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Masako Hiraga, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley, Professor at Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan), "How Iconicity Works in Basho's Haiku: A Linguistic Analysis of Revisions," 12:00 noon, Asian Languages Department Library.

This presentation focuses on the styles of meaning creation by metaphor and iconicity in Basho's haiku. The analysis particularly looks at the revising process of his two haiku texts, in terms of semantics, phonology, and orthography. Through a detailed analysis of 1) the grammatical and rhetorical structure, 2) local and global metaphors, 3) background knowledge, 4) sound patterns, and 5) the use of kanji as a cognitive medium, it attempts to clarify how the principle of iconicity contributes to enhancing the music and image of the text in the revising process. At the same time, issues of translation will be discussed in relation to iconicity.

For more information contact yoshikom [at] stanford.edu (Yoshiko Matsumoto).