Kenji Yokota
Japanese Language Institute
Director and Professor of Japanese Language Institute
Professor
Email: keyokota@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: May 8, 2025 5:02 pm
⬛ Education
| 2013 Ph.D. - Linguistics, Osaka Prefecture University |
| 1997 M.A. - Language Information and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| 1995 B.A. - English Studies, Sophia University |
⬛ Teaching and Research Interests
Linguistics, Japanese Language Education, Linguistic approaches to non-native Japanese grammars, Second language acquisition theory.
⬛ Academic Appointments
| 2018- Professor, Tokyo International University |
| 2016-2018 Professor, Nihon University |
| 2011-2016 Associate Professor, Nihon University |
| 2008-2011 Assistant Professor, Nihon University |
| 2007-2008 Assistant Professor, Akita University |
| 2004-2007 Lecturer, Akita University |
| 2001-2004 Lector, University of Cambridge |
⬛ Fellowships & Grants
| 2007-2008 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) KAKEN. |
⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers
| The Role of Complement/Adjunct Identification in the L2 Acquisition, International Journal of Linguistics Studies, 4(3), 83-88 (2024). |
| Prosody and Interpretation of Floating Numeral Quantifier Constructions in Japanese, Proceedings of the 19th Texas Linguistics Society meeting, 80-95 (2020). |
| A New Perspective on Argument/Adjunct Distinction in the Theory of Grammar, Papers of the Second International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics, 96-99 (2019). |
| Development of a Scale to Measure Learners¡¯ Perceived Preferences and Benefits of Data-driven Learning, Mizumoto, A., K. Chujo & K. Yokota. ReCALL 28(2), Cambridge University Press, 227-246 (2016). |
| Japanese Floating Numeral Quantifiers as Generalized Quantifiers, Language Sciences 45, Elsevier, 123-134 (2014). |
| The Dual Analysis of Manner Adverbs in Japanese, Language Sciences 33:3, Elsevier, 386-400 (2011). |