Books
Shirai, Y. (2004). Gaikokugo gakusyuuni seikoo suru hito
sinai hito: Daini gengo syuutokuron eno syootai [Who
succeeds and who fails in foreign language learning: An invitation to
second language acquisition studies]. Iwanami Library of Science,
100. Tokyo: Iwanami.
Li, P. & Shirai, Y. (2000). The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Edited Volumes
Shirai, Y. (Ed). (2007). The
acquisition of relative clauses and the Noun Phrase Accessibility
Hierarchy: A universal in SLA? Special Issue of Studies in
Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nakayama, M., Mazuka, R. & Shirai, Y. (Eds.). Handbook of East Asian psycholinguistics: Vol. 2, Japanese. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [A volume of Handbook of East Asian psycholinguistics, General Editor, P. Li).
Shirai, Y., Kobayashi, H., Miyata, S., Nakamura, K., Ogura, T., & Sirai, H. (Eds.) (2002) Studies in Language Sciences, 2.Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers.
Salaberry, R. & Shirai, Y. (Eds.) (2002). The L2 Acquisitionof Tense-Aspect Morphology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Whitman, J. & Y. Shirai. (Eds.) (2000). Guest Editor, Special Issue of Journal of East Asian Linguistics "The acquisition of East Asian languages".
Oshima-Takane, Y., Shirai, Y. & Sirai, H. (Eds.) (2002). Studies in Language Sciences, 1. Toyota, Japan: School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University.
Shirai, Y., Slobin, D. I. & Weist, R. M. (Eds.) (1998). Special Issue of First Language, "The acquisition of tense/aspect morphology."
Articles (You can download the papers by clicking the paper
titles highlighted in blue.)
Shirai, Y. (in press). Aspect. In P. C. Hogan (Ed.), The
Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Ozeki, H. & Shirai, Y. (in press). The acquisition
of Japanese noun-modifying clauses: A comparison with Korean. In
N. McGloin & J. Mori (Ed.),
Japanese/Korean Linguistics, 15 (pp. 263-274). Stanford, CA:
CSLI
Publications [Distributed by the University of Chicago Press].
Shriai, Y. & Ozeki, H. (2007). Introduction to the special
issue “The acquisition of relative clauses and the noun phrase
accessibility hierarchy: A universal in SLA?” Studies in
Second Language Acquisition, 29, 155-167.
Ozeki, H. & Shirai, Y. (2007). Does the Noun Phrase
Accessibility Hierarchy predict the difficulty order in the acquisition
of Japanese relative clauses? Studies in Second Language
Acquisition, 29, 169-196.
Shirai, Y. (2007). The aspect hypothesis, the comparative fallacy, and
the validity of obligatory context analysis: A reply to Lardiere
(2003). Second Language Research, 23, 51-64.
Sugaya, N. & Shirai, Y. (2007). The acquisition of
progressive and resultative meanings of the imperfective aspect marker
by L2 Learners of Japanese: Universals, transfer, or multiple factors? Studies
in Second Language Acquisition, 29, 1-38.
Nishi, Y. & Shirai, Y. (2007). How aspectual notions are
lexicalized: A comparative analysis of predicates in The Little Prince
in English and Japanese. In Y. Ikegami, V. Eschbach-Szabo & A.
Wlodarczyk (Eds.), Japanese Linguistics European Chapter (pp.
31-42). Tokyo: Kurosio.
Ozeki, H. & Shirai, Y. (2007). The consequences of
variation in the acquisition of relative clauses: An analysis of
longitudinal production data from five
Japanese children. In Y. Matsumoto, D. Y. Oshima, O. W. Robinson &
P. Sells (Eds), Diversity in language: Perspectives and implications
(pp. 243-270). Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications.
Nishi, Y. & Shirai, Y. (2007). Where L1 semantic
transfer occurs: The significance of cross-linguistic variation in
lexical aspect in the L2 acquisition of aspect. In Y. Matsumoto, D. Y.
Oshima, O. Robinson, & P. Sells (Eds), Diversity in language:
Perspectives and implications (pp. 219-241). Stanford, CA: CSLI
Publications.
Shirai, Y. (2007). Gengo syuutoku, hattatu [Language acquisition
and development]. In Y. Sasaki (Ed.) Beesikku nihongo kyooiku
[A basic guide to the teaching of Japanese as a second language] (pp.
64-94). Tokyo: Hitsuzi.
Shirai, Y. (2006). Daini gengo syuutokuron to syuutoku moderu [Second
language acquisition studies and acquisition models]. In K.
