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OSHIMA, Yoshikazu
 
Organization
Graduate School of Humanities Department of Humanities Professor
Graduate School
Graduate School of International Development
Graduate School of Humanities
Undergraduate School
School of Humanities
Title
Professor
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Degree 3

  1. Ph.D. (Linguistics) ( 2006.9   Stanford University ) 

  2. M.A. ( 2001.3   The University of Tokyo ) 

  3. B.A. ( 1999.3   Sophia University ) 

Research Interests 3

  1. Syntax

  2. Pragmatics

  3. Semantics

Research Areas 3

  1. Others / Others  / English Studies

  2. Others / Others  / Japanese Studies

  3. Others / Others  / Linguistics

Research History 5

  1. Nagoya University   Graduate School of Humanities   Associate professor

    2017.4

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    Country:Japan

  2. University of Texas, Austin   Department of Linguistics   Researcher

    2016.8 - 2017.8

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    Country:United States

  3. Nagoya University   Department of International Communication, Graduate School of International Development   Associate professor

    2010.4 - 2017.3

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    Country:Japan

  4. Ibaraki University   International Student Center,   Lecturer

    2007.10 - 2010.3

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    Country:Japan

  5. Arizona State University   Department of Languages and Literatures   Visiting Assistant Professor

    2006.8 - 2007.5

Education 3

  1. Stanford University   Department of Linguistics

    2001.9 - 2006.8

  2. The University of Tokyo   Graduate School, Division of General Culture   Department of Language and Information Sciences

    1999.4 - 2001.3

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    Country: Japan

  3. Sophia University   Faculty of Foreign Language   Department of French Studies

    1995.4 - 1999.3

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    Country: Japan

Professional Memberships 2

  1. The Linguistic Society of Japan   member

    2008.4

  2. Japanese Association for the Study of Logic, Language and Information   member

    2012.4

Committee Memberships 9

  1. The 165th meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, program committee   program committee member  

    2022.7 - 2022.12   

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    Committee type:Academic society

  2. The 164th meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, program committee   program committee member  

    2022.1 - 2022.6   

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  3. The 29th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG 2022), local organizing committee   local organizing committee chair  

    2021.10 - 2022.9   

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    Committee type:Academic society

  4. The 163rd meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, program committee   program committee member  

    2021.7 - 2021.12   

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  5. The 29th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, organizing committee   committee member  

    2021.1 - 2021.12   

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Papers 65

  1. Differential coding of the occurrence of negative eventualities and the nonoccurrence of eventualities in Japanese: The past perfective vs. the nonpast nonperfective Reviewed

    David Y. Oshima

    Natural Language and Linguistic Theory   Vol. 43   page: (40 pages)   2025.1

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI: 10.1007/s11049-024-09635-3

  2. The functions and status as a kyaragobi (character ending) of the Japanese discourse particle wa: Wa as a gender-neutral expression vs. wa as a feminine expression Reviewed

    David Y. Oshima

    Kotoba   Vol. 45   page: 39 - 56   2024.12

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    Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

  3. What a nominal predicate may mean: Eel, merfolk, and other creatures Reviewed

    David Y. Oshima

    Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences   Vol. 63   page: (53 pages)   2024.10

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    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI: 10.1515/ling-2023-0126

  4. The forms and meanings of negative polar interrogatives in English and Japanese: Epistemic bias, information structure, prosody, and further issues Invited Reviewed

    David Y. Oshima

    Hideki Kishimoto, Osamu Sawada, and Ikumi Imani (eds.) Polarity-sensitive expressions: Comparison between Japanese and other languages. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton     page: 261 - 296   2024.1

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Part of collection (book)   Publisher:De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin  

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110755121-009

  5. The semantic markedness of the Japanese negative preterite: Non-existence of (positive) eventualities vs. existence of negative eventualities Reviewed

    David Y. Oshima

    Daisuke Bekki, Koji Mineshima, and Elin McCready (eds.) Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics: 19th International Conference, LENLS19, Tokyo, Japan, November 19-21, 2022, Revised Selected Papers. Heidelberg: Springer     page: 1 - 20   2023.10

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Part of collection (book)   Publisher:Springer, Heidelberg  

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43977-3_3

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Books 2

  1. Perspectives in Reported Discourse: The De Re/De Dicto Distinction, Indexicality, and Presupposition

    David Y. Oshima( Role: Sole author)

    VDM Verlag  2011.8  ( ISBN:978-3639367522

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  2. Diversity in Language: Perspectives and Implications

    Matsumoto, Yoshiko; David Y. Oshima; Orrin W. Robinson; Peter Sells( Role: Joint editor)

