Expertise

Research Interests

  • Japanese linguistics (phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics, sociolinguistics); lexical semantics; general linguistic theory; sociolinguistics; first language acquisition; second language acquisition; language pedagogy; the language of food; food studies

Research Areas:

  • Japanese language; linguistics and language pedagogy; theoretical linguistics
Communities
Language Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, Japanese
Degrees
PhD, University of Arizona, Linguistics, 1987
BA, Tsuda University, Japan, English
MA, University of Arizona, Linguistics