Sakoda & N. Matsumi (Eds.), Kooza nihongo kyooikugaku, Vol. 3:
Gengo gakusyuu to sinri [Lectures on Japanese language teaching
research, Vol. 3: Language learning and psychology] (pp. 44-59). Tokyo:
Suriiee Nettowaaku.
Shirai, Y. (2006). The acquisition of tense-aspect.
In M. Nakayama, R. Mazuka, & Y. Shirai (Eds.) Handbook of
East Asian psycholinguistics: Volume 2, Japanese (pp. 82-88).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nakayama, M., Shirai, Y., & Mazuka, R. (2006).
Introduction. In M. Nakayama, R. Mazuka, & Y. Shirai (Eds.), Handbook
of East Asian psycholinguistics: Volume 2, Japanese (pp.
1-10). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Shirai, Y. & Miyata, S. (2006). Does
past tense marking indicate the acquisition of the concept of temporal
displacement in children's cognitive development? First
Language, 26, 45-66.
Yap, F. H., Kwan, W. M. , Yiu, S. M., Chu, C. K., Wong, F.,
Matthews, S. & Shirai, Y. (2006). Aspectual asymmetries
in the mental representation of events: Significance of lexical aspect.
In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive
Science Society (pp. 2410-2415). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Yap, F. H., Inoue, Y., Y. Shirai, S. Matthews, Wong, Y. W., &
Chan, Y. H. (2006). Aspectual asymmetries in Japanese: Evidence
from a reaction-time study. In T. Vance & K. Jones (Eds.) Japanese/Korean
Linguistics 14 (pp. 113-124).
Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications [Distributed by the University of
Chicago Press].
Nishi, Y. & Shirai, Y. (2006). Rethinking temporal approach to stativity denoted by -teiru: The application of the two-component theory of aspect. In T. Vance & K. Jones (Eds.), Japanese/Korean Linguistics 14 (pp. 369-379). Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications [Distributed by the University of Chicago Press].
Shirai, Y. & Nishi, Y. (2005). How what we mean impacts how we talk: The Japanese imperfective aspect marker -teiru in conversation. In J. Frodesen & C. Holten (Eds.), The power of context in language learning and teaching (pp. 39-48). Boston, MA: Thomson Heinle.
Ozeki, H. & Shirai, Y. (2005). Semantic bias in the
acquisition of relative clauses in Japanese. In A. Brugos, M. R.
Clark-Cotton & S. Ha (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual
Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2 (pp.
459-470). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Shirai, Y. (2004). Hikanketusoo -teiru no imi kettei ni okeru
synkansei no yakuwari [The role of punctuality in the interpretation of
the imperfective -teiru]. In S. Sato, K. Horie, & W. Nakamura
(Eds.), Taisyoo gengogaku no sintenkai [New directions in
contrastive
linguistics] (pp. 71-99). Tokyo: Hitsuji.
Nishi, Y. & Shirai, Y. (2004). Kaiwa ni okeru -teiru no imi:
Asupekuto 2-koosei yooso riron ni yoru bunseki [The semantics of –teiru
in conversation: An analysis based on the two-component theory of
aspect]. In M. Minami & M. Asano (Ed.), Gengogaku to
nihongo
kyooiku III [Linguistics and Japanese language education, 3] (pp.
231-249). Tokyo: Kurosio.
Shirai, Y. (2004). A multiple-factor account to form-meaning connection in the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology. In VanPatten, B. et al. (ed.) Form-meaning connections in second language acquisitions (pp 91-112). Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Shirai, Y. (2003). Language and thought: Methodological issues in crosslinguistic research on ontological categories. Invited commentary, Developmental Science, 6, 26-28.
Shirai, Y. (2002). The Aspect Hypothesis in SLA and the acquisition of Japanese. Invited review article, Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language, 5, 42-61.
Salaberry, R. & Shirai, Y. (2002). The L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology. In R. Salaberry & Y. Shirai (Eds.), The L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology (pp. 1-20). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Shirai, Y. (2002). The prototype hypothesis of tense-aspect acquisition in second language. In R. Salaberry & Y. Shirai (Eds.), The L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology(pp. 451-474). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Shirai, Y. & Nishi, Y. (2002). Lexicalization of aspectual structures in English and Japanese. In A. Giacalone Ramat (Ed.), Typology and second language acquisition (pp. 267-290). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Shirai, Y., Miyata, S., Naka, N., & Sakazaki, Y. (2001). The acquisition of causative morphology in Japanese: A prototype account. In M. Nakayama (Ed.), Issues in East Asian language acquisition (pp. 183-203). Tokyo: Kurosio.
