Saburo Aoki

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Saburo Aoki (born 1956) is a Japanese linguist and member of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. He specializes in French language and literature, semantics, and linguistics.^[1] His research is mainly on cross-cultural communication and comparative studies of Japanese and French. He is the deputy of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR).

• Cross-linguistic research on French and Japanese language
• Francophony study
• Dialogue between civilisations
• Global negotiation
• Research for development in Japanese language
• Culture and society

• (current) Contrastive Linguistics in French language and Japanese language
• 2012-2014 Center of Research for Development in Japanese Culture and Society
• 2011-2013 The Emerging Role of the Humanities in Our Present Changing Society

• 2014- (current) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Internationalization Promotion Office University of Tsukuba, Director　　　
• 2013- (current) Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR),　Deputy　　
• 2013-2014 University of Tsukuba Global Commons,　Director
• 2011- (current) University of Tsukuba Faculty of Humanities ＆ Social Sciences, Professor
• 2011- (current) Europe-East Asia Education Program for Global Development in the Humanities and Social Sciences (TRANS), Management Committee
• 2008-2015 Alliance for Research on North Africa (ARENA), Management Committee
• 2005-2011 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Professor
• 2007- (current) Inter Faculty Education & Research Initiative (IFERI) Head of Management Committee
• 2004-2005 University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences, assistant professor
• 1993-2004 University of Tsukuba Institute of Literature & Linguistics, assistant professor
• 1986-1993 University of Tsukuba Institute of Literature & Linguistics, lecturer

• 1979-1980 Universite Paris 7 Departement de Linguistique (Linguistics), Completed
• 1977-1979 Universite de Besançon Faculty of Literature, Graduated

• 1984-12 Docteur en linguistique University of Paris 7

• 2012 - (current) The Japanese Society for Global System and Ethics
• 1986 - (current) La Société Japonaise de Langue et Littérature Françaises
• 1986 - (current) Japanese Society Of French Linguistics
• (current) Japanese Cognitive Linguistics Association

• L'interprétation croisée d'une pratique de karaté: le conflit des fondations France/Japon, Saburo Aoki,　2013
• Cross-linguistic study of grammar - the Japanese and the French, Saburo Aoki, 1989
• La personne en japonais Junji Kawaguchi; France Dhorne; Saburo Aoki, 1995
• « Triste » d’une langue à l’autre Saburo Aoki, 2005
• Les études françaises au Japon Francine Thyrion; Jean René Klein; Saburo Aoki, 2010