Faculty Information

■ Present specialized field

Linguistics, Foreign language education, Japanese language education (Key Word：Second Language Acquisition, Syntax, Pragmatics, Translation)

■ Academic background

1.	1982/04～1986/03	Faculty of Letters, Nanzan University, Graduated, BA in French Literature
2.	1989/04～1992/03	Faculty of Foreign Language, Nanzan University, Graduated,
3.	1992/09～1994/03	〔Master Course〕 Linguistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Completed, MA
4.	1994/09～1999/08	〔Doctorial Course〕 Linguistics, McGill University, Completed, Ph.D. in Linguistics

■ Business career

1.	1999/09～2005/08	Durham University Department of East Asian Studies
2.	2005/09～2014/03	School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Department of Japan and Korea

■ Main Subject

International Communication, Linguistics

■ Book and thesis

1.	2023	Article	L2 Acquisition of Reciprocal Pronouns in Japanese Ellipsis by English and Spanish Speakers. JELS (The English Linguistic Society of Japan) (41),pp.78-87 (Collaboration)
2.	2023	Article	Ellipsis Interpretations in L 2 Japanese by Spanish Learners. 『言語と文化』 (26),pp.45-56 (Collaboration)
3.	2022	Article	Epistemic stance in L2 English discourse: The development of pragmatic strategies in study abroad. Applied Pragmatics 4(1),pp.33-62 (Collaboration)
4.	2022	Article	A study of reciprocal pronoun ellipsis in L2 English. 『言語と文化』 (25),pp.47-62 (Collaboration)
5.	2021	Article	The development of L2 English learners: Toward the unlearning of null objects. Japan Society of Language Sciences 2021 Handbook pp.75-78 (Collaboration)
6.	2020	Article	Notes on reciprocals in Korean and Japanese ellipsis. JELS 37,pp.197-203 (Collaboration)
7.	2019	Article	The particle ne in the development of interactional positioning in L2 Japanese. East Asian Pragmatics 4(1),pp.113-143 (Collaboration)
8.	2017	Article	The effect of instruction on null subject: A case of L2 Japanese learners. Proceedings of PacSLRF 2016 pp.115-120 (Collaboration)
9.	2016	Book	Translating into Japanese mimetics: Grammatical class-shift and historical development. The Grammar of Japanese Mimetics: Perspectives from structure, acquisition, and translation pp.221-237 (Collaboration)
10.	2015	Article	Multiple accusative constructions: The case of V+tate in Japanese. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 22,pp.277-292 (Collaboration)
11.	2015	Book	日本語文型辞典　英語版. (Collaboration)
12.	2013	Book	L2 acquisition of null subjects in Japanese: A new generative perspective and its pedagogical implications. Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom pp.35-55 (Single)
13.	2013	Article	Modal markers in Japanese: a study of learners' use before and after study abroad. Japanese Language and Literature Vol.47(No.1),pp.93-133 (Collaboration)
14.	2013	Article	Null Subjects and Topic-drop in L2 Japanese: Some implications for the Interface Hypothesis. The Proceedings of the 14th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP 2013) pp.115-135 (Collaboration)
15.	2013	Article	Raising out of V+tate phrases. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics: Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 6,pp.227-238 (Collaboration)
16.	2012	Book	Chapter 10: Modern Japanese. The Languages of Japan and Korea pp.268-312 (Collaboration)
17.	2012	Book	Syntax of Quantifiers in Japanese. Studies in Japanese and Korean Linguistics pp.187-200 (Collaboration)
18.	2010	Article	On the degree of acceptability of long-distance dependencies in Japanese cleft constructions pp.61-76 (Single)
19.	2009	Book	Japanese Modality: Exploring its scope and interpretation. (Collaboration)
20.	2009	Book	Japanese modals at the syntax-pragmatics interface. pp.183-204 (Single)
21.	2008	Article	Systematic aspects of L2 performance of Japanese: Acquisition of demonstratives and sentence-final particles. Proceedings of the 2007 Japanese Language Symposium: Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Eu pp.154-161 (Single)
22.	2008	Article	Sentence-level modality Journal of British Association of Teaching Japanese as a Second Language pp.23-30 (Single)