    CSLI Publications  2007.5 

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    Language:English Book type:Scholarly book

Presentations 58

  1. On the information-structural conditions concerning the choice between case-, wa-, and zero-marking in Japanese International conference

    David Yoshikazu Oshima

    Japan-Korea Academic Exchange Workshop 10  2025.2.11  Nagoya University

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    Event date: 2025.2

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:Nagoya   Country:Japan  

  2. How argument nominals are marked in formal and colloquial Japanese: Case vs. wa vs. ZERO

    David Yoshikazu Oshima

    Building Meanings, Building Connections  2025.1.6  Keio University

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    Event date: 2025.1

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:Tokyo   Country:Japan  

  3. Information structure and bare argument nominals in Japanese International conference

    David Y. Oshima

    The 31st Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference 

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    Event date: 2024.10 - 2024.11

    Language:English   Presentation type:Poster presentation  

    Venue:Monash University   Country:Australia  

  4. The taxonomy of marked nominal predicate constructions: 'Boku wa unagi da' 'Kimi wa buenryo na seikaku da' 'Watashi mo onaji iken da' Invited International conference

    David Yoshikazu Oshima

    Japan-Korea Academic Exchange Workshop 9  2024.2.17  Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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    Event date: 2024.2

    Language:Japanese   Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech  

    Venue:Seoul   Country:Korea, Republic of  

  5. The Japanese verb itasu 'do' and its kin: Dishonorifics (kenjōgo II) vs. courtesy honorifics (teichōgo) International conference

    David Y. Oshima

    The 30th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference 

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    Event date: 2023.3

    Language:English   Presentation type:Poster presentation  

    Venue: Simon Fraser University   Country:Canada  

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Research Project for Joint Research, Competitive Funding, etc. 4

  1. Cross-linguistic Studies of Japanese Prosody and Grammar

    2019.10 - 2022.3

    NINJAL Collaborative Research Project  Collaborative Research Project (Institute-based)

    Kubozono, Haruo

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    Authorship:Coinvestigator(s) 

  2. Question embedding and ignorance inferences

    2019.1 - 2023.12

    SSHRC Insight Grant 

    Schwarz, Bernhard

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    Grant type:Competitive

  3. Development of and Linguistic Research with a Parsed Corpus of Japanese

    2017.10 - 2022.3

    NINJAL Collaborative Research Project  Collaborative Research Project (Institute-based)

    Pardeshi, Prashant

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  4. Semantics of Discourse Particles in East and Southeast Asian Language

    2015.4 - 2018.3

    ILCAA Joint Research Project  Collaborative Research Project (Institute-based)

    McCready, Eric

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    Authorship:Coinvestigator(s) 

KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 5

  1. The taxonomy of marked nominal predicate constructions: From semantic, contrastive, and diachronic perspectives

    Grant number:22K00505  2022.4 - 2027.3

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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    Grant amount:\3120000 ( Direct Cost: \2400000 、 Indirect Cost:\720000 )

  2. Grammar in the text genre: Interaction between the text and the construction as its element

    Grant number:21K18359  2021.7 - 2024.3

    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

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  3. The semantic, syntactic, and phonological properties of negative polar interrogatives in Japanese

    Grant number:15K02476  2015.4 - 2019.3

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

    Oshima Yoshikazu

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    Grant amount:\4290000 ( Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost:\990000 )

    Negative polar interrogatives in (standard) Japanese come in two varieties: (i) ones that convey a positive epistemic bias and where the word containing the negation is tonally subdued (the P-type), and (ii) ones that convey a negative epistemic bias and where the word containing the negation is not tonally subdued (the NN-type). Our research examined the prosodic and semantic properties of each type. Also, features exhibited by the two Japanese constructions were compared with ones of the counterparts in English and South Gyeongsang Korean.

  4. 経験的データに基づく主格・対格目的語の作用域と情報構造・韻律の研究

    Grant number:26580081  2014.4 - 2017.3

    科学研究費補助金 

    野村昌司

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  5. 日本語における引用述語省略現象

    Grant number:23720202  2011.4 - 2014.3

    科学研究費補助金  若手研究(B)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator 

 

Media Coverage 2

  1. 「さん付け」が照らす世の移ろい Newspaper, magazine

    日本経済新聞  日本経済新聞 (日曜版)  文化時評:「さん付け」が照らす世の移ろい (12面)  2024.11

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  2. 敬意や親しみ、豊かな効果 Newspaper, magazine

    朝日新聞社  朝日新聞 (朝刊)  耕論:「さん」「くん」隠れた意味 (11面)  2024.6

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