Kawahara, Shigeto

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Affiliation

Research Centers and Institutes, The Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Mita)

Position

Professor

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  • I received BA in Liberal Arts from International Christianity University in 2002 and PhD in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2007. I taught at the University of Georgia for one year and moved to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. I stayed there for five years, serving as the director of the phonetics laboratory there. I moved to the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic studies starting June 2013. Associate editor: Phonology, Language and Linguistic Compass. Editorial board: Phonetica; Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (NLLT); Phonological Data and Analysis; Languages

Career 【 Display / hide

  • 2008
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    2013

    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the linguistics department, Assistant Professor

  • 2009
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    2013

    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Graduate faculty in the psychology department

  • 2011
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    2013

    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Cognitive Science (RuCCs)

  • 2012.01
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    2012.02

    International Christian University, JICUF Visiting Scholar

  • 2007
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    2008

    University of Georgia, Assistant Professor

Academic Background 【 Display / hide

  • 2002
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    2007.09

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    United States, Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

  • 2006

    University of Tromsø

    Norway, Graduate School

  • 1998.04
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    2002.03

    International Christian University

    University, Graduated

  • 2000
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    2001

    University of California, Santa Cruz

    United States, University

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide

  • Ph.D. (Linguistics), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Coursework, 2007.09

    The Emergence of Phonetic Naturalness

  • 教養学士, 国際基督教大学, 2002.03

    Similarity among Variants: Output-Variant Correspondence

 

Research Areas 【 Display / hide

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics (Phonetics)

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide

  • phonetics, phonology, laboratory phonology

Research Themes 【 Display / hide

  • 濁音と促音の知覚・音韻, 

    2005.09
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    Present

  • 実験音韻論の手法, 

    2011.09
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    Present

  • 医療福祉音声学, 

    2013.09
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    Present

  • Linguistics and information theory, 

    2015.06
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    Present

  • Bayesian references in linguistic behavior, 

    2015.06
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    Present

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Books 【 Display / hide

  • 「あ」は「い」より大きい!?

    川原繁人, 2024.10

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    大和文庫。2017年に出版された同書の文庫化。俵万智氏による解説付き。

  • 日本語の秘密

    川原繁人, 2024.02

  • うたうからだのふしぎ

    川原繁人、北山陽一、牧村久実, 講談社, 2024.01

  • 言語学的ラップの世界

    川原繁人, 2023.11

  • なぜ、おかしの名前はパピプペポが多いのか? 言語学者、小学生の質問に本気で答える

    川原繁人, ディスカヴァー21, 2023.07

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Papers 【 Display / hide

  • Japanese speakers can infer specific sub-lexicons using phonotactic cues

    Shigeto Kawahara and Gakuji Kumagai

    Linguistics Vanguard  2024.12

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Corresponding author, Accepted

  • The alveolar trill is perceived as rough by speakers of different languages

    Cwiek, A. et al.

    JASA  2024.11

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

  • The (non-)local nature of Lyman’s Law revisited

    Shigeto Kawahara and Gakuji Kumagai

    Laboratory Phonology 15 ( 1 )  2024.09

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Lead author, Corresponding author, Accepted

  • Token frequency modulates optional paradigm uniformity in Japanese voiced velar nasalization

    Canaan Briess, Hironori Katsuda and Shigeto Kawahara

    Phonology  2024.05

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted

  • Limits on gestural reorganization following vowel deletion: The case of Tokyo Japanese.

    Jason Shaw and Shigeto Kawahara

    (Laboratory Phonology)   2023.02

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Last author, Accepted

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide

  • Sound symbolism and theoretical phonology

    Kawahara S.

    Language and Linguistics Compass (Language and Linguistics Compass)  14 ( 8 )  2020.08

  • 子供の科学2019年6月号

     2019.05

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media), Single Work

  • Opaque allomorph selection in Japanese and harmonic serialism: A reply to kurisu 2012

    Hall E., Jurgec P., Kawahara S.

    Linguistic Inquiry (Linguistic Inquiry)  49 ( 3 ) 599 - 610 2018.07

    ISSN  00243892

  • 連濁の心理言語学的研究

    KAWAHARA Shigeto

    連濁の研究 (開拓社)   2017.12

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (other), Joint Work

  • 生成音韻論における連濁の理論的分析

    川原 繁人 ・三間英樹

    連濁の研究 (開拓社)   2017.12

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (other), Joint Work

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Presentations 【 Display / hide

  • Does Lyman’s Law count?

