Mariko Karatsu
- Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
- Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-5475
- Learning Services Building, Rm. 130
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- karatsu@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Japanese
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- A study of storytelling in Japanese conversation
- M.A. Japanese
- Tokyo University of Foreign Languages, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Analysis of the connections in conversation---dewa ‘then,’ dakara ‘so,’ and shikashi ‘but’
- B.A. Political science
- Keio University, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- B.A. History of Art
- Keio University, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2013 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2006 - 2013)
Awards
- The University of Arizona COH Annual Service Award
- University of Arizona, Spring 2014
Interests
Teaching
Teaching Introduction to Japanese Linguistics, Conversation Analysis, Advanced Japanese language and others.
Research
My research addresses topics in the fields of Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, and Sociolinguistics. In particular, I am interested in Narrative Study, Study of Conversational Storytelling, Presentation of Identities/ Selves, Grammar in Interaction, and Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language. My research is empirical and qualitative analyses of naturally occurring conversational interaction (both verbal and nonverbal behavior). My goal is to be inter-disciplinary across Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology, and Social Psychology.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2025) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2025) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2025) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2025) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2024) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2024) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2024) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Fall 2023) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
JPN 399 (Fall 2023) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2023) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
EAS 599 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
EAS 920 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2022) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2022) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2021) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2021) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2021) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2021) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
LING 412 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2021) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
EAS 599 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Fall 2020) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2020) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Internship
EAS 593 (Summer I 2020) -
Research
JPN 900 (Summer I 2020) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2020) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2020) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 496C (Spring 2020) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 596C (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2019) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2019) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Internship
JPN 593 (Summer I 2019) -
Research
JPN 900 (Summer I 2019) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2019) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2018) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2018) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2018) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2018) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Internship
EAS 593 (Summer I 2017) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2017) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
JPN 599 (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 496C (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Japanese Ling
JPN 596C (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
JPN 920 (Fall 2016) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
JPN 411 (Fall 2016) -
Intro To Japanese Ling
LING 411 (Fall 2016) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
JPN 511 (Fall 2016) -
Intro to Japanese Ling
LING 511 (Fall 2016) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 412 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Japanese Linguistics
JPN 512 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 422 (Spring 2016) -
Adv Practice In Japanese
JPN 522 (Spring 2016) -
Senior Capstone
EAS 498 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Karatsu, M. (2012). Conversational storytelling among Japanese women: Conversational circumstances, social circumstances and tellability of stories. .
- Karatsu, M. (2012). Conversational Storytelling among Japanese Women: Conversational circumstances, social circumstances and tellability of stories. John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi:10.1075/sin.16
Chapters
- Karatsu, M. (2021). 「生クリーム、大好き。」ー食べ物の嗜好は語りを通してどのように共有されるか？("I love fresh cream!": How is taste in food shared through tellings?). In 五感で楽しむ食の日本語 (The Japanese language of food enjoyment with the five senses). Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers.
- Karatsu, M. (2014). Repetition of phrases from the punch line of one’s own and other’s Japanese stories about food and restaurants: A group bonding exercise. In Language and food: Verbal and nonverbal experiences(pp 185-207). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Karatsu, M. (2010). Sharing a personal discovery of a taste using distal demonstratives in a storytelling about kakuni ‘stewed pork belly’. In Storytelling across Japanese conversational genre (pp. 113-143). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Scholarly work; Original resear.
Journals/Publications
- Karatsu, M. (2021). Nihonbunka taiken katudoo wa gakusyuusya ni nani o motarasu ka? [How do you like Japanese cultural events in Tucson?]. Konan Daigaku Soogoo Kenkyuu-syo Soosyo [Konan University Research Institute Monograph], 142.
Presentations
- Karatsu, M. (2023). Elderly people’s embodied understanding of the instructor’s directions. International Society for Conversation Analysis 2023.
