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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 (43):
  • 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 Vol. 2: Interaction Between Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Factors. 2023. 31-54
  • Miki Ishihara, Kentaro Nakatani. The effect of contextual information on lexical decision tasks. IEICE Technical Report. 2023. TL2023-19. 19-24
  • Satoshi Nambu, Kentaro Nakatani. An experimental study of the adjacency constraint on the genitive subject in Japanese. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. 2023. 8. 1
  • Kentaro Nakatani. Interface between Syntax and Linguistic Performance. Toogoron to Gengogaku Syo Bun-ya to no Intaafeisu [Interface betwen Syntax and Other Linguistic Fields]. 2021. 125-160
  • Kentaro Nakatani. Locality Effects in the Processing of Negative-Sensitive Adverbials in Japanese. The Joy and Enjoyment of Linguistic Research: A Festschrift for Takane Ito. 2021. 462-472
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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 (16):
  • 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
  • Yuhikaku Dictionary of Psychology
    Yuhikaku 2021 ISBN:9784641002661
  • Meisi o meguru syo mondai: Go keisei, imi, koobun [Issues in the Study of Nouns: Word formation, Meaning, Constructions]
    Kaitakusha 2020 ISBN:9784758922906
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Lectures and oral presentations  (59):
  • 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)
  • The effect of contextual information on lexical decision tasks
    (IEICE Technical Committee on Thought and Language (TL) 2023)
  • Toogo koozoo to gengo un'yoo no intaafeisu [Interface of syntactic structure and linguistic performance.]
    (The 75th meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan, Kyusyu branch 2022)
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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 - 2024/03 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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