23.	2007	Article	Island insensitive constructions in Japanese. York Papers in Linguistics 2(8),pp.219-234 (Collaboration)
24.	2005	Book	Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax. (Single)
25.	2002	Article	Theoretical background of the second language acquisition: Basic linguistic knowledge and its application pp.57-69 (Single)
26.	2001	Article	Resumptive A’-dependencies in cleft constructions. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 37: Proceeding of the Tenth Student Conference in Linguistics pp.105-120 (Single)
27.	2000	Article	A note on sluicing in WH-in-situ languages. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 36: Proceedings of the Ninth Student Conference in Linguistics (Single)
28.	2000	Article	Highest cause sensitivity in Japanese sentential nominal constructions. Nanzan Studies in Japanese Language Education 7,pp.48-75 (Single)
29.	2000	Article	Reconstruction and linearity in long-distance cleft constructions. A Special Volume of the Coyote Working Papers: Proceedings of WCCFL 18,pp.99-107 (Collaboration)
30.	1999	Article	Connectivity and topicalization in (pseudo)clefts. Cahiers Linguistiques d’Ottawa pp.179-190 (Single)
31.	1998	Article	A focus account of ‘VP’ ellipsis in Japanese. Proceedings of the North Eastern Linguistic Society 28(2),pp.95-106 (Single)
32.	1998	Article	Sluicing in WH-in-situ languages. Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society pp.231-244 (Single)
33.	1997	Article	A syntactic approach to unaccusative mismatches. McGill Working Papers in Linguistics 12,pp.227-257 (Single)
34.	1997	Article	Sentential ellipsis as a cleft construction in Japanese. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the South Eastern Association of Teachers of Japanese pp.38-46 (Single)
35.	1996	Article	A goal phrase and unaccusativity. Proceedings of the Eastern States Conference on Linguistics (ESCOL 96) pp.194-205 (Single)
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2023/11	L2 Acquisition of Reciprocal Pronouns in Japanese Ellipsis by English and Spanish Speakers (The Forty-five Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan)
2.	2023/06	-To omou ('I think') utterances in L2 Japanese: testing the effect of user background on their interpretation (18th International Pragmatics Conference)
3.	2021/07	L2 acquisition of reciprocal reading in Japanese ellipsis (13th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB13))
4.	2021/06	Pragmatic strategies in study abroad, with a focus on 'I think' (17th International Pragmatics Conference)
5.	2021/06	The development of L2 English learners’ interlanguage: Toward the unlearning of null objects (JSLS (Japanese Society of Language Sciences) 2021)
6.	2021/03	A study of reciprocal pronoun ellipsis in L2 English (日本第二言語習得学会・第20回年次大会（J-SLA 2020）)
7.	2020/10	Epistemic stance markers: Tools for conversation navigation (TESOL Arabia)
8.	2019/09	Availability of the reciprocal reading in L2 Japanese (The 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition)
9.	2019/06	Development of L2 English mitigation before and after study abroad (Akita JALT)
10.	2019/06	Epistemic stance in L2 English discourse: the development of interactional competence in study abroad (The 16th International Pragmatics Conference)
11.	2019/05	Notes on reciprocals in Korean and Japanese ellipsis (English Linguistics Society of Japan the 12th International Spring Forum)
12.	2018/06	Development of Interactional Positioning in L2 Japanese (Teaching and Learning L2 Pragmatics)
13.	2017/09	L2 Acquisition of 'Agreement' in Speech Act Projections (Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics 2017)
14.	2016/09	The effect of instruction on null subjects: A case of L2 Japanese learners (Pacific Second Language Research Forum 2016)
15.	2014	Emergence of role language and the vernacular movement in Japanese translation (East-Asian Translation Studies Conference, University of East Anglia)
16.	2013	L2 Japanese null subjects at the interface of syntax and discourse (The Japan Second Language Association: the 13th Annual Conference)
17.	2013	Null subjects and topic-drop in L2 Japanese: some implications to the interface hypothesis (Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics 2013)
