Presentations
Upcoming
On the Nature of the Overt Pronoun in Japanese Clefts: A View from Connectivity. (with Rikuto Yokoyama) Poster to be given at SICOGG26/WAFL18, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea, Aug 22-24, 2024.
2024
Silent Presupposition in Japanese Clefts: Ellipsis vs. Proform. (with Rikuto Yokoyama) Poster given at GLOW in Asia XIV, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 6-8.
2023
Light Verb-stranding "VP-ellipsis" in Japanese. Paper given at The 17th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL17), National University of Mongolia, September 27-29.
2021
Against Syntactic Neg-raising: Evidence from Polarity-Reversed Ellipsis in Japanese. (with Yusuke Yagi and Yuta Tatsumi) Poster given at Japanese/Korean Linguistics (J/K29), Nagoya University, October 9-11. [Online]
"A Study of v-stranding Ellipsis in Japanese." Talk given at CSLA#11, Nanzan University, February 21, 2021. [Online]
2020
"Apparent VP-ellipsis in Japanese: An Argument Ellipsis Account." Paper given at Japanese/Korean Linguistics 28 (J/K28). [Online]
"A Study of the 3rd Person Gender-neutral Pronoun es in German: A View from Extraction Possibilities." (with Kotoki Togawa) Paper given at the 160th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, June 20-21, 2020. [Online]
"NEG-raising via Proform." Poster given at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS56), University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, April 30 - May 2, 2020. [cancelled due to the COVID-19]
2019
"Model Lecture on Sign Language." Keio Linguistics Colloquium, Keio University, Mita, Tokyo, July 28, 2019.
"English NP-ellipsis and Extraction out of Its Domain." Talk given at the 91st Annual Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan, Yasuda Women's University, Hiroshima, Japan, May 25-26, 2019.
"Elliptic Do So in Japanese." Talk given at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS55), University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, May 16-18.
"On Some Interactions between Anaphora and NEG-raising." Invited talk given at CLSA#9, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, March 1-2, 2019.
2018
"Some Notes on Stranded Particles in Japanese." (with Hiroaki Saito) Talk given at the 5th Workshop of the NINJAL collaborative research project, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, JAPAN, December 1.
"NEG-raising in English: A View from an Interaction with So Anaphora." Talk given at the 36th Annual Meeting of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, November 24-25, 2018.
"Leftward and Rightward Clause Movement in Mongolian." (with Shulun, Hideki Maki, Megumi Hasebe, and Lina Bao) Talk given at the 157th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, November 17-18.
"Recycling Arguments in Radical Pro-drop Languages." Talk given at the 14th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL14), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, October 19-21.
"Elidable Wh-phrases in Japanese: Its Theoretical Implications for Wh-in-situ." (with Hiroaki Saito) Invited talk given at the 3rd workshop of the NINJAL collaborative research project, NINJAL, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, August 25-26, 2018.
"The Left Periphery of NP in Korean and Japanese: Evidence from Numeral Classifiers." (with YongSuk Yoo and Myung-Kwan Park) Talk given at 2018 SNU International Conference on Linguistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, June 15-16.
"How to do so and how to think so in Japanese." Invited talk given at Linguistic Collegium at Ryukoku (LC@R), Ryukoku University, Osaka, April 1, 2018.
"Do So in Japanese: Proform, Ellipsis, or Both?" Invited talk given at Nanzan University. March 4, 2018.
Some Notes on Particle-Stranding Ellipsis in Japanese. (with Hiroaki Saito) Poster presented at Current Issues in Comparative Syntax: Past, Present, and Future, National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 1-2, 2018.
Argument Ellipsis: Its Interaction with Radical Pro-drop and Labeling. Invited talk given at Workshop on (Nominal) Arguments and Clausal Structure in Japanese, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, January 21, 2018.
2017
"Silently Structured Silent Argument." Invited talk given at the Keio Linguistics Colloquium, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, December 2-3, 2017.
