Representative publications
- "Sound symbolism in northern dialects of Japanese: Its implications for historical Linguistics" Current Issues in the History and Structure of Japanese, ed by Bjarke Frellesvig. Pp. 171-185. Tokyo: Kuroshio (2008).
- "Accent and sound symbolism in Japanese.” Japanese/Korean Linguistics 14, ed. by T. Vance. Pp. 3-14. Stanford: CSLI (2007).
- "Linguistics and language pedagogy: What to know and how to teach", Nihongogaku-no Shosô [Aspects of Japanese Linguistics], ed. by Kuno, Susumu, Seiichi Makino, and Susan Strauss. Pp. 265-283. Tokyo: Kuroshio (2007).
- "A window into the syntax of Control: Event opacity in Japanese and English" with Stanley Dubinsky, University of Maryland Working Papers in Linguistics 15 (2006).
- "Making Japanese grammar accessible." Recent Developments in Language Education, ed. by Osamu Kamada, et al. Pp. 139-152. Tokyo: Hitsuji Shobo (2005).
- Making Sense of Japanese Grammar: A Clear Guide Through Common Problems with Zeljko Cipris. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press (2002).
- "Voicing of Obstruents in Old Japanese: Evidence from the Sound-Symbolic Stratum"Journal of East Asian Linguistics 9, 207-225 (2000).
- The Sound Symbolic System of Japanese: Studies in Japanese Linguistics, Vol. 10. Stanford: CSLI (1998). The book bridges a theoretical gap by identifying linguistic properties among an extensive body of Japanese sound-symbolic expressions commonly known as giongo/gitaigo/giseigo mimetic words. It also demonstrates that some ofthese properties are significant not only from a synchronic perspective but also from a diachronic perspective.
- "Palatalization in Japanese Sound Symbolism" in Sound Symbolism, ed. by Leanne Hinton. Cambridge University Press (1994).
- Visualizing Japanese Grammar with Wakana Kikuchi. This site provides a collection of 66 flash animations and 12 downloadable PowerPoint shows illustrating basic concepts and patterns in Japanese grammar.
Specialization/interests
- Sound symbolism; Japanese linguistics; Japanese language pedagogy.
Organization/association
- Linguistics Society of America
- Association of Teachers of Japanese
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