Shirai, Y., Miyata, S., Naka, N., & Sakazaki, Y. (2000). The acquisition of causative morphology: Why does it correlate with the imperative? In E. V. Clark (Ed.), Thirtieth Child Language Research Forum Proceedings (pp. 87-94). Stanford, CA: CSLI [Distributed by Cambridge University Press].
Shirai, Y. (2000). The semantics of the Japanese imperfective -teiru: An integrative approach. Journal of Pragmatics,32,327-361.
Shirai, Y. & Kurono, A. (1998). The acquisition of tense-aspect marking in Japanese as a second language. Language Learning, 48, 245-279.
Shirai, Y. (1998). The emergence of tense-aspect morphology in Japanese: Universal predisposition? First Language, 18, 281-309.
Shirai, Y. (1998). Where the progressive and the resultative meet: Imperfective aspect in Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English. Studies in Language, 22, 661-692.
Shirai, Y. (1997). Is a bioprogram necessary to explain the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology? Ninchi Kagaku [Cognitive Studies]: Special Issue on Language Acquisition, 4, 21-34.
Shirai, Y. (1997). On the primacy of progressive over resultative state: The case of Japanese -teiru. In H-M. Sohn & J. Haig (Eds.), Japanese/Korean Linguistics 6 (pp. 512-524). Stanford, CA: CSLI.
Shirai, Y. (1997). Is regularization determined by semantics, or grammar, or both? Comments on Kim, Marcus, Pinker, Hollander & Coppola (1994). Journal of Child Language, 24, 495-501.
Nomura, M. & Shirai, Y. (1997). Overextension of intransitive verbs in the acquisition of Japanese. In E. Clark (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Child Language Research Forum (pp. 233-242). Stanford, CA: CSLI.
Shirai, Y. (1997). Linguistic theory and research: Implications for second language teaching. In G. R. Tucker & D. Corson (Ed.), The encyclopedia of language and education, Vol. 4: Second language education (pp. 1-9). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
Harris, C. & Shirai, Y. (1997). Selecting past-tense and plural forms for new words: What's meaning got to do with it? Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Andersen, R. W. & Shirai, Y. (1996). Primacy of aspect in first and second language acquisition: The pidgin/creole connection. In W. C. Ritchie & T. K. Bhatia (Eds.), Handbook of second language acquisition (pp. 527-570). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Shirai, Y. (1996). Does accomplishment always have duration? The Dowty-Van Valin system vs. the Smith system of inherent aspect. In L. M. Dobrin, K. Singer & L. McNair (Eds.) CLS 32: Papers from the main session (pp. 335-345). Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.
Shirai, Y. (1995). Tense-aspect marking by L2 learners of Japanese. In D. MacLaughlin & S. McEwen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Vol. 2 (pp. 575-586). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.
Shirai, Y. & Andersen, R. W. (1995). The acquisition of tense/aspect morphology: A prototype account. Language,71, 743-62.
Shirai, Y. (1994). On the overgeneralization of progressive marking on stative verbs: Bioprogram or input? First Language, 14, 67-82.
Andersen, R. W. & Shirai, Y. (1994). Discourse motivations for some cognitive acquisition principles. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 16, 133-156.
Yap, F. H. & Shirai, Y. (1994). On the nature of connectionist explanations and connectionist conceptualizations. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 5, 173-194.
Shirai, Y. (1993). Inherent aspect and the acquisition of tense/aspect morphology in Japanese. In H. Nakajima & Y. Otsu (Eds.), Argument structure: Its syntax and acquisition (pp. 185-211). Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
Shirai, Y. & Yap, F-H. (1993). In defense of connectionism. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 4, 119-133.
Shirai, Y. (1992). Conditions on transfer: A connectionist approach. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 3, 91-120.
Shirai, Y. (1990). Putting PUT to use: Prototype and metaphorical extension. Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1, 78-97.
Shirai, Y. (1990). U-shaped behavior in L2 acquisition. In H. Burmeister & P. L. Rounds (Eds.), Variability in second language acquisition: Proceedings of the Tenth Meeting of the Second Language Research Forum, Vol. 2 (pp. 685-700). Eugene, OR: Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.
Hatch, E., Shirai, Y. & Fantuzzi, C. (1990). The need for an
integrated theory: Connecting modules. TESOL Quarterly, 24,
697-716.
