Kitahara, Hisatsugu

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Affiliation

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

Position

Professor
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  • Hisatsugu Kitahara is Professor at the Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies, Keio University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Harvard University in 1994. Since then, he has been teaching and holding research positions at various institutions, including Princeton University, the University of British Columbia, MIT, and the University of Michigan. His expertise resides in theoretical linguistics, more specifically in minimalist syntax. His work addresses fundamental issues regarding the nature of phrase structure. He published Elementary Operations and Optimal Derivations (MIT Press 1997) and four co-authored books: A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations (Oxford 1998), Explorations in Maximizing Syntactic Minimization (Routledge 2015), A Minimalist Theory of Simplest Merge (Routledge 2021), and Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis (Cambridge 2023). His research also appeared in such journals as Syntax: A Journal of Theoretical, Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research (Wiley-Blackwell) and Linguistic Inquiry (MIT Press). Early Background Born in Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan on March 22, 1965. Attended public school in Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Studied at Meiji Gakuin Higashimurayama High School in Tokyo and at Jenison High School in Michigan as an exchange student. Entered Meiji Gakuin University in 1984.

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2010.04
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    Present

    Keio University, Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies, Full Professor

  • 1999.04
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    2009.03

    Keio University, Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies, Associate Professor

  • 1997.10
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    1999.03

    Keio University, Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies, Assistant Professor

  • 2010.10
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    2012.09

    Keio University, Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies, Assistant Director

  • 2006.04
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    2007.07

    Keio University, Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies, Assistant Director

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1989.08
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    1994.06

    Harvard University, Department of Linguistics

    Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

  • 1989.03

    Meiji Gakuin University, Department of English Literature

    University, Graduated

  • 1988.05

    Hope College, Department of English

    University, Graduated

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1994.06

    Target Alpha: A Unified Theory of Movement and Structure-Building

  • A.M., Harvard University, 1991.03

  • B.A., Meiji Gakuin University, 1989.03

  • B.A., Hope College, 1988.05

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Theoretical Linguistics

  • Generative Grammar

  • Syntactic Theory

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

  • Generative Grammar, 

    2012.04
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    Present

  • Comparative Grammar, 

    2013.04
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    Present

  • Sign Language Grammar, 

    2013.04
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    Present

  • Philosophy of Generative Grammar, 

    2017.04
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    Present

  • Generative Grammar & Language Education, 

    2019.04
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    Present

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  • A review and reanalysis of some recent developments from GK to MC, and beyond

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 55 ) 199 - 214 2024.03

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

  • Merge and form copy: building structures and assigning Copy relations

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 54 ) 213 - 218 2023.03

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

  • A quick review of some of the recent developments in the minimalist program

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 53 ) 151 - 164 2022.03

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

  • On the notion copy under MERGE

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 52 ) 133 - 140 2021.03

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

  • "Multiple-specifier" configurations revisited

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 51 ) 207 - 216 2020.03

    Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Review of Müller, Gereon. 2011. Constraints on displacement: A phase-based approach, John Benjamins.

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Language (The Linguistic Society of America)  89   655 - 657 2013

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work

  • Review of Miyagawa, Shigeru. 2010. Why Agree? Why Move? Unifying Agreement-Based and Discourse-Configurational Languages, MIT Press.

    Hisatsugu Kitahara

    Gengo Kenkyu (The Linguistic Society of Japan)  141   59 - 68 2012

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work

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

  • 併合操作に基づく日英語比較研究：構造依存性はなぜ言語の普遍的特性として現れるのか

    2022.04
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    2025.03

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

  • 日英語比較統辞論に基づく併合手続きの研究：統辞構造はどのように生成されるのか

    2019.04
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    2022.03

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

  • 統語構造を派生するメカニズムの解明、及びその理論的帰結の探求

    2014.04
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    2018.03

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research grant, Principal investigator

  • 言語器官の中核を担う統語システムとその最適性ともいうべき性質の解明に向けて

    2010.04
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    2013.03

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research grant, Principal investigator

  • 統語システムから解釈システムへの出入力機構の解明

    2004.04
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    2008.03

    Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research grant, Principal investigator

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    Japanese translation: Chomsky, Noam. 1995. The Minimalist Program, MIT Press. [Shoeisha, Tokyo, 1998. [with M.Oishi et al.]]

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    Japanese translation: Chomsky, Noam. 1986. Barriers, MIT Press. [Kenkyusha Publishers, Tokyo, 1993. [with M.Oishi et al.]]

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    "Orwell’s Problem: Information and Judgment" Newsletter SANSYOKUKI (June 2011), Keio Correspondence Courses. [Written in Japanese]

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 16

    2025

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 15

    2025

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 16

    2024

  • ADVANCED STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS 15

    2024

  • LINGUISTICS SCIENCE 2

    2022

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • Introduction to Linguistics

    Keio University (undergraduate level)

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Introduction to Syntax

    Keio University (undergraduate level)

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Introduction to Semantics

    Keio University (undergraduate level)

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Introduction to Linguistic Theory

    Keio University (undergraduate level)

    2018.04
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    2019.03

  • Grammar as Science

    Keio University (undergraduate level)

    2018.04
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    2019.03

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Educational Activities and Special Notes 【 Display / hide 】

  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Masanobu Sorida, Sophia University

    2011
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    2012

    , Special Affairs

  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Kensuke Takita, Nanzan University

    2009
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    2010

    , Special Affairs

  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Miki Obata, The University of Michigan

    2008
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    2010

    , Special Affairs

  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Masayuki Komachi, Keio University

    2007
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    2009

    , Special Affairs

  • Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Gerardo Fernández-Salgueiro, The University of Michigan

    2007
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    2008

    , Special Affairs

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • The Linguistic Society of America

    　

  • Linguistic Society of Japan

    　

  • The English Linguistic Society of Japan

    　
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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2024.04
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    Present

    評議員, The Linguistic Society of Japan

  • 2023.04
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    理事, The English Linguistic Society of Japan

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