Profile
Abstract
I currently work as a Ph.D. candidate in the IGRA program at the Institute of linguistics at Leipzig University.
Before that, I worked as a research assistant at the National Institute of Informatics, Japan. I have studied the neo-Davidsonian semantic framework for Minimalist Grammars (MGs, Stabler 1997, and Stabler and Keenan 2003), focusing on some problems with variable-free semantics.
Professional career
- since 10/2020
Doctoral student in the Research Training Group Interaction of grammatical building blocks, Leipzig University - 04/2014 - 09/2020
Doctoral student, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI, 総合研究大学院大学)
Education
- 04/2012 - 03/2014
Master, University of Electro-communications (電気通信大学)Thesis: Theoretical explorations of learning biases for language acquisition - 04/2008 - 03/2012
Bachelor, University of Electro-communications (電気通信大学)
I am a linguist. I study the grammar of natural languages, especially focusing on syntax and semantics from a computational perspective. My research aims to integrate two research traditions, namely, generative grammar and categorial grammar.
My current research topics and approaches are:
- Minimalist Grammar formalism
- Neo-Davidsonian event semantics
- Japanese morpho-phonology (rendaku)
Also, I am interested in mathematically rigorous grammar formalism.