I'm a second year PhD student in Linguistics at UMass Amherst. 

Interests

・Syntax  ・Semantics 

Contact

 E-mail : kkakenami-at-umass-dot-edu 

News

・2026/09/01-04

I'm giving a poster presentation at SuB 31.

Title: Japanese Quotative Adjuncts and Their Licensing by Relevance

・2026/06/20

I'm giving a talk at TTLC in Japan.

Title: Toto, I've a feeling we can't scramble anymore: when Japanese to-clauses block movement

・2026/04/03

I gave an outreach talk at Aoyama Gakuin University.

Title: Studying Linguistics in the US