Dr Wes Robertson (@scriptingjapan) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Wes Robertson

@scriptingjapan

Chair of Languages & Cultures @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. #Japanese sociolinguist & @Brutalinguist co-host. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.

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Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド (@gearoidreidy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sweet Jesus stop trying to make this a thing. 85-90% of these are found alive, most within a day or two of going missing. They’re mostly elderly people with dementia. 600,000 go missing in the U.S. every year but there’s no grifter pushing orientalist nonsense like this there.

Satoshi Nambu (@satoshi_nambu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

日常会話では、カジュアルな場面で98.6%が「(寝)ている」でなく「(寝)てる」、職場の会議でも92%が「てる」ということがコーパス調査でわかりました。書き言葉では「ている」が圧倒的多数。 「複数のコーパスを利用した言葉のバリエーションの研究」国立国語研究所論集 28, 79-94. open access

日常会話では、カジュアルな場面で98.6%が「(寝)ている」でなく「(寝)てる」、職場の会議でも92%が「てる」ということがコーパス調査でわかりました。書き言葉では「ている」が圧倒的多数。

「複数のコーパスを利用した言葉のバリエーションの研究」国立国語研究所論集 28, 79-94. open access
Satoshi Nambu (@satoshi_nambu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm delighted to share that my article on the language policy for English loanwords in Japan has been published! Free download Nambu, Satoshi. 2025. Reflection on Japan’s language policy for English loanwords. English Today doi.org/10.1017/S02660…

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April #Japanese 流行語 review is up! Click the link below to learn about: 海外ニキネキ 違和感仕事しろ ちくわ大明神 5000兆円欲しい! あくしろよ 切り替えピース 風呂キャンセル界隈 メンブレ リアコ 恋のHamburg♪/お料理、得意なんです wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/jap…

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New Blog Post! Join the 界隈理解界隈 by reading this deep dive into 界隈... I mean, 界-隈not? wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/wha…

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May #Japanese slang review is up! Click the link below to learn about: 事後界隈 伊能忠敬界隈 絶起 だいしてる おつハムニダ ㌧クス カチカチに凍った漢江の上を猫が歩いてます 少なくともファッション誌には載っていた服だぞ ガチチル てへぺろ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/05/31/jap…

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Dr. Wes Robertson Dr Wes Robertson 先生のこの辺の話に書いてあるかもしれない? Ojisan Gokko Shiyo: Contesting Graphic Ideologies in Online Japanese Language Play youtu.be/MEBzT6gVPl8?si…

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Hey! I have a new research paper out called "Yokomoji arerugī"! This study examines social beliefs about katakana among both Japanese natives and Japanese learners in the journal Japan Forum. And it's open access (you can read it FREE)! Check it out @ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

ンバヂ(SUPER TETO 2、20日19時再投稿) (@nbaji9) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Japanese Slang Explanation: 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン youtu.be/Y7tndKYQbEs?si… YouTubeより 海外の言語学者の方が「好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン」について説明している動画が詳しすぎて面白い 「ボカコレ」や「humorous or joking song」として「ネタ曲」という言葉も出てくる

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Japanese Studies team from Languages & Cultures MQ promoting studying Japanese Culture and Language at the university level to 400 high school students through introducing how we structure our degrees at Macquarie University 🇯🇵

Japanese Studies team from <a href="/LanguagesMQ/">Languages & Cultures MQ</a> promoting studying Japanese Culture and Language at the university level to 400 high school students through introducing how we structure our degrees at <a href="/Macquarie_Uni/">Macquarie University</a> 🇯🇵
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Hey! I've got a chapter on script-based language ideologies across Japanese history in this new book Ideologies of Communication in Japan out via Multilingual Matters! Use the code in the image for 50% off if you order a copy by the 31st of July!

Hey! I've got a chapter on script-based language ideologies across Japanese history in this new book Ideologies of Communication in Japan out via Multilingual Matters! Use the code in the image for 50% off if you order a copy by the 31st of July!
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It's time for the June #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about 好きな惣菜発表ドラゴン エッホエッホ まずは、ありがとう きょコ 羽ばたいてるね ケチャ マジマジマジンガー ぽれ・ぽまえら 私信 バチギレ案件 wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/jap…

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🎓🇯🇵 Studied & worked in Japan? I’d love to hear your story. I’m a PhD student researching how Malaysian grads experience life, work & identity in Japan. 💬 Online interview (around 60 mins) 🔗 forms.office.com/r/PAssrt3GpD 🧾 Confidential & flexible. Arigatou!

🎓🇯🇵 Studied &amp; worked in Japan? I’d love to hear your story.

I’m a PhD student researching how Malaysian grads experience life, work &amp; identity in Japan.

💬 Online interview (around 60 mins)
🔗 forms.office.com/r/PAssrt3GpD
🧾 Confidential &amp; flexible. Arigatou!
Dr Wes Robertson (@scriptingjapan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great new book out and I've got a chapter in it! If you're keen to have a read, you can get 50% off until end of month (I make 0 dollars from this btw, it's just a really interesting book!)

Great new book out and I've got a chapter in it! If you're keen to have a read, you can get 50% off until end of month (I make 0 dollars from this btw, it's just a really interesting book!)
janna elizabeth haider🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@janna_e_haider) 's Twitter Profile Photo

in class this week I summarized Saïd's "Orientalism" by comparing it to AI: "you know how AI content is getting worse because it's now being trained based on its own output? that's how the West creates stereotypes about the Orient and teaches itself about its own superiority."