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Curriculum Vitae

Education

March 2004 Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
May 1997 - May 2001 Doctoral Program in Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
May 1997 Master of Art in Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
August 1995 - May 1997 Master Program in Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
June 1994 - June 1995 Post-Baccalaureate Program in Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles, California
August 1992 - June 1994 Christian Training, Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, California
March 1991 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinominya, Hyoogo, Japan

Employment

(August 2004) Research Affiliate, Department of Linguistics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
April 2004 - present Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Human Environment, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan
April 2004 - present Visiting Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan
April 2004 - present Visiting Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto, Japan
January 2003 - present Research Affiliate, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
April 2001 - March 2004 JSPS Research Fellow, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
(The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture)
January 2001 - May 2001 Language Program Assistant, Department of East Asian Language and Culture
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
August 2000 -
December 2000
Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, Profs. Dani Byrd & Toby Mintz
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
August 1997 - May 1999 Assistant Lecturer, Department of East Asian Language and Culture
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
August 1995 - May 1997 Research Assistant, Department of Linguistics, Prof. Hajime Hoji
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Fellowships and Recognition

April 2001 - March 2004 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science, Tokyo, Japan (The Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture)
April 2001 Outstanding Academic Achievement, Acknowledged by Office of International Service,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
September 2000 Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Fellowship, Awarded by the Alpha Association of Phi Beta Kappa
Alumni in Southern California
August 1999 - May 2000 Ahmanson Foundation Fellowship, Awarded by the Deans of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Publications

Books

Hayashishita, J.-R. (under review) Syntactic and Non-Syntactic Scope, for Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics,
Oxford University Press.

Articles (refereed journal)

Hayashishita, J.-R. (under review) "On the Nature of Inverse Scope" for a volume of Language

Articles (refereed conference proceedings)

1. Hayashishita, J.-R. (to appear) "On Adnominal 'Focus-Sensitive' Particles in Japanese," in Japanese/Korean Linguistics vol.13, CSLI Publications.
2. ------ (2003) "Restriction on Covert Movement - Evidence from Comparative Ellipsis in Japanese," in Japanese/Korean Linguistics vol.12, pp.243-254, CSLI Publications. Also published in A. Ueyama (ed.), Theoretical and empirical studies of ellipsis---Toward the establishment of generative grammar as an empirical science---, Report of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant No. 12410128, supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
3. ------ (2000b) "Scope Ambiguity and Scrambling," in Proceedings of WCCFLXIX, pp. 204-217, Cascadilla Press, Somerville, MA.
4. ------ (2000a) "More on Two Ways of Deriving Distributive Readings," in Japanese/Korean Linguistics vol.9, pp. 283-296, CSLI Publications.
5. ------ (1999) "Two Ways of Deriving Distributive Readings," in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium, pp.201-216, University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics Volume 6.1.

Public Presentations

Refereed Conferences

1. "What Counts as IP-ellipsis?" presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America, the Sheraton Boston Hotel, January 11th, 2004.
2. "On Adnominal 'Focus-Sensitive' Particles in Japanese," presented at the 13th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Michigan State University, August 2nd 2003.
3. "Restriction on Covert Movement - Evidence from Comparative Ellipsis in Japanese," presented at NELS33, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 9th 2002.
4. "Restriction on Covert Movement - Evidence from Comparative Ellipsis in Japanese," presented at the 12th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, The City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, November 2nd 2002.
5. "The Scope Interaction between a QP and Negation," presented at the 10th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, University of California at Los Angeles, October 15th 2000.
6. "Scope Ambiguity and Scrambling," presented at WCCFLXIX, University of California at Los Angeles, February 5th 2000.
7. "More on Two Ways of Deriving Distributive Readings," presented at the 9th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Ohio State University, August 2nd 1999.
8. "Two Ways of Deriving Distributive Readings," presented at the 23rd Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, February 28th 1999.

Invited talks

1. "Methodological Remarks on the Investigation of LF Properties: A Case Study of Quantifier Scope," presented at Workshop on Issues of Scope Interpretation from the Perspective of Syntax, organized by the Kansai Linguistics Society, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kobe, Japan, October 18th, 2003.
2. "DAKE 'Only' and SAE 'Even'," presented at Workshop on Functional Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, and Generative Grammar in Japanese, organized by Prof. Shoichi Iwasaki, University of California at Los Angeles, February 19th 2003.
3. "Ellipsis and Scope Interpretation," presented at Workshop on the Discrepancy Between Elided and Non-Elided Structures, organized by Prof. Ayumi Ueyama, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto, Japan, December 19th 2001.
4. "Quantifier Scope, and Surface and Deep Anaphora," presented at a meeting of Linguistics 537: Advance Syntax, University of Southern California, October 12th 2001. (An invitation by Prof. Maria Luisa Zubizarreta)
5. "Two Kinds of Wide Scope Readings," presented at a meeting of Linguistics 537: Advance Syntax, University of Southern California, October 5th 2001. (An invitation by Prof. Maria Luisa Zubizarreta)
6. "Scope and Ellipsis," presented at Workshop on Empty Categories and Ellipsis, organized by Prof. Mary Kato, Universidade Estadual De Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil, August 9th 2001.
7. "Two Ways of Interpreting Sentences and Distributive Readings," presented at a meeting of Kyusyu Univ. Linguistics Colloquium Series, University of Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, December 22nd 1999.
8. "On Quantifier Scope," presented at a meeting of Osaka Univ. Linguistics Colloquium Series, University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan, December 15th 1999.

Other Professional Activities

December 2000 -
February 2001
Served as a coordinator and a moderator for WCCFLXX Online Discussion
(January 5th - February 9th 2001) at University of Southern Californi
June 2000 -
February 2001
Served as an organization committee member for WCCFLXX (February 23rd-25th 2001)
at University of Southern California
August 1996 - May 1997 Served as an organization committee member for USC Linguistics Colloquium Series
at University of Southern California