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Shigeto Kawahara
Born (1980-03-09) March 9, 1980 (age 43)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materInternational Christian University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Known forPhonetics, phonology, linguistic analyses of Japanese rap songs and puns
AwardsAssistant Professor
Scientific career
FieldsPhonetics, psychophonology, phonology
InstitutionsKeio University
Doctoral advisorJohn Kingston

Shigeto Kawahara (川原 繁人, Kawahara Shigeto, born March 9, 1980) is a Japanese phonetician and phonologist. He is currently an associate professor in the linguistics institute at Keio University. Before he moved to Keio, he worked for the University of Georgia and Rutgers University.

He was awarded his BA (liberal arts) from International Christian University in 2002 and Ph.D. (Linguistics) from University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007 under the supervision of John Kingston.[1]

Research

Kawahara primarily investigates phonetic bases of emergent phonological patterns.[1] In addition to issues on the phonetics-phonology interface, he also works on the experimental investigations of phonological judgments, syntax-phonology interface as well as the phonology-morphology interface. He has also studied verbal art patterns including Japanese rap rhymes and puns.[2][3]

Major publications

References

  1. ^ a b Kawahara's website
  2. ^ Kawahara, Shigeto (2007) Half rhymes in Japanese rap song lyrics and knowledge of similarity. Journal of East Asian Linguistics 16: 113-144
  3. ^ Kawahara, Shigeto and Kazuko Shinohara (2009) The role of psychoacoustic similarity in Japanese puns: A corpus study. Journal of Linguistics. 45: 111-138.

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