KEIO RESEARCHERS INFORMATION SYSTEM

Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 1996.08

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  2001.03

  National Museum of Ethnology

• 2001.04

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  2007.09

  Osaka University of Foreign Studies

• 2007.10

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  2017.03

  Osaka University

• 2017.04

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  Present

  Keio University

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 1984.04

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  1988.03

  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

  University, Graduated

• 1988.04

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  1990.03

  The University of Tokyo

  University, Graduated

• 1990.04

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  1992.03

  The University of Tokyo

  Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

• 1992.04

  -

  1996.07

  The University of Tokyo

  Graduate School, Withdrawal before completion, Doctoral course

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

• 博士(文学), The University of Tokyo, Dissertation, 2005.07

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

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• Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics (東南アジア言語学)

Books 【 Display / hide 】

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• 東南アジア大陸部諸言語の事象キャンセル (Event Cancellation in Mainland Southeast Asian Languages)

  2023

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Typological profile of Karenic languages

  A Kato, 2021.08

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Pwo Karen

  2019.06

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• 5. Entailed and intended results in Japanese and Burmese accomplishment verbs

  2018.02

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Negation and polarity-reversing effect of an interrogative marker in Pwo Karen

  2022.02

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Homeland of Karenic languages

  Asian Languages and Linguistics  2023.12

  ISSN  2665-9336

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  <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
  <jats:p>Comparisons of plant names in Karenic languages reveal that names that can be traced back to Proto-Karen belong to plants that grow in temperate zones, such as bamboo, banyan, and mango. The names for coconut and palmyra palm, which are typical tropical plants, cannot be traced back to Proto-Karen and are borrowings. This suggests that Proto-Karen was spoken in a temperate zone. Meanwhile, the highest diversity of Karenic languages is observed in the area from southern Shan State to Kayah State and northern Karen State in Myanmar. Thus, as per linguistic migration theory, this area may have been the homeland of Karenic languages. Furthermore, the area largely has temperate zones. Hence, we can assume that the homeland of Karenic languages was in this area.</jats:p>

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• Valence-changing particles in Pwo Karen

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area (Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area)   2009

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• How did Haudricourt reconstruct Proto-Karen tones?

  Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  2018.03

  • Access to Document (DOI)

• Impersonal Construction with the Noun ‘Thing’ in Subject Position in Pwo Karen

  Journal of Research Institute  2021.09

• Romei : a Latin-based writing system of Sgaw Karen

  慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所紀要  2025.03

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Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

• Leke script : the "chicken scratch" script of Pwo Karen

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)   ( 57 ) 29 - 75 2026.03

  ISSN  03873013

• Romei : a Latin-based writing system of Sgaw Karen

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)   ( 56 ) 1 - 30 2025.03

  ISSN  03873013

• An analysis of Lae Kwekaw, an "ancient" Karen script

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)   ( 55 ) 25 - 48 2024.03

  ISSN  03873013

• Letalanyah : a Buddhist writing system of Sgaw Karen

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)   ( 54 ) 27 - 52 2023.03

  ISSN  03873013

• Event cancellation in Mainland Southeast Asian languages

  Kato, Atsuhiko

  (慶應義塾大学言語文化研究所)  2023

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• INTERMEDIATE BURMESE (MYANMAR)2

  2026

• ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 4

  2026

• ELEMENTARY BURMESE (MYANMAR) 1

  2026

• ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 3

  2026

• INTERMEDIATE BURMESE (MYANMAR) 1

  2026

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