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SASAMOTO Ryoko

Faculty Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Group of Language and CultureAssociate Professor
Last Updated :2026/04/17

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Profile Information

  • Name (Japanese)

    Sasamoto
  • Name (Kana)

    Ryoko

Degree

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Salford, Apr. 2007

Research Interests

  • linguistics
  • Pragmatics
  • relevance theory
  • Cognitive Pragmatics

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences, English linguistics, Pragmatics

■Ⅱ.研究活動実績

Published Papers

  • Refereed, Cambridge Companion to Relevance Theory, Non-verbal Communication, Ryoko Sasamoto, Dec. 2026, In book
  • Perspectives, Investigating the impact of personalized headnotes for English-speaking audiences in viewing Chinese comedies, Jing Wang; Sharon O'Brien; Ryoko Sasamoto, 25 Nov. 2025, Scientific journal, 10.1080/0907676X.2025.2550330
  • Not Refereed, Language Use in Communication: Semantic, Pragmatic, and Related Issues, Resemblance, Coding and Emoji, Ryoko Sasamoto, Mar. 2025, 189, 208, In book
  • Refereed, Pragmatics, Perceptual resemblance and the communication of emotion in digital contexts A case of emoji and reaction GIFs, Sasamoto, R., 29 Sep. 2023, 33, 3, Scientific journal, 10.1075/prag.21058.sas
  • Refereed, Intercultural Pragmatics, Examining interlanguage pragmatics from a relevance-theoretic perspective: Challenges in L2 production, Marcet, E.; Sasamoto, R., 26 Sep. 2023, 20, 4, Scientific journal, 10.1515/ip-2023-4003
  • Refereed, Translator, Challenging ethical issues of online ethnography: reflections from researching in an online translator community, Huang, B.; Cadwell, P.; Sasamoto, R., 03 Apr. 2023, 29, 2, Scientific journal, 10.1080/13556509.2023.2188700
  • Refereed, Journal of Specialised Translation, Navigating agency and professionalism in translation and interpreting: A community of practice of coordinators for international relations in Japan, Forde, S.; Cadwell, P.; Sasamoto, R., Jan. 2022, 37, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Translation Cognition and Behavior, The ‘hookability’ of multimodal impact captions A mixed-methods exploratory study of Japanese TV viewers, Sasamoto, R.; Doherty, S.; O?Hagan, M., 31 Dec. 2021, 4, 2, Scientific journal, 10.1075/tcb.00055.sas
  • Refereed, Journal of Pragmatics, Elsevier {BV}, Onomatopoeia: A relevance-based eye-tracking study of digital manga, Rohan, O.; Sasamoto, R.; O{'}Brien, S., Dec. 2021, 186, 60, 72, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.09.018
  • Refereed, Beyond Meaning, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Onomatopoeia, impressions and text on screen, Ryoko Sasamoto, 15 Nov. 2021, 161, 175, In book, 10.1075/pbns.324.c10
  • Refereed, Pragmatics and Cognition, Springer International Publishing, Onomatopoeia, translation and relevance, Sasamoto, R., 2021, 28, 2, 347, 375, Scientific journal, 10.1075/pc.21011.sas
  • Refereed, Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Chapter 7. Relevance, style and multimodality, Ryoko Sasamoto; Minako O{\textquotesingle}Hagan, 20 May 2020, 193, 226, In book, 10.1075/ftl.8.07sas
  • Refereed, Discourse Context and Media, Elsevier {BV}, Contemporary global media circulation based on fan translation: A particular case of Thai fansubbing, Wongseree, T.; O{'}Hagan, M.; Sasamoto, R., Dec. 2019, 32, 100330, 100330, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.dcm.2019.100330
  • Refereed, Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}, Evaluating the Relationship Between Multimedia Viewing, Sedentary Behavior, and Executive Function: a Systematic Review, Dean McDonnell; Evan Hunt; Laura Griffin; Ryoko Sasamoto, Dec. 2019, 4, 4, 318, 331, Scientific journal, 10.1007/s41347-019-00097-8
  • Refereed, International Review of Pragmatics, Argumentation, Relevance Theory and persuasion: An analysis of onomatopoeia in Japanese publications using manga stylistics, Rohan, O.; Sasamoto, R.; Jackson, R., 2018, 10, 2, Scientific journal, 10.1163/18773109-01002005
  • Refereed, Television and New Media, Telop, Affect, and Media Design: A Multimodal Analysis of Japanese TV Programs, Sasamoto, R.; O{'}Hagan, M.; Doherty, S., 2017, 18, 5, Scientific journal, 10.1177/1527476416677099
  • Refereed, Hermes (Denmark), Productivity and lexical pragmatic features in a contemporary CAT environment: An exploratory study in english to Japanese, Moorkens, J.; Sasamoto, R., 2017, 56, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Lingua, Onomatopoeia - Showing-word or Saying-word? Relevance Theory, lexis, and the communication of impressions, Sasamoto, R.; Jackson, R., 2016, 175-176, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.lingua.2015.11.003
  • Refereed, Eyetracking and Applied Linguistics, Crazy Japanese subtitles? Shedding light on the impact of impact captions with a focus on research methodology, O{'}Hagan, M.; Sasamoto, R., 2016, Scientific journal, 10.17169/langsci.b108.234
  • Refereed, Lingua, Little Words: Communication and procedural meaning, Sasamoto, R.; Wilson, D., 2016, 175-176, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.lingua.2015.12.009
  • Refereed, Irish Journal of Asian Studies, Celebrating Shared Memories: Relevance, Multimodaility and the World of Yokai, Ryoko Sasamoto, 2016, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Conflict and Communication: A Changing Asia in a Globalizing World - Language and Cultural Perspectives, Towards the optimal use of impact captions on TV programmes, Sasamoto, R.; Doherty, S., 2016, Scientific journal
  • Refereed, Discourse, Context and Media, Impact caption as a highlighting device: Attempts at viewer manipulation on TV, Sasamoto, R., 2014, 6, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.dcm.2014.03.003
  • Nov. 2013, Scientific journal, False
  • Constructing the ‘Other’: Studies on Asian Issues. Asian Studies – Within and Without., A Japanese Kana Choice as A Highlighting Device, Ryoko Sasamoto, 2013
  • Observing Linguistic Phenomena, Silence in Ostensive Communication, Ryoko Sasamoto, 2012
  • Journal of Pragmatics, Japanese discourse connectives dakara and sorede: A re-assessment of procedural meaning, Sasamoto, R., 2008, 40, 1, Scientific journal, 10.1016/j.pragma.2007.08.008

