| Position | Research Associate |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Japanese Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | Japanese Language and Literature |
| Department | Japanese Linguistics |
Career
| March 2019: | Ph.D., Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2022: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
Japanese Linguistics
1) Construction of Corpora (Databases of Language Resources)
I have participated in constructing written Japanese corpora that cover a wide range of periods and genres, with a primary focus on the Meiji and Taisho periods. Through this corpus construction, I am engaged in research aimed at enhancing the precision of the corpora and clarifying their characteristics as linguistic resources.
2) Quantitative Research on Vocabulary and Style in Modern and Contemporary Japanese
I aim to clarify the rapid stylistic and vocabulary changes in written Japanese during the Meiji and Taisho periods through the Genbun Itchi Movement (the unification of spoken and written language), by conducting quantitative analysis of the constructed corpora. Additionally, I am interested in how the modern colloquial style, which became the mainstream style of written language after the Genbun Itchi Movement, evolved into contemporary written Japanese. I am also conducting quantitative analyses of the diachronic changes in vocabulary and style that emerged during this process.
