボリア賞」授与式及び各系の代表論文の発表を行いました。
 
「リボリア賞」は、その年度に提出された卒業論文の中から最も優秀な論文を執筆した学生に授与されます。201８年度のリボリア賞は、総合研究系の我部山さやなさんに授与されました。受賞理由と卒論要旨をご紹介します。

我部山さやな
 "Feminism and the Media through a Cognitive Perspective "

【受賞理由】
     Sayana Kabeyama’s thesis was selected for the award as it provides an excellent example of rigorous research. The research question, while related to previous research, stakes out new ground in the field. Moreover, it is of both theoretical and practical interest. At the theoretical level, it provides important insights into social attitudes as revealed through linguistic analysis and is consequently of interest to researchers in both linguistics and cultural studies. At the practical level, it is of interest to readers who seek a greater understanding of attitudes in Japanese society. Moreover, the introduction provides an excellent overview of related research in the field and demonstrates a clear understanding of the key ideas and thinkers who have discussed the topic of metaphor. The data collection was very thorough, and the results were more reliable and generalizable due to the examination of two media sources (both TV episodes and manga). The analysis demonstrated careful consideration of the data. Instead of merely listing instances of metaphor, the thesis considers what the metaphors reveal about cultural stereotypes of women and men in Japanese society. Much of the data and analysis are included in appendices, allowing the reader to verify the writer’s conclusions and providing valuable materials for researchers examining similar topics. In short, the thesis provides an excellent example of undergraduate research, and with some more work, could form the basis for research at even more advanced levels of study. 
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【論文要旨】
     Sayana Kabeyama’s thesis investigated which cognitive metaphors were used to describe women and men in the Japanese mass media. Focusing on metaphors that appear in TV dramas and manga, the thesis analyzed the metaphors in terms of a cognitive linguistic framework. Especially laudable was the study’s careful examination of the mapping from the source to the target domain and the entailments of each metaphor. Analysis revealed that the source domains of food, merchandise, animals, and plants were often used to describe women. The same source domains were used to talk about men, but instead of plants, buildings were often used. Another excellent aspect of the study was the careful consideration of the social implications of the results. Metaphor, according to cognitive linguistics, ultimately reveals how we think about abstract ideas. Based on this idea, the thesis speculates that the metaphors, in some instances, reveal somewhat negative views of women within society. It is noted that even seemingly positive metaphors such as WOMEN ARE FLOWERS may have a dark side as they imply that women are valued merely for transient beauty. It is also speculated that source domains such as food and merchandise, which are used for both men and women, may reflect modern consumer values.

また各系より以下の学生の論文が代表論文に選出されました。

＜文学系＞

山田沙綾 "A Study of David Almond: Almond’s View Of Children and Their Ambivalent Mind"

齊藤優希 "A Study of Call Me by Your Name: Elio’s Possibility of Getting Out the Compulsory Heterosexism"

島田亜実 "A Study of The Bluest Eye: Dreaming Marigold in an Unyielding Land"

村川奏絵 "Love and Loneliness in Wuthering Heights"


＜総合研究系＞

畠山知那未 "A Study of Stolen Generation in Australia"

久保日菜乃 "Thelma & Louise: Two Women’s Friendship and Freedom"

迫えみ "The Truth and Health Problems of American Fast Food in Super Size Me"


＜英語学系＞

中田瑠華 "A Study of Sound Symbolism"

東詩織 "A Study of Women's Speech in Japanese"

宍戸沙衣 "A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Tense and Aspect in Live Broadcasting "

鷲見苑映 "A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Numeral Classifiers in Japanese"


＜コミュニケーション系＞

鈴木伽奈 "The Uchi-Soto Relationship in Online Communication"

真山加奈子 "Gender and Second Language Acquisition"

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