Books etc

  • Cambridge Companion to Relevance Theory, Cambridge University Press, R. Sasamoto; K. Sco; B. Clark, Dec. 2026
  • 29 May 2024, 196, 1032139706
  • Onomatopoeia and relevance : communication of impressions via sound, Palgrave Macmillan, Sasamoto, Ryoko, 2019, xvi, 259 p., 9783030263171

Presentations

  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Interpreting for Relevance Edition 2.0, The relevance of resemblance in ostensive communication, 11 Dec. 2025, 11 Dec. 2025 - 12 Dec. 2025
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, The 28th Annual Meeting of Pragmatics Society of Japan, Resemblance, Naming and Impressions, 29 Nov. 2025, 29 Nov. 2025 - 30 Nov. 2025
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Relevance Researchers’ Network Conference 2025, Rethinking resemblance, 23 May 2025, 23 May 2025 - 23 May 2025
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Postgraduate Seminar, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rethinking resemblance: Going beyond shared implications, 15 May 2025, 15 May 2025 - 15 May 2025
  • 16 Nov. 2024, 16 Nov. 2024 - 16 Nov. 2024
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, XI International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics, A relevance-based analysis of food representation, Oral presentation, 22 May 2024 - 24 May 2024
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, European Public Health Conference 2023, Understanding Food Discourse., Public symposium, 08 Nov. 2023 - 10 Nov. 2023
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Linguistic Association of Canada and United States 49th International Conference, Vigilance, Inference and Mediation: Exploring communication from the perspective of cognitive pragmatics, Keynote oral presentation, 05 Jul. 2023 - 07 Jul. 2023
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Language in Media, Public discourse, 09 May 2023, Faculty of Policy Science, Ryukoku University
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Pragmatics Approach to Social Media, Viewer Community and Translation Function on Screen, Public discourse, 19 Apr. 2023, Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Pragmatics and Translation, Public discourse, 05 Apr. 2023, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland, Switzerland
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Pragmatics Society of Japan, Emoji and Coding: Do Emoji Involve Coding?, Oral presentation, 26 Nov. 2022, 26 Nov. 2022 - 27 Nov. 2022
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 9th international symposium on intercultural, cognitive and social pragmatics,, Perceptual resemblance and communication of emotion in digital communication – A case of emoji, reaction GIFs, and onomatopoeia, Oral presentation, 04 Nov. 2022 - 06 Nov. 2022
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Emoji and Reaction GIFs: Perceptual Resemblance and the Communication of Emotion, Oral presentation, Jun. 2022, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 10th International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics, Seville, Spain, Relevance of Sharing Viewing Experience., Oral presentation, 23 May 2022 - 25 May 2022
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, The 22nd Annual Conference of the Pragmatics Society of Japan, Onomatopoeia, Translation and Relevance: A Corpus Pragmatics Approach, Oral presentation, 23 Nov. 2019, 23 Nov. 2019 - 24 Nov. 2019
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Relevance-By-The-Sea, Looking into Eyes for Onomatopoeia, Invited oral presentation, Nov. 2019, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 2nd IAAS International Conference, Onomatopoeia in Food Manga, 09 Jun. 2017 - 10 Jun. 2019
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, The 21st Annual Conference of the Pragmatics Society of Japan, Onomatopoeia, Telop and Relevance: Making meaning more determinate, 01 Dec. 2018 - 02 Dec. 2018
  • Thandao Wongseree; Ryoko Sasamoto, viii international symposium on intercultural, cognitive and social pragmatics, Perception of translation quality in the fan culture: A particular case of Thai fansubbing, 02 May 2018 - 04 May 2018
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, viii international symposium on intercultural, cognitive and social pragmatics, Onomatopoeia and the showing-saying of Japanese culture - from the perspective of Relevance Theory, 02 May 2018 - 04 May 2018
