Umeno, Makoto. (11-13 June 2026). More than two types? Rethinking aspiration languages with multi-layered |H|. Government Phonology Round Table (GPRT) 2026. Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.
Umeno, Makoto. (23 May 2026). Laryngeal contrasts in non-initial positions: Patterns in Northern and Western European languages. "Topics on Voicing and Assimilation" Workshop on Phonological Aspects of Voicing and Assimilation. Tokyo Univeristy of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan. [invited]
Umeno, Makoto. (submitted). Segmental weakening and phonological theory.
Umeno, Makoto. (2026). Two types of aspiration languages and the structure of |H|. Phonological Studies 29. 57-64. [peer reviewed]
Umeno, Makoto. (2025). Reduced vowels in southern and northern dialects of England. Phonological Studies 28. 37–44. [peer reviewed]
Umeno, Makoto. (2024). Is 'stop epenthesis' in English fortition, lenition or what?. Studies in Language and Speech (Onsei gengo no kenkyu) 18. 1–12.
Umeno, Makoto. (2023). H[aɪɛɪ]tus?. Studies in Language and Speech (Onsei gengo no kenkyu) 17. 1–16.
Umeno, Makoto. (14–16 January 2026). Differences within aspiration languages and the internal structure of |H|. The 23rd Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP23). Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Umeno, Makoto (15 November 2025). Laryngeal neutralisation and lenition in aspiration languages. PAIK. Kobe Univeristy, Kobe, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (26–27 August 2025). The inner workings of |H| and structural differences in |H|-languages. Phonology Forum 2025. Tama Campus, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (4–5 March 2025). Make a STOP to think about it. The 20th Phonology Festa. Minoh Campus, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (30 November 2024). Are consonant lenition and vowel reduction parallel processes in English?. PAIK. Kobe Univeristy, Kobe, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (23 November 2024). Phonological processes in English: How much should theory really cover?. The 26th Workshop on Grammatical Studies: The Relationship between Phonology, Morphology and Lexicon. Tokyo Univeristy of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan. [invited]
Umeno, Makoto. (22–23 August 2024). The phonological status of reduced vowels in English English. Phonology Forum 2024. Nagoya Campus Shirotori, Nagoya Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (7–8 March 2024). 'Domain Licensing' and segmental weakening in English. The 19th Phonology Festa. Senriyama Campus, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan.
Umeno, Makoto. (7 July 2022). A syllable-based analysis of diphthongal glides in Standard Southern British pronunciation. LCCC. Toyonaka Campus, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan. [online]
The 2025 Phonological Society of Japan Conference Presentation Award.