Our SIG provides two seminars per year. In each seminar, we invite a researcher in the fields of discourse analysis, pragmatics and related areas. We also organise one graduate seminar, where two graduate students are given opportunities to present their studies.  

Current Chair Keiko Tsuchiya (Associate Professor, Yokohama City University)

Vice Chair Lala Takeda (Associate Professor,  Showa Women’s University)

Previous Chairs/Vice Chairs

Yasukata Yano (Emeritus Professor, Waseda University)

Erich A. Berendt (Emeritus Professor, University of Sacred Heart)

Masako Hiraga (Professor, Rikkyo University)

Kumiko Murata (Professor, Waseda University)

Moeko Okada (Professor, Senshu University)

Reiko Ikeo (Professor, Senshu University)