Kenji Yokota
Japanese Language Institute
Director of Japanese Language Institute
Professor
Email: Keyokota@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: December 1, 2022 3:04 pm
⬛ Education
| 2013 Ph.D. - Linguistics, Osaka Prefecture University |
| 1997 M.A. - Language Information and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| 1995 B.A. - English Studies, Sophia University |
⬛ Teaching and Research Interests
Linguistics, Japanese Language Education, Linguistic approaches to non-native Japanese grammars, Second language acquisition theory.
⬛ Academic Appointments
| 2020 Visiting Professor, Akita International University |
| 2018- Professor, Tokyo International University |
| 2016-2018 Professor, Nihon University |
| 2011-2016 Associate Professor, Nihon University |
| 2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Nihon University |
| 2007-2008 Assistant Professor, Akita University |
| 2004-2007 Lecturer, Akita University |
| 2001-2004 Lector, University of Cambridge |
⬛ Fellowships & Grants
| 2007-2008 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) KAKEN. |
⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers
| A New Perspective on Argument/Adjunct Distinction in the Theory of Grammar, Papers of The Second International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics, pp. 96-99 (2019). |
| Development of a Scale to Measure Learners¡¯ Perceived Preferences and Benefits of Data-driven Learning, Co-authored with A. Mizumoto & K. Chujo, ReCALL 28:2, Cambridge University Press, pp. 227-246 (2016). |
| Japanese Floating Numeral Quantifiers as Generalized Quantifiers, Language Sciences 45, Elsevier, pp. 123-134 (2014). |
| The Dual Analysis of Manner Adverbs in Japanese, Language Sciences 33:3, Elsevier, pp. 386-400 (2011). |
| On Floating Numeral Quantifiers in Japanese, in H. Hoshi (ed.), The Dynamics of the Language Faculty: Perspectives from Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience, Kuroshio Publishers, pp. 85-109 (2009). |
| The Structure and Meaning of Japanese Light Verbs, Language Sciences 27:3, Elsevier, pp. 247-280 (2005). |