    Shigeto Kawahara and Gakuji Kumagai

    Workshop accompanying Japanese/Korean Linguistics, 

    2021.10

    Oral presentation (invited, special)

  • Token frequency in the grammar: A wug-test of Voiced Velar Nasalization in Japanese

    Kawahara, Shigeto, Canaan Breiss & Hironori Katsuda

    Annual Meeting of Phonology, 

    2021.10

    Oral presentation (general)

  • 機械学習を用いたポケモン名における音象徴の分析:ランダムフォレスト を用いて

    川原繁人

    日本音声学会, 

    2021.09

    Oral presentation (general)

  • マイボイス: 言語学と医療の接点の一例として

    川原繁人

    日本言語学会, 

    2021.06

    Oral presentation (keynote)

  • Pokemonastics: what we are doing and why we are doing it

    Shigeto Kawahara

    University of College London, Colloquium, 

    2021.05

    Oral presentation (keynote)

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide

  • 言語分析のための最大エントロピー法:音韻・音象徴の両観点から

    2022.04
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    2027.03

    MEXT,JSPS, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 基盤研究(C), Principal investigator

  • アジアと欧米:コミュニケーションの文化差から言語の獲得過程を探る

    2020.04
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    Present

    特別推進研究, No Setting

  • 音声科学に基づく英語発音指導教材の開発と整理 — MRI動画と音声記号カード

    2019.04
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    2020.03

    学事振興資金個人研究, No Setting

  • 実験音韻論と脳遺伝学に基づく潜在的な読字困難の指標化

    2018.04
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    2021.03

    科学研究費基盤研究, No Setting

  • 言語獲得初期における階層性学習と意図共有の脳内横構

    2018.04
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    2019.03

    科学研究費新学術領域研究 共創言語進化, No Setting

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Awards 【 Display / hide

  • 日本音声学会2022年度学術研究奨励賞

    2023.03, 日本音声学会

    Type of Award: Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

  • 義塾賞

    2022.09

    Type of Award: Keio commendation etc.

  • 日本音声学会学術研究奨励賞

    2016.03, 日本音声学会, マイボイス:難病患者様の失われる声を救う

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  • JICUF Scholarship Award

    2012.01, Japan ICU Foundation

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    Two is too much: Two is too much: [p]-driven geminate devoicing in Japanese. In Phonological
    Society of Japan (ed.) Phonological Studies 18. Tokyo: Kaitakusha

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    Testing Rosen’s Rule and Strong Lyman’s Law. NINJAL Research Papers 7: 111-120.

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    マイボイス:言語学が失われる声を救うために. In Phonological Society of Japan (ed.) Phonological Studies 18. Tokyo: Kaitakusha

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    音象徴の普遍性: 大きさのイメーシを基に. 篠原和子、宇野良
    子(編) オノマトヘ研究の射程: 近づく音と意味. 東京:ひつじ書房, pp. 43-57.

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    The phonetics of Japanese maid voice I: A preliminary study. In
    Phonological Society of Japan (ed.) Phonological Studies 16. Tokyo: Kaitakusha. pp.19-28.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 12

    2024

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 11

    2024

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 12

    2023

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 11

    2023

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 12

    2022

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide

  • Topics in phonology

    Rutgers University

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Phonology III

    Rutgers University

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Special topics/Practicum

    Rutgers University

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Topics in Cog Sci

    Rutgers University

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • An intro to ling.

    Rutgers University

    2018.04
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    2019.03

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide

  • 川原繁人の音声学入門

    2020.04
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    Present

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

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    Youtubeで無料公開しているオンライン教材

  • ビジュアル音声学

    2018.06

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

  • IPAカード:楽しく学ぶ国際音声記号

    2018.04
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    Present

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

  • 「あ」は「い」より大きい!?:音象徴で学ぶ音声学入門

    2017.11

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

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  • 音とことばのふしぎな世界(岩波サイエンスライブラリー)

    2015.11

    , Development of Textbook and Teaching Material

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide

  • 読売KODOMO新聞

    2019.08
  • 誠文堂新光社特集記事:子供の科学6月号

    2019.05
  • 毎日新聞

    2019.01
  • IPAカード 監修

    2018.11
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    Present
  • 読売KODOMO新聞:特集記事

    2018.05

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide

  • スイッチインタビュー

    2024.06

  • チコちゃんに叱られる!

    2024.06

  • 眠れない貴女へ

    2024.01

  • Growing Reed

    2024.01

  • 日経新聞

    2022.08

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide

  • Association of Laboratory Phonology, 

    2020.04
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  • Linguistic Society of America, 

    2020.04
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    Present
  • 日本音響学会

     
  • 日本音韻論学会

     
  • 日本音声学会