18.	2013	Translating mimetic into Japanese: a case study of Shokoshi in the Meiji era and the present time (Grammar of Mimetics Workshop, SOAS, University of London)
19.	2012	L2 acquisition of subject omission in Japanese: implications for pedagogical practice (British Association for Teaching Japanese Annual Conference, University of Manchester)
20.	2012	Multiple accusative constructions: the case of V+tate in Japanese (The 22nd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference)
21.	2012	Raising out of V+tate phrases (Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 6, Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, Germany)
22.	2011	A new perspective on subject omission in Japanese: some implications for L2 pedagogical practice (Colloquium: Half a century on: what relevance does generative SLA have for language teaching? American Association for Applied Linguistics 2011 Conference)
23.	2011	Review of previous research on modality acquisition in Japanese at SOAS (Acquisition of Modality Workshop, SOAS, University of London)
24.	2011	Shifting styles to express empathy and emotion in Japanese: L1 and L2 style shifts (American Association for Applied Linguistics 2011 Conference)
25.	2010	(To) omou in L1 and L2 Spoken Japanese: Some implications for the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language (British Association for Teaching Japanese Annual Conference. University of Reading)
26.	2010	A study of the L2 use of modal expressions in Japanese (The 18th Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference)
27.	2010	The development of modality markers during study abroad in Japan (British Association of Japanese Studies Conference. SOAS, University of London)
28.	2009	On short “echo” wh-questions (The 4th Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics: Ellipsis, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brusselss, Brussels)
29.	2007	Syntax of Quantifiers in Japanese (The 7th Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies, University of Copenhagen.)
30.	2007	Systematic Aspects of L2 Performance of Japanese: Acquisition of demonstratives and sentence-final particles (The 2007 Japanese Language Symposium, Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe/ British Association of Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language)
31.	2000	Clefting, Relativization, and Rightward Movement (Peripheral Positions Conference)
32.	1999	Chain Binding in Nominal Constructions (Move and Interpret Alpha Workshop)
33.	1999	Reconstruction and Linearity in Cleft Constructions (West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 18)
34.	1998	Connectivity, Disconnectivity and Topicaliztion in (Pseudo)clefts (1998 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association)
35.	1998	Licensing Conditions on ‘VP’ Ellipsis in Japanese (Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America)
36.	1998	Resumptive A’-Dependencies in Cleft Constructions (Student Conference in Linguistics 10)
37.	1997	A Focus Account of ‘VP’ Ellipsis in Japanese (North Eastern Linguistic Society 28)
38.	1997	A Note on Sluicing in WH-in-situ Languages (Student Conference in Linguistics 9)
39.	1997	Sentential Ellipsis as a Cleft Construction in Japanese (South Eastern Association of Teachers of Japanese 12)
40.	1997	Sluicing in WH-in-situ Languages (Chicago Linguistic Society 33)
41.	1996	A Goal Phrase and Unaccusativity (Eastern States Conference on Linguistics)
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■ Lecturer and lecture

1.	2013	How do we teach something that is not there?: Research on null pronouns in Japanese as a second language
2.	2013	On the interpretation and production of null subjects in Japanese as a foreign language
3.	2010	The acquisition of modal expressions in L2 spoken Japanese (Nanzan University)
4.	2009	Mixed Chains in Long-distance Dependencies in Japanese (神田外語大学)
5.	2009	On Bare Echo Wh-questions (University of York)
6.	2008	Acquisition of Demonstratives and Sentence-final Particles in Japanese as a Second Language (University of Oxford)
7.	2007	Mixed Chains in Japanese Syntax (University of London)