CONTENTS 

PREFACE -- Hikaru Kitabayashi  iv

≪Original Articles≫ 

野球実況におけるホームラン着弾時の日英語対照研究

Home-Run Expressions in Baseball Commentary: A Contrastive Study of Japanese and English -- Riku Nakahashi  1

スポーツに関連する液体メタファーの日英対照

A Contrastive Study of Fluid Metaphors in the Domain of Sports in Japanese and English -- Hidehiko Negi  16

≪Short Communications≫ 

"The Song of Wade" 新解釈：スペルミスか誤読か

A New Interpretation of 'The Song of Wade': A Spelling Error or a Misreading?  -- Michio Tajima  30

日本・韓国・中国における英語起源の外来語受容の違い

Differences in the Acceptance of English-Derived Loanwords in Japan, Korea, and China -- Masako Yokoi  34

近畿方言における待遇形式「ハル」の背景

Backgrounds to the Attitudal Expression Form "haru"  -- Chiyuri Yoshioka  37