Presentations
Conference papers:
2007 Does the noun phrase accessibility hierarchy predict the
difficulty order in the acquisition of Japanese relative clauses?
Paper presented at AAAL 2007 Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April
21-24 (with H. Ozeki).
2007 Can L2 learners productively use Japanese tense-aspect
markers? A usage-based approach. Paper presented at UWM
Linguistics Symposium on Formulaic Language, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Apri18-21 (with N. Sugaya).
2006 Aspectual Asymmetries in the Mental Representation of
Events: Significance of Lexical Aspect. Poster presented at the
Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, Canada, August 1-3. (with F. Yap,
S. Kwan, E. Yiu, P Chu, S. Wong, S. Matthews)
2005 The acquisition of Japanese noun-modifying clauses: A
comparison with Korean. Paper presented at the 15th
Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, October 7-9, University of
Wisconsin, Madison (with H. Ozeki).
2005 Adjectives in early developmental Cantonese:
Time-stability and the use of property concept terms. Poster
presented at the 30th Boston University Conference on Language
Development, Boston, MA, Nov. 3-5 (with C. Kwan).
2004 Aspectual asymmetries in Japanese: Evidence from a
reaction-time study. Paper presented at the14th Japanese/Korean
Linguistics Conference, November 5-7, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona (with F. Yap, Y. Inoue, Y. Wong, Y. Chan, S. Matthews).
2004 Rethinking the temporal approach to stativity
expressed by the Japanese imperfect aspect -teiru. Paper presented at
the14th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, November 5-7,
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (with Y. Nishi).
2004 Semantic bias in the acquisition of Japanese
relative clauses. Paper presented at the 29th Boston University
Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA, Nov. 5-7 (with H.
Ozeki).
2004 A Perfective-Imperfective Asymmetry in Language
Processing: Evidence from Cantonese. Paper presented at the 9th
International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-9),
National Taiwan University, November 19-21 (with Y. Chan, F. Yap, &
S. Matthews).
2004 The perfective-imperfective asymmetry in the
human mind: Evidence from Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. Paper
presented at the 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing,
August, (with F. Yap, Y. Chan, S. Matthews, L. Tan & P. Li).
2004 The consequences of variation in the acquisition of
relative clauses: An analysis of longitudinal production data from five
Japanese children. Paper presented at the Conference on Diversity
and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation", Stanford
University, May 21-23 (with H. Ozeki).
2004 Where L1 semantic transfer occurs: The
significance of cross-linguistic variation in lexical aspect in the L2
acquisition of aspect. Paper presented at the Conference on
Diversity and Universals in Language: The Consequences of Variation",
Stanford University, May 21-23 (with Y. Nishi).
2004 The acquisition of relative clauses in Japanese.
Paper presented at the 2004 Child Language Research Forum, Stanford
University, April 18 (with H. Ozeki).
2003 The acquisition of English tense-aspect
morphology by native Mandarin speakers: A longitudinal study.
Poster presented at the 29th Boston University Conference on Language
Development, Nov. 1 (with G. Jia).
2003 An explanatory account of the Aspect Hypothesis.
Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Association
for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA, March 22.
2003 An explanatory account of the Aspect Hypothesis. Paper to be presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA, March 22.
2002 The semantics of -teiru in conversation: An examination of the two-component theory of aspect. Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese, San Francisco State University, March (with Y. Nishi)
2000 Asupekutozi teiru no imi: kaiwa koopasu no bunseki kara [The semantics of the aspectual marker -teiru: A conversational corpus analysis]. Paper presented at the 2nd Symposium on Spoken Language, Tokyo Institute of Technology, December 22 (with Y. Nishi).
2000 The Aspect Hypothesis: A universal of SLA? Paper presented at the 20th Second Language Research Forum, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 9.
2000 Lexicalization of aspectual structures: A case study on English and Japanese. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Lahti, Finland, Aug. 24 (with Y. Nishi). Presented by Y. Nishi.
2000 The acquisition of preverbal and postverbal negation in L2 Korean. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Korean Linguistics, Prague, Czech, July 13 (with K. Jeon).
2000 Universals and variations in the lexicalization of aspectual structures: A case study on English and Japanese. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese, San Francisco State University, April 1 (with Y. Nishi).
1999 The grammaticization process of progressive marking. Paper presented at the 6th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, University of Stockholm, Sweden, July 15.
