Nakatani Kentaro

ナカタニケンタロウ | Nakatani Kentaro

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor

Research field (6)： Linguistics , Cognitive sciences , Experimental psychology , Japanese linguistics , Intelligent informatics , English linguistics

Research keywords (21)： Psycholinguistics , Syntax , Japanese linguistics , English linguistics , Theoretical linguistics , complex predicates , self-paced reading task , locality , head-final languages , working memory , syntax-lexicon interface , sentence comprehension , compounds , qualia structure , argument structure , lexical knowledge , polysemy , head movement , verbs , word formation , lexical semantics

Research theme for competitive and other funds (12)：

2020 - 2024 Propositional inferences driven by event semantics: Eye movements and EEG
2019 - 2021 hierarchical structure building in drawing by humans, chimpanzees and monkeys
2014 - 2016 How Are Memory Resources Used in the Processing of SOV Languages: From the Perspective of Dependency Type
2009 - 2012 作業記憶と文処理アーキテクチャの実証的研究:構造的複雑性と構造的頻度の観点から
2009 - 2011 A Study of Working Memory and Processing Architecture in Sentence Comprehension : From the Perspective of Structural Complexity and Structural Frequency

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Papers (46)：

Kentaro Nakatani. te simau wa hontoo ni kanryoo no asupekuto keisiki nanoka [Is -te simaw really an aspectual form denoting perfect?]. Rekisikon Kenkyuu no Shin Shiten [A New Perspective on the Studies of the Lexicon. 2024. 204-227
Miki Ishihara, Kentaro Nakatani. The effect of SOA on lexical decision in Japanese and English: A pilot study. IEICE Technical Report. 2024. TL2024-9(2024-08). 11-16
Toshiki Iwabuchi, Satoshi Nambu, Kentaro Nakatani, Michiru Makuuchi. Brain mechanisms for the processing of Japanese subject-marking particles wa, ga, and no. Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives. 2023. 2. 163-182
Kentaro Nakatani. Locality-based retrieval effects are dependent on dependency type: A case study of a negative polarity dependency in Japanese. Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives. 2023. 2. 31-54
Miki Ishihara, Kentaro Nakatani. The effect of contextual information on lexical decision tasks. IEICE Technical Report. 2023. TL2023-19. 19-24

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MISC (4)：

Kentaro Nakatani. [Review] Kageyama, Taro, Peter E. Hook and Prashant Pardeshi: Verb-verb complexes in Asian languages. Journal of Japanese Linguistics. 2022. 38. 2. 291-293
Kentaro Nakatani. Morphology. 2016
Kentaro Nakatani. [Review] Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy (eds.), Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics, and Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. xv+354 pp. Studies in English Literature, English Number. 2011. 52. 260-269
Kentaro Nakatani. Gensoku to Baikai-Hensuu no Riron (III): Jojutu-Riron [The Principles and Parameters Theory (III): Predication Theory, Theta-Theory]. Kaigai Gengogaku Joho [Current Trends in Overseas Linguistics]. 1996. 8. 66-74

Books (18)：

Rekisikon Kenkyuu no Shin Shiten [A New Perspective on the Studies of the Lexicon
Kaitakusha 2024 ISBN:4758924066
パソコンがあればできる! ことばの実験研究の方法第2版-容認性調査、読文・産出実験からコーパスまで
ひつじ書房 2024 ISBN:4823411668
Issues in Japanese Psycholinguistics from Comparative Perspectives Vol. 2: Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors
De Gruyter Mouton 2023 ISBN:9783110778816
Toogoron to Gengogaku Syo Bun-ya to no Intaafeisu [Interface betwen Syntax and Other Linguistic Fields]
Kaitakusha 2021 ISBN:4758913560
The joy and enjoyment of linguistic research : A festschrift for Takane Ito
Kaitakusha 2021 ISBN:9784758923002

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Lectures and oral presentations (61)：

The effect of SOA on lexical decision in Japanese and English: A pilot study
(MAPLL/TL 2024)
Lexically driven pragmatics of -te oku in Japanese.
(The 40th Annual Meeting of Konan English Literary Society 2024)
Affectedness, awareness and re-mention in a maze
(KCP International Workshop 2024 2024)
Processing negative-sensitive elements in Japanese
(KCP International Workshop 2024 2024)
-Te simau wa hontoo ni kanryoo no asupekuto keisiki nanoka [Is -te simau really an aspect marker?]
(The 167th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan 2023)

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Works (19)：

On the asymmetric semantics of coming and going: A study of the V-te kuru/iku constructions in Japanese.
2008 -
Opposition Structure is not Event Structure: A Study of Cancellable Transition in Japanese V-teiru.
2007 -
Aspectual Presupposition, Entailment, and Composition in Japanese V-teiru.
2007 -
Processing Japanese Relative Clauses in Context.
2006 -
文理解における統合と保持〜日英対照の視点から〜
2005 -

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Education (4)：

1995 - 2004 Harvard University Department of Linguistics Linguistics
1995 - 2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Linguistics
1992 - 1995 Sophia University Graduate Division of Foreign Studies
1987 - 1992 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Department of Linguistics

Professional career (3)：

Bachelor of Arts (The University of Tokyo)
Ph.D. (Linguistics) (Harvard University)
Master of Arts (Sophia University)

Work history (11)：

2009/04 - 現在 Department of English, Konan University Professor of Linguistics
2022/04 - 2025/03 Konan University Graduate School of Humanities, English Division Division chair
2021/04 - 2022/03 Konan University Faculty of Letters, Department of English Literature and Language Department chair
2017/04 - 2021/03 Konan University International Exchange Center Director in General
2016/04 - 2017/03 Konan University Faculty of Letters Department of English Literature and Language Department chair

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Committee career (15)：

2015/04 - 現在関西言語学会運営委員
2014/09 - 現在 Morphology and Lexicon Forum 運営委員
2014 - 現在 Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language 運営委員
2014 - 現在日本英語学会評議員
2021/04 - 2024/03 Linguistic Society of Japan Councilor

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Association Membership(s) (4)：

Linguistic Society of America , 関西言語学会 , 甲南英文学会 , 日本英語学会

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