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Beyond Meaning, Onomatopoeia, impression and the showing-saying continuum, 13 Sep. 2017 - 15 Sep. 2017
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 15th International Pragmatics Conference, Onomatopoeia and Synesthesia – Re-enacting sensory experience in food writing-, 16 Jul. 2017 - 21 Jul. 2017
  • Olivia Rohan; Ryoko Sasamoto, The Empirical Study of Comics, Sound Effects in Japanese Comics: An Empirical Eyetracking Study in Multimodal Reading, 07 Feb. 2017 - 09 Feb. 2017
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Language and Global Media International Workshop, Telop and Relevance: unpacking the contribution of telop to viewer reception, 16 Nov. 2016 - 18 Nov. 2016, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, The 5th annual conference of the Asia Studies Ireland Association, Intraligual subtitles and viewer response, 15 Nov. 2016 - 16 Nov. 2016
  • Yumiko Kondo; Ryoko Sasamoto, the 25th Japanese Language Education Liaison Conference, Academic Japanese Course Development in Irish Higher Education, 06 Aug. 2012 - 07 Aug. 2016
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 1st Conference for Irish Association for Asian Studies, Multimodal intertextuality and the world of yokai., 17 Jun. 2016 - 18 Jun. 2016
  • Olivia Rohan; Ryoko Sasamoto, vii international symposium on intercultural, cognitive and social pragmatics, Japanese comics and onomatopoeia: Eyetracking study of digital reading behaviours, 04 May 2016 - 06 May 2016
  • Sikkema, E.C.; R. Sasamoto; M. O’Hagan, vii international symposium on intercultural, cognitive and social pragmatics, Comprehension of communicative multimodal content in Japanese TV programmes by language learners, 04 May 2016 - 06 May 2016
  • Ryoko Sasamoto; Olivia Rohan, 14th International Pragmatics Conference, Onomatopoeia and Agrumentation in Japanese Manga – The role of images in persuasive communication., 26 Jul. 2015 - 31 Jul. 2015
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Translation Studies Seminar Series, Crazy Japanese Subtitles: Impact caption and Viewer Experience’, 26 Feb. 2015, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Ryoko Sasamoto; Minako O'Hagan, Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation Conference 7, Relevance, style and multimodality: Typographical features as stylistic devices, 29 Sep. 2014 - 30 Sep. 2014
  • Minako O'Hagan; Ryoko Sasamoto, ICEAL: International Conference on Eyetracking and Applied Linguistics, Crazy Japanese Subtitle? Shedding light on the impact of impact captions., 26 Sep. 2014 - 27 Sep. 2014
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Translation Cafe, Telop, Subtitles and Text-on-Screen, 15 May 2013
  • Ryoko Sasamoto; Stephen Doherty, Cognitive Futures of the Humanities, Manipulating the mind of others - the use of subtitles as viewer manipulation, 04 Apr. 2013 - 06 Apr. 2013
  • Sasamoto, R.; Kyoko, A.; Doherty, S., The Multimodality and Cyberpsychology Conference, Multi-media, multi-modal, multi-intentions, 24 Nov. 2012 - 24 Nov. 2012
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, 4th Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Ireland Association, A Japanese Kana Choice as A Highlighting Device, 22 Nov. 2012 - 23 Nov. 2012
  • Ryoko Sasamoto, Manchester and Salford New Researchers Forum in Linguistics, Subtitles, Humour and Irritation: Attempts at Viewer Manipulation on TV, 02 Nov. 2012 - 03 Nov. 2012
  • Kyoko Arai; Ryoko Sasamoto, Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and Translation, Warsaw, Advertising, brand image building and weak communication, 25 Sep. 2012 - 26 Sep. 2012

Research Projects

  • 2013 - 2014, Consolidating Eye Tracking Research: Empirical Investigation into the Use of Impact Captioning on TV , Dublin City University, Performance Enhancement Award
  • 2013 - 2014, Cognitive and Affective User Response to Multimodal Stimuli in an ICT, Science Foundation Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, International Strategic Cooperation Award (ISCA) Japan Mobility Funding
  • 2013 - 2015, Impact Caption for Everyone, Dublin City University, Dublin City University Career Enhancement Award
  • 2022 - 2023, Pragmatics of Audiovisual Translation , Dublin City University, Research Fellowship
  • Older Adults and their Experience with Technology, Information, and Communication, Dublin City University, Dublin City University Research Initiatives Fund
  • 語用論と翻訳, 立教大学, 招へい研究員