1999 The acquisition of causative morphology: Why does it correlate with the imperative? Paper presented at the 1999 Stanford Child Language Research Forum, Stanford University, April 10 (with S. Miyata, N. Naka & Y. Sakazaki).
1998 Explicitness, analysis and automaticity in first and second language knowledge. Presented for the symposium on Cognition and Second Language Acquisition (organizer: R. DeKeyser, University of Pittsburgh), 3rd Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, March 28.
1998 The prototype hypothesis of tense-aspect acquisition. Presented for the symposium on Crosslinguistic Research on the L2 Acquisition of Tense-Aspect: Discourse, Semantics, and Morphosyntax (organizer: R. Andersen, UCLA, Y. Shirai, Cornell University, and R. Salaberry, University of Minnesota), 3rd Pacific Second Language Research Forum, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, March 26.
1997 The L2 acquisition of Spanish and the Aspect Hypothesis. Discussion paper presented at the colloquium (organizer: R. Salaberry, University of Minnesota) "The acquisition of aspect in natural and academic L2 Spanish" at the 17th Annual Second Language Research Forum, Michigan State University, Oct. 17.
1997 The acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in Japanese: A grammaticization perspective. Workshop on First Language Acquisition of East Asian Languages (Organizer, J. Whitman and Y. Shirai, Cornell University), LSA Summer Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July 23.
1997 Do past tense markers indicate acquisition of the concept of temporal displacement in children's cognitive development? Presented for the workshop (organizer: K. Nakamura, UC Berkeley and H. Morikawa, University of Kansas) "Developmental patterns in current research on Japanese child language acquisition" at SRCD (Society for Research on Child Development) Biennial Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2.
1996 Where the progressive and the resultative meet: A typology of imperfective morphology in Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English. 7th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, UCLA, Nov. 8.
1996 Early tense/aspect morphology in English and Japanese: Similarities and differences. Presented for the workshop (organizer: Y. Shirai, Daito Bunka University and R. Weist, SUNY, Fredonia) "The emergence of tense-aspect morphology: Is it driven by input or universal predisposition?" at the 7th Meeting of the International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Istanbul, Turkey, July 17.
1996 Anti-frequency effect in the acquisition of English regular past. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual UWM Linguistics Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April 19.
1996 Overextension of intransitive verbs in the acquisition of Japanese. 28th Annual Child Language Research Forum, Stanford University, April 14 (with M. Nomura).
1996 Does accomplishment always have duration? The Dowty-Van Valin system vs. the Smith system of inherent aspect. CLS 32, General Session, University of Chicago, April 12.
1995 Schema consistency in L2 acquisition of the English past tense. SLRF (Second Language Research Forum) 95, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 1 (with C. Harris).
1995 On the primacy of progressive over resultative state: The case of Japanese -teiru. 6th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 9.
1995 On the internal structure of the Japanese imperfective marker: An experimental study. 4th Conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, July.
1995 Authentic oral and spoken discourse materials: Resources for learning language, culture and school subject content. Japanese Immersion Education Network Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 6 (with R. Andersen, K. Meyerson, and H. Mori). Presented by R. Andersen.
1994 Tense/Aspect Marking by L2 Learners of Japanese. 19th Boston University Conference on Language Development, Nov. 5.
1993 Semantic universals and the acquisition of tense/aspect morphology. 6th Meeting of the International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Trieste, Italy, July 22.
1991 Primacy of aspect: Simplified input and prototype. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of American Association for Applied Linguistics, New York, NY, March 22.
1990 U-shaped behavior in L2 acquisition. Paper presented at the 10th Second Language Research Forum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, March 4.
1990 Integrating theory. Paper presented at the colloquium on The Scope and Form of a Theory of Second Language Learning (organizer: B. Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University, TESOL Annual Convention, San Francisco, March (with E. Hatch and C. Fantuzzi, presented by E. Hatch.)
1988 A model of L2 lexical development in an input-poor
environment. TESOL Summer Meeting, Northern Arizona University,
July 9.
Invited presentations
2007 Lexical and grammatical aspect in language
acquisition, processing and disorders. Plenary talk, International
Workshop on Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language
(MAPLL2007), Hiroshima University, July 14-15.
2007 Asupekuto keisiki teiru no syuutoku ni oite naze
kekkazyootai no hooga doosa no sinkoo yori muzukasii no ka: siyoo ikyo
moderu no kanten kara [Why is resulative state more difficult than
action in progress in the aquisition of -teiru? Perspectives from the
usage-based model]. Invited talk, Department of Japanese Language
Education, Hiroshima University, July 12.
