Tim Greer
Kobe University
L2 TALK
sociality, interaction, identity
My research focuses on naturally occurring conversation in Japanese and English, including bilingual interaction between fluent speakers and second language talk among language learners.
I teach English in the School of Languages and Communication and Conversation Analysis in the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies at Kobe University.
If you are thinking about writing a Masters or Doctoral degree in English while living in Japan, feel free to contact me. I'm interested in supervising students who want to use Pragmatics or Conversation Analysis to investigate interactional competence and social practices in second language settings.
Supervising:
MA and PhD dissertations that investigate second language interaction
Academia.edu:
Links to some of my papers on academia.edu
Research output:
TEL:
+81 (0)78 803 7683
Email:
tim(a)kobe-u.ac.jp
UPCOMING PRESENTATION
2025. Recruitment during table-cooked meals: Foregrounding and backgrounding offers and acts of assistance. International Pragmatics Association. University of Queensland, Australia, June 23.
RECENT PUBLICATION
Nanbu, Z. & Greer, T. (2024). Embodied mapping: Negotiating epistemic access during initial place reference. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 57(4), 345-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2024.2410129
CURRENT PROJECT
The SWELL project is investigating second language use in innovative educational contexts that aim to somehow emulate aspects of "the wild" while still providing a safe space in which to play and experiment with language.