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Yoshihisa Kitagawa

Arts and Humanities · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationNatural Language Processing TechniquesPhonetics and Phonology ResearchNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismSpeech and dialogue systems

Publications

45

Citations

644

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
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Yoshihisa Kitagawa studies theoretical linguistics, focusing on how sentence structure (syntax) connects with meaning (semantics) and sound (phonology and prosody). Much of the work examines these relationships in specific languages such as Japanese, Arabic, and Russian, including topics like subjects, quantifiers, and how prominence and intonation shape interpretation. The research combines formal syntactic theory with cross-linguistic and corpus-based analysis.

Syntax and its interface with meaningProsody and sound-meaning connectionsJapanese linguisticsCross-linguistic comparison (Arabic, Russian)Binding, reflexivity, and quantification

Publication activity has been irregular, with a concentrated burst in 2018 followed by only occasional output, averaging under one publication per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 7 publications7181920212022: 2 publications2223242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Japanese Linguistics×1
  • Glossa a journal of general linguistics×1
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University)×1
  • The Journal of Linguistics Science×1
  • Natural Language & Linguistic Theory×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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