Staff Members
Academic Qualifications
- B.Eng. Kyoto Univ. 1972
- B.A. Kyoto Univ. 1975
- Ph.D. Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies 1994
Research Interests
Maya Glyphs and Mayan Languages
Current Research Topics
Comparative Studies of the Mayan Languages, Maya Glyphs, the Conquest History of the Maya
Research Keywords
Middle America, Maya, Native Middle American, Maya, Middle American Linguistics
Publications (English publications only)
- 2005
- Fronting of Nondirect Arguments and Adverbial Focus Marking on the Verb in Classical Yucatec. International Journal of American Linguistics 71 (1): 56–86
- 2003
- Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo I: Mopan, Chorti, Popti', Q'anjob'al (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7a). Osaka Gakuin University.
- 2003
- Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo II: Mam, Awakateko, Ixil, Q'eqchi' (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7b). Osaka Gakuin University.
- 2003
- Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo III: Poqomchi', Poqomam, Uspanteko, K'ichee' (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7c). Osaka Gakuin University.
- 2003
- Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo IV: Achi', Kaqchikel, Tz'utujiil, Sakapulteko (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7d). Osaka Gakuin University.
- 2002
- MMC(4): Mesoamerica. In S. Sugita, J. K. Hong, T. Fujii, J. Reeve and G. Gay (eds.) Global Digital Museum (GDM) for Museum Education on the Internet, pp.146–147, National Museum of Ethnology.
- 2001
- Endangerment in Mayan Languages. In N. Shibata and T. Shionoya (eds.) Languages of the South Pacific Rim, Vol.1, pp.191–200.
- 1995
- Native Middle American Languages: A Real-typological Perspective. National Museum of Ethnology.
Presentations
- 1989
- “Una consideracion sobre la lengua de los glifos mayas.” Memorias del segundo Coloquio Internacional de Mayistas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoCampeche, Mexico.