2007 Ruikeironteki huhensei to nihongo kankeisetu no
syuutoku [Typological universals and the acquisition of Japanese
relative clauses]. Invited talk, Center for Language, Brain and
Cognition, Tohoku University, July 6.
2007 Semantic bias in the acquisition of tense-aspect
morphology. Invited talk, Department of Communication Science and
Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Jan 24.
2006 Grammaticization of imperfective aspect.
Invited talk, Aoyama Lunchtime Linguistics, Aoyama Gakuin University,
Tokyo, Dec. 20.
2006 The acquisition of regular and irregular past
tense forms in L1 and L2 English. Invited talk, Department of
English, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Dec. 14.
2006 Dainigengo syuutoku kenkyuu to nihongo kyooku: Riron
kara zissen e [Second language acquisition research and Japanese
language education: From theory to practice]. Plenary talk at the
International Symposium on Japanese Language Education, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, October 29-30.
2006 The acquisition of tense-aspect markers in
Japanese as a second language: A usage-based account. Invited talk,
Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA, Oct. 17.
2006 -teiru no syuutoku ni oite naze kekkazyootai ga
sinkoo yori muzukasiika [Why is resultative more difficult than
progressive in the acquisition of teiru]. Invited talk, Graduate
School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai,
Japan, Aug 10.
2006 Why is resultative meaning more difficult than progressive
meaning in the acquisition of -te i-ru, (or is it)? A usage-based
account. Paper presented at the invited symposium on Second
Language Acquisition (Organizer: K. Koda, Carnegie Mellon University)
at the International Conference on Japanese Language Education,
Columbia University, August 5-6.
2006 The Aspect Hypothesis: Universal
constraints or contextual effects? Invited talk, Department of
Linguistics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, July 31.
2006 Computational modeling of bilingualism: Contributions,
limitations, and future directions. Discussion paper for the
symposium "Computer Modeling of Bilingualism” (Organizer: P. Li,
University of Richmond, Presenters: K. Burgess, University of
California, Irvine, R. French, University of Liege, M. Thomas,
University of London) at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive
Science Society, Vancouver, Canada, July 27-29.
2006 Verb semantics and the acquisition of tense-aspect
morphology: Universal constraints or contextual effects? Invited talk,
Sophia Linguistic Institute for International Communication, Sophia
University, June 30.
2006 Gaikokugo gakusyuuni seikoo suru hito
shinai hito [Who succeeds and who fails in foreign language
learning]. Invited talk, Tsukuba Reading Group Meeting, Tukuba
University, Ibaraki, Japan, June 26.
2006 Does the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy
predict the acquisition order of Japanese relative clauses? Paper
presented at the Workshop on the L2 Acquisition of Relative Clauses,
Cornell University, Jan 28 (with H. Ozeki).
2005 Authentic discourse: What’s in it to be learned?
Invited paper presented at the workshop“Phylogeny and Ontogeny of
Written Language", Kyoto University, Aug 17-19.
2005 Daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu to nihongo kyooiku
[Second language acquisition research and Japanese language
teaching]. Plenary talk, Annual Meeting of the Society of
Japanese Language Education, Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, June
18, 2005.
2005 The acquisition of noun-modifying clauses in
Japanese. The acquisition of noun-modifying clauses in
Japanese. Invited poster presented at the Workshop on the
Typology, Acquisition, and Processing of Relative Clauses, Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, June 11-12 (with H.
Ozeki).
2004 Verb semantics and the acquisition of
tense-aspect morphology in L1 and L2: Universal constraints or
contextual effects? Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, Kyoto
University, December 17.
2004 The acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in L1
and L2: Innate predisposition or the effect of context? Plenary
talk, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, December 11-12.
2004 The semantic basis of grammatical development:
Modularity, Innateness, and the Theory of Grammar. Invited paper
for the "Symposium on Functional Approaches to Japanese Grammar: Toward
Understanding of Human Language. (Organizer: T. Ono and K. Kabata,
University of Alberta), University of Alberta, Aug. 20-22.
2004 Second language acquisition research and
second language teaching. Invited talk, Workshop for Japanese
Language Teachers (Organizer: T. Ono and K. Kabata, University of
Alberta), University of Alberta, Aug. 19.
2004 Daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu to daini gengo
kyooiku [Second language acquisition research and second language
teaching]. Invited talk for the workshop “Language Instruction
and Language Acquisition" at the International Conference on
Japanese-Language Teaching, August 6-7, 2004, at Showa Women's
University August 7
2004 The effect of verb semantics in the
acquisition of past and progressive morphology. Invited talk,
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Jan 13.
2003 Tense-aspect seminar: (1) Lexical and grammatical
aspect (2) grammaticization of tense-aspect markers (3) acquisition of
tense-aspect markers. Invited talks, Department of Modern
Languages and Intercultural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5.
2003 Ooyoo gengogaku to tyuukoo eigo kyooiku: Riron
kara zissen e [Applied linguistics and English language teaching in
junior and senior high schools: From theory to practice]. Invited talk,
Annual Research Meeting of the Association of Saitama Private Junior
and Senior High Schools, English Division, August 29, Saitama,
Japan.
2003 The acquisition of tense-aspect morphology and the
regular-irregular debate. Plenary talk, Conference on the Acquisition
of Aspect. ZAS (Research Center for General Linguistics), Berlin, May
9-11.
2003 The semantics and acquisition of imperfective
aspect in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and English. Invited talk,
Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature, Duke
University, April 18.
2002 daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu to daini gengo kyooiku: Tensu asupekuto o tyuusin ni [Second language acquisition research and second language teaching: With particular reference to tense-aspect]. Invited talk, Nagoya University, August 5 (in Japanese).
2002 The acquisition of tense-aspect morphology: A cross-linguistic perspective. Invited plenary, Cognitive Science Society of Korea, Pusan National University, May 18.
2002 Grammaticization of imperfective markers across languages. Invited talk, Department of Linguistics, Seoul National University, May 16.
2002 Input and language development. Invited talk, Cognitive
Science Program, Seoul National University, May 15.
2001 Nihongo ni okeru tensu asupekuto no syuutoku: kenkyuu seika kadai to kyooiku heno ooyookanoosei [The acquisitoin of tense and aspect in Japanese: Research so far, future research, and application to instruction] . Plenary talk, Annual Meeting of the Society for Research and Language and Culture, Ochanomizu University, December 8.
2001 Imperfective aspect in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, and other Asian languages. Invited talk, JSLunch Talk, Ochanomizu University, Nov. 16 (in Japanese).
2001 The universals of tense-aspect acquisition and the acquisition of English. Linguistics Colloquium, Department of English, Miyagi Gakuin Univeristy, Oct. 30 (in Japanese).
2001 Imperfective aspect in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, and other Asian languages. Invited talk, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Oct. 29 (in Japanese).
2001 Semantic universals and the acquisition of tense and aspect in first and second language: The case of English and Japanese. Invited talk, Society for International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Oct. 29 (in Japanese).
2001 Inputto to gengo hattatu [Input and language development]. Research Group on Cognitive and Linguistic Development, Ochanomizu Univerity, Tokyo, Oct. 27 (in Japanese).
2001 Universals of tense-aspect acquisition and the acquisition of Japanese. Invited talk, Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Oct. 12 (in Japanese).
2001 Imperfective aspect in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, and other Asian languages: A typological study. Invited talk, Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Oct. 12.
2001 The aspect hypothesis: A universal of SLA, or L1 transfer? Invited paper for the colloquium on Japanese as a Second Language, 4th Pacific Second Language Research Forum, University of Hawaii at Manoa, October 5.
2001 Input-based prototype formation as a model of grammatical and semantic development. Invited paper presented for the language acquisition symposium at ICCS2001 (Third International Conference on Cognitive Science), Beijing, China, August 27.
2001 Imperfective aspect in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English, and other Asian languages: A typological study. Invited talk for Asia Research Group, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 18.
2001 Universals of tense-aspect acquisition and the acquisition of Japanese. Invited talk, Department of Japanese and Korean Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 10.
2000 Daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu towa nanika [Second language acquisition research: What's that?] Invited talk, Department of Japanese Language Teaching, Ochanomizu University, December 19.
2000 Daini gengo syuutoku ni okeru asupekuto kasetu to nihongo syuutoku [The aspect hypothesis in second language acquisition and the acquisition of Japanese]. Invited paper, 11th National Meeting of Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, December 17 (in Japanese).
2000 Grammatical and Inherent Aspect in Spanish, French English, and Japanese and its Acquisition in First and Second Language. Invited workshop (20 hours total), Program in Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Literature, Universidad Aut溶oma de Quer師aro, Mexico, August 21-25.
2000 Linguistics and modern language teaching. Invited lecture, Linguistics Program, Faculty of Languages and Literature, Universidad Aut溶oma de Quer師aro, Mexico, August 25, 2000
2000 Markedness, prototype, and second language instruction. Plenary address, 4th Pacific Second Language Research Forum, IKIP Semarang, Indonesia, August (cancelled because of tia).
2000 Input-based prototype formation as a model of grammatical and semantic development. Invited paper for the symposium on Language Acquisition (Organizer: S-W. Cho, Harvard University) at the 12th International Conference on Korean Linguistics, Prague, Czech, July 13. [Other presenters in the workshop: K. Wexler (MIT) and C. Lee (Seoul National University), H. Lee (Yeongnam University)].
1999 Differential effects of feedback on second language development. Invited paper for the symposium on "Feedback in Second Language Acquisition" (Organizer: Japan Association of College English Teachers) at the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA '99), Waseda University, Tokyo, Aug. 6 (with J. Torres). [Other presenters in the symposium: C. Doughty (Georgetown) and M. Long (Hawaii)].
1999 The acquisition of causative morphology in Japanese: A prototype account. Invited paper, International East Asian Psycholinguistics Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, August 3.
1999 Zyookyoo asupekuto, siten asupekuto, imiteki huhensee to tensu-asupekuto no syuutoku [Situation aspect, viewpoint aspect, and semantic universals in the acquisition of tense-aspect]. Invited lecture, Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics, Sophia University, Tokyo, Jan. 14.
1999 Daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu no dookoo [Trends in second language acquisition research]. Invited lecture, Department of English, Sophia University, Tokyo, Jan. 12.
1998 Doosi no imitokusee to doosi keetaiso no syuutoku: Seetokusee to purototaipu keesee [Semantic features of verbs and the acquisition of verb morphology: Innateness and prototype formation]. Invited lecture, School of Computer and Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Dec. 22.
1998 Daini gengo syuutoku kenkyuu to daini gengo kyooiku [Second language acquisition research and second language teaching]. Plenary address, 9th National Meeting of Japanese Association of Second Language Acquisition, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Dec. 19.
1997 Semantic universals and the acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in first and second language. Invited lecture, CUNY Psycholinguistics Supper, CUNY Graduate Center, Dec. 9.
1997 Emergence of tense-aspect marking and MLU in the acquisition of Japanese. Invited paper , Third Annual Meeting of JCHAT/CHILDES, Tokyo Womanﾕs Christian University, Aug. 2.
1996 The acquisition of tense/aspect in Japanese and English. Invited paper, J-CHAT Workshop 96, Keio University, Tokyo, Aug. 2.
1996 The acquisition of tense/aspect morphology in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Invited paper, CUHK Workshop on Language Acquisition 1996, Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 23.
1996 The semantics and acquisition of the progressive in English and Japanese. Invited lecture, Linguistic Colloquium, University of Pittsburgh, Feb. 14.
1993 Daini gengo syuutoku ni okeru tensu to asupekuto no syuutoku katei [The process of acquiring tense and aspect in second language acquisition]. Invited lecture, New English Teacher's Association Seminar. Urawa, Saitama, Dec. 12.
1992 Semantic universals and the acquisition of verbal morphology in Japanese. Invited paper for the workshop on "the Acquisition of Argument Structure" (Organizer: Y. Otsu, Keio University) at the 10th Annual Meeting of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Tokyo Institute of Foreign Studies, Nov. 7. [Other presenters in the workshop: S. Pinker (MIT) and M. Takahashi (Kyoto Sangyo University)].
1992 Acquisition of tense/aspect morphology: The state of the art. Invited lecture, Linguistics Society of Hong Kong Seminar, Hong Kong Polytechnic, April 1.
1989 A contrastive analysis of English and Japanese. Invited lecture, Methodology for Teachers of Bilingual Education, California State University Extension, April 20.
1989 The role of L1 in second language learning. Invited lecture, Methodology for Teachers of Bilingual Education, California State University Extension, March 30.
1985 Natyuraru apurooti no eigo kyooiku eno sisa [Implications of the Natural Approach to English language teaching]. Invited paper for the symposium on "Innovative Language Teaching Methods" (Organizer: T. Miyamoto, Doshisha University and O. Rinju, Ministry of Education) at the 1985 Annual Meeting of the Federation of English Language Teaching Societies of Japan, Narita, Chiba, Aug. 4.
1985 "Comprehensible Input" o zyuusi sita eigo sidoo [English language teaching with an emphasis on comprehensible input]. Invited paper, 1985 Annual Meeting of the Japan English Language Education Society (JELES), Waseda University, Tokyo, May 29.