Background
Itani, Reiko was born on June 21, 1958 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Yukio and Masako (Nishimura) Itani.
Itani, Reiko was born on June 21, 1958 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Yukio and Masako (Nishimura) Itani.
Bachelor, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan, 1981. Master of Arts in Teaching England as a Foreign Language, University East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 1984. Master of Arts in Linguistics, University Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1987.
Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University College London, 1996.
Trade document handler Daiwa Bank, Osaka, 1981-1982. English instructor Electronic Communications Committee Foreign Language Institute, 1982-1983. Japanese instructor University Sheffield, Sheffield, 1984-1986.
English as Second Language assistant Aoba International School, Tokyo, 1987-1988. Lecturer in Sociolinguistics Tokyo Culture Center, 1989. Lecturer in Linguistics Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan, 1991—1993, associate professor linguistics, 1993—1998.
Instructor Japanese language National University Humanities, Ho Chi Minh, 1998—2000. Teacher Japanese International School, 2000—2005. Teacher secondary Japanese Japanese Supplementary School, Brisbane, Australia, since 2005.
Member Linguistics Association of Great Britain, English Linguistics Association ofJapan, International Pragmatics Association.