"Externalization in Minimalist Syntax." Workshop held at the 35th Annual Meeting of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, November 18, 2017. [Organizer of the workshop (Speakers: Nobu Goto, Kensuke Takita, Taichi Nakamura, and Yuta Sakamoto)]
"Covertly Saturated Particles in Japanese." (with Hiroaki Saito) Talk given at the 13th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL13), International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, May 26-28, 2017.
"Overtly Stranded but Covertly Not." (with Hiroaki Saito) Poster given at the 35th Annual Meeting of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL35), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 28-30, 2017.
2016
"Escape from Silent Syntax". Invited talk given at Keio University, Mita, Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2016.
"Investigations into Silent Structure." Invited talk given at Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan, July 1, 2016.
"Japanese Null Arguments: Their Theoretical Change and Future Perspective." Workshop given at the 152th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Keio University, Mita, Tokyo, Japan, June 25-26, 2016. [Organizer of the workshop (Speakers: Kenshi Funakoshi, Takeo Kurafuji, and Yuta Sakamoto)]
"Exploring Silent Structures." Invited talk given at Meikai Linguistics Colloquium, Meikai University, Chiba, Japan, June 23, 2016.
"Missing Objects in Japanese Sign Language." (with Kazumi Matsuoka) Paper presented at the 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL12), Central Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA, May 13-15, 2016.
"Beyond Deep and Surface: Clausal Complement Anaphora in Japanese." Paper presented at Ling-Lunch at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, May 5, 2016.
"Clausal Complement Anaphora in Japanese: Deep or Surface?" Paper presented at NYU Syntax Brown Bag, New York University, New York, USA, April 1, 2016.
"Different Constituency of Classifier Constructions in Japanese and Korean." (with Yong Suk Yoo) Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC40), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, March 18-20, 2016.
"Clausal Complement "Replacement"." Paper presented at Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 8 (FAJL8), Mie University, Mie, Japan, February 18-20, 2016.
2015
"Overtly Empty but Covertly Complex: An Argument for the LF-copy Analysis." Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS46), Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 16-18, 2015.
"The Silent Syntax of Silent Arguments." Invited talk at Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan, July 10, 2015.
"Extraction out of English VP-ellipsis Sites: The Overt/Null Contrast." Paper presented at the 150th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Daito Bunka University, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, June 20-21, 2015.
"Japanese Null Arguments as Mixed Anaphora: Evidence for the LF-copy Analysis." Poster presented at the 11th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL11), University of York, York, United Kingdom, June 4-6, 2015.
"Argument Ellipsis versus Pro: No Simple Dichotomy." Paper presented at NYU Syntax Brown Bag, New York University, New York, USA, April 10, 2015.
2014
"Disjunction as a New Diagnostic for (Argument) Ellipsis." Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS45), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2014.
"Issues on Japanese Null Arguments: Argument Ellipsis, VP-ellipsis, and Property Anaphora." Invited talk at Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan, July 11, 2014.
"Phases, Argument Ellipsis, and "Antecedent-Contained Deletion" in Japanese." Paper presented at Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 7 (FAJL7), International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, June 27-29, 2014.
"A Study of Japanese Null Arguments: A View from Immobile Elements." Paper presented at the 148th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Hosei University, Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan, June 7-8, 2014.
"A Phasal Approach to Argument Ellipsis in Japanese and Its Consequences." Paper presented at the 10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL10), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, May 2-4, 2014.
2013
Scope and Disjunction Feed an Even More Argument for Argument Ellipsis in Japanese. Poster presented at Japanese/Korean Linguistics 23 (J/K23), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, October 11-13, 2013.
Absence of Case-matching Effects in Mongolian Sluicing. Poster presented at the 9th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL9), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, August 23-25, 2013.
Argument Ellipsis in Japanese: Its Interaction with Phase, Scope, and Parallelism. Invited talk at Workshop on Syntax and Semantics 2, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan, June 21, 2013.
"A Study on Mongolian Sluicing: A View from Case-matching Effects." Paper presented at the 146th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Ibaraki University, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, June 15-16, 2013.
2011
Toward the Reconsideration of the Cleft Analysis of Sluicing in Wh-in-situ Languages. Paper presented at GLOW in Asia: Workshop for Young Scholars, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan, September 7-8, 2011.