Chizuru Nakao's resume

(last update: 02/26/2008)

Education

Aug 2004-present:



University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D program in linguistics
(Advisors: Prof. Norbert Hornstein and Prof. Howard Lasnik)
895 Generals Paper: "Copy-free movement, swiping and the ECP" [PDF file]

Apr 2003-July 2004:


University of Tokyo, Ph.D program in English linguistics and literature
(Advisor: Prof. Noriko Imanishi)

Jun 2003-Aug 2003:

Michigan State University, Linguistic Society of America 2003 Summer Institute

Apr 2001-Mar 2003:




University of Tokyo MA program in English linguistics and literature
Obtained an MA (Bungaku Shushi) in English linguistics in March 2003
Master's thesis: "A study on Japanese reciprocal constructions"
(Advisor: Prof. Noriko Imanishi)

Apr 1997-Mar 2001:




University of Tokyo, Undergraduate program
Obtained a BA (Bungakushi) in English linguistics in March 2001
Graduation thesis: "A study on Japanese scrambling"
(Advisor: Prof. Noriko Imanishi)

Apr 1994-Mar 1997:
Tsuchiura First High School, Ibaraki, Japan


Publications

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (to appear)
"When What Means Why: On Accusative Wh-Adjuncts in Japanese,"
Proceedings of The 32nd Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC)

Monahan, Philip J., Eri Takahashi, Chizuru Nakao and William Idsardi (to appