NISHIO Tetsuo
Director, Center for Research Development, Professor
Academic Qualifications:
B.A. Osaka Univ. of Foreign Studies 1981
M.A. Kyoto Univ. 1984
Ph.D. Kyoto Univ. 2005
B.A. Osaka Univ. of Foreign Studies 1981
M.A. Kyoto Univ. 1984
Ph.D. Kyoto Univ. 2005
Geographical Areas of Interest:
Middle East, North Africa, UK.
Middle East, North Africa, UK.
Discipline:
Linguistics, socio-semantics.
Linguistics, socio-semantics.
Publications:
2006 The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West. T. Nishio and Y. Yamanaka (eds.) London: I.B.Tauris.
** Runner-up of The Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2006: Judges' Report (pdf)**
2006 The Arabian Nights and Orientalism from a Japanese Perspective. In Y. Yamanaka and T. Nishio (eds.) The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West, pp.154–167. London: I.B.Tauris.
2004 Les Mille et Une Nuits et la Genese Litteraire de l'Orientalisme au Japon. Les Mille et Une Nuits en Partage, pp.142–150. Paris: Sindbad.
2003 Is Bedouin Arabic Prestigious?: Examining an Ethno-Cultural Fantasy. In A. Usuki and H. Kato (eds.) Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies: Muslim and Minorities (JCAS Symposium Series 7), The Japan Center for Area Studies.
2002 Arabic Linguistics and Literature in the Japanese Academic Scene. Orient 37.
2001 Language Nationalism and Consciousness in the Arab World. In T. Nishio (ed.) Cultural Change in the Arab World, (Senri Ethnological Studies 55), pp.137–146.
2000 A Vocalized Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on the Song of Songs from the Cairo Genizah. In M. Mifsud (ed.) Proceedings of the Third International Conference Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, pp.59–64. University of Malta Press.
2000 A Linguistic Study of a Vocalized Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on the Song of Songs from the Cairo Genizah. In M. Mifsud (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of L’Association Internationale pour La Dialectologie Arabe, pp.59–64. University of Malta Press.
1999 A Dictionary of Arab Tribes. (Asian & African Lexicon 34), pp.594. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1996 Word Order and Word Order Change of Wh-Questions in Egyptian Arabic: The Coptic Substratum Reconsidered. In J. Cremona, C. Holes, and G. Khan (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of L’Association Internationale pour La Dialectologie Arabe, pp.171–179. Cambridge University Press.
1996 Where does the Wadi Come from?: The Cognitive Space of the Sinaitic Bedouin. In S. Sato and E. Kurimoto (eds.) Essays in Northeast African Studies (Senri Ethnological Studies 43), pp.189–206. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
1995 Characteristics of the Arabic Dialect of Qift (Upper Egypt). Journal of Asian and African Studies (48)–(49): 173–219.
1994 The Arabic Dialect of Qift (Upper Egypt). (Asian & African Lexicon 27), pp.332. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1992 A Basic Vocabulary of the Bedouin Arabic Dialect of the Jbali Tribe (Southern Sinai) Studia Sinaitica I (Studia Culturae Islamicae 43), pp. 18 and 238. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1991 A Shylock in Sinai: A Middle Eastern Contribution to Shakespearean Folklore. Journal of Asian and African Studies (42): 143–57
1989 On the Non-causative Usage of the Causative Form in Arabic. AJAMES (4)–(2): 1–45.
1986 On the Pronominal Suffixes in Proto-Colloquial-Arabic. Linguistic Research (5): 1–24.
2006 The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West. T. Nishio and Y. Yamanaka (eds.) London: I.B.Tauris.
** Runner-up of The Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2006: Judges' Report (pdf)**
2006 The Arabian Nights and Orientalism from a Japanese Perspective. In Y. Yamanaka and T. Nishio (eds.) The Arabian Nights and Orientalism: Perspectives from East and West, pp.154–167. London: I.B.Tauris.
2004 Les Mille et Une Nuits et la Genese Litteraire de l'Orientalisme au Japon. Les Mille et Une Nuits en Partage, pp.142–150. Paris: Sindbad.
2003 Is Bedouin Arabic Prestigious?: Examining an Ethno-Cultural Fantasy. In A. Usuki and H. Kato (eds.) Islam in the Middle Eastern Studies: Muslim and Minorities (JCAS Symposium Series 7), The Japan Center for Area Studies.
2002 Arabic Linguistics and Literature in the Japanese Academic Scene. Orient 37.
2001 Language Nationalism and Consciousness in the Arab World. In T. Nishio (ed.) Cultural Change in the Arab World, (Senri Ethnological Studies 55), pp.137–146.
2000 A Vocalized Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on the Song of Songs from the Cairo Genizah. In M. Mifsud (ed.) Proceedings of the Third International Conference Association Internationale de Dialectologie Arabe, pp.59–64. University of Malta Press.
2000 A Linguistic Study of a Vocalized Judaeo-Arabic Commentary on the Song of Songs from the Cairo Genizah. In M. Mifsud (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of L’Association Internationale pour La Dialectologie Arabe, pp.59–64. University of Malta Press.
1999 A Dictionary of Arab Tribes. (Asian & African Lexicon 34), pp.594. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1996 Word Order and Word Order Change of Wh-Questions in Egyptian Arabic: The Coptic Substratum Reconsidered. In J. Cremona, C. Holes, and G. Khan (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of L’Association Internationale pour La Dialectologie Arabe, pp.171–179. Cambridge University Press.
1996 Where does the Wadi Come from?: The Cognitive Space of the Sinaitic Bedouin. In S. Sato and E. Kurimoto (eds.) Essays in Northeast African Studies (Senri Ethnological Studies 43), pp.189–206. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
1995 Characteristics of the Arabic Dialect of Qift (Upper Egypt). Journal of Asian and African Studies (48)–(49): 173–219.
1994 The Arabic Dialect of Qift (Upper Egypt). (Asian & African Lexicon 27), pp.332. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1992 A Basic Vocabulary of the Bedouin Arabic Dialect of the Jbali Tribe (Southern Sinai) Studia Sinaitica I (Studia Culturae Islamicae 43), pp. 18 and 238. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
1991 A Shylock in Sinai: A Middle Eastern Contribution to Shakespearean Folklore. Journal of Asian and African Studies (42): 143–57
1989 On the Non-causative Usage of the Causative Form in Arabic. AJAMES (4)–(2): 1–45.
1986 On the Pronominal Suffixes in Proto-Colloquial-Arabic. Linguistic Research (5): 1–24.
Exhibitions:
2004 The Arabian Nights. (9 September–7 December, 2004).
2004 The Arabian Nights. (9 September–7 December, 2004).