Education
Nanzan University. Nagoya, Graduate Program in Linguistic Science, Graduate School of Humanities (2017-)
(major in Grammatical Theory)
Ph.D. Adviser: Aoyagi Hiroshi.
Nanzan University. Nagoya, Graduate Program in Linguistic Science, Graduate School of Humanities (2015-2017)
M.A., Linguistic Science (major in Linguistics, and minor in Teaching English as a Second Language and minor in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language; one major and double minors)
MA Thesis: "Information Structure & Nominative-Genitive Conversion in Tokyo Japanese"
MA Adviser: Aoyagi Hiroshi. MA Sub-Adviser: Suzuki Tatsuya. [pdf]
International Christian University. Tokyo, College of Liberal Arts (2010-2014)
B.A., Liberal Arts (major in Linguistics and major in Language Education; double majors) the taken classes
BA Thesis: "The Cognition and the Brain Activities during Listening to the Pitch Accents Based on Word Familiarities."
Thesis Adviser: Yoshida Tomoyuki.[pdf]
Employment, Permanent
April 2021-
Part-time lecturer, Tokai Junior/Senior High School
April
Part-time lecturer, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mie University
Publication
佐久間篤(2017)「東京方言における主格属格交替現象に関して−情報構造理論からの考察−」『南山言語学』12, pp.121-140,南山大学大学院人間文化研究科言語科学専攻.
Sakuma, A. (2017). Peripheral Cases and Dativish Cases in Japonic Languages: Ikema, Yuwan and Tokyo. In Y. Niinaga, M. Shimoji & Y. Urabe (eds.), Intensive Language Course 2016 The Ryukyuan Languages: basic vocabularies and grammatical outlines (pp.83-88). Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Presentation
[To Appear] 「動詞の活用と統語構造について 」
[To Appear] 「日本語主語の位置について 」
[13 Nov 2021] 「日本語のいわゆる「主語」に関して 」2021年度日语教育与日本学研究国际研讨会. 上海:同济大学外国语学院.
[14 July 2020] 「東京方言の属格主語とゼロ格主語の構造に関して 」関西言語学会第45回大会.オンライン開催.
[7 Dec 2019] 「東京方言における名詞主要部がない節での主格属格交替と動詞について」日本語文法学会第20回大会. 東京:学習院大学.
[2 Nov 2019] 「日本語の主語とは何か:構造とその分類について 」中国日语教学研究会2019年度学术大会
暨日本学研究国际研讨会.杭州:杭州師範大学.
[13 Jul 2019] 「東京方言における属格主語に関して:奪格主語との比較から」関西言語学会第44回大会. 大阪:関西大学.
[22 Jun 2019] 「東京方言における心理動詞と主格属格交替現象について」日本言語学会第158回大会. 東京:一橋大学.
[15 Dec 2018] 「主格のガについて:再考」日本語文法学会第19回大会. 京都:立命館大学.
[17 Nom 2018] 「東京方言における主格属格交替現象と総記のガに関して」日本言語学会第157回大会. 京都:京都大学.
[21 Sep 2016] Dative Case in Japonic Languages: Ikema, Yuwan and Tokyo. Follow-up meeting on ILC 2016 (Ryukyuan) / Meeting on compiling deliverables of the ILC 2016 (Ryukyuan)
[14 May 2015] Introduction to Linguistics & Corpus. [prezzi]
Handouts
[16 May 2015] Introduction to Statistics & R. [pdf] (for studying by oneself)
[15 May 2015 ] Introduction to Linguistics & Corpus. [pdf]
[22 May 2014] How to research Language Changes in Linguistics?: Historical linguistic and Sociolinguistic Approaches (Basic) [pdf] (made for my junior fellow.)
[8 May 2014] Vowel Coalescence and Monophthongization in Japanese Adjectives. [pdf] (made for my junior fellow.)
Memberships
Linguistic Society of Japan (2011-)
ICU Linguistics (2012-)
The Society of Japanese Grammar (2017-)
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (2018-)
The Society of Japanese Linguistics (2015-2018)
Natural (Sign) Language Skills
・Japanese (native)
I acquired Tokyo dialect in daily life and I am learning Nagoya dialect. My father sometimes uses it ant I have lived in Nagoya for more one year. In addition, I could understand Edo dialect (Another dialect in Tokyo; My grandmother uses it.) a little. In my house, Tokyo and Edo are used.
・English [Excellent: C1-C2]
・French [Good: B1-B2]
・Chinese [So so:A2-B1]
・JSL (Japanese Sign Language) [Good: B1]
・Ainu [So so:A2]
・Korean [Beginner: A1]
・Vietnamese [Beginner: A1]
・Indonesian [Beginner: A1]
Computer Language Skills
Python, R (statistics)
Certifications
・English teaching certificate in Japan (Junior & Senior High School)
・ Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test
・Driver's licence
・Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination