Profile

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Educational Background

• M. A., Hokkaido University, 1983.  Thesis supervisor: Prof. Seizô Kasai. 
• B. A., Hokkaido University, 1981.

Areas of Interest

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• English Linguistics, especially Syntax & Usage;
• Historical Linguistics, especially History of English  

Courses Recently Taught

   Undergraduate

• Introduction to Linguistics
• English Linguistics
• Advanced Linguistics
• Introduction to the Study of English 

        and Cultures A

• Seminar

• British and American Language and Culture  

Recent Publications

   ARTICLES

• On the Connection between Grimm's Law and Verner's Law.

                   Studies in Culture 48, Hokkai-Gakuen University.  2011.

• On the Consonant Changes in Proto-Germanic.  

                          The Journal of Hokkai-Gakuen University 145.  2010.

• On Diversity and Its Causes of the Descriptions of Verner's Law.  

                          Studies in Culture 44, Hokkai-Gakuen University.  2009.

• The Importance of English Word Order.

                          Annual Bulletin of the New Humanities 5, Hokkai-Gakuen University.  2008.

• Google-Based Search of English Usage:Case Studies

                          Studies in Culture 39, Hokkai-Gakuen University.  2008.

• Notes on the OE Poem The Dream of the Rood (3)

                          The Journal of Hokkai Gakuen University 132.  2007.