Visiting scholars
| Professor Kumiko Sakoda Hiroshima University April 2010 to late-July 2010 Professor Sakoda's research focuses on second language acquisition, especially the acquisition of Japanese by non-native learners. |
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| Professor Zendo Uwano Tokyo University Mid-May 2009 to mid-September 2009 Professor Uwano specializes in dialects and phonology. He is the Chair in the Linguistics Department at Tokyo University and also the President of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Director of the Society for Japanese Linguistics, and Director of the Phonetic Society of Japan. |
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| Professor Masayoshi Shibatani Rice University and Kobe University Mid-March 2009 to mid-June 2009 Professor Shibatani's research interests include language typology, language universals, syntax, Japanese linguistics, and Austronesian linguistics. He is the author of The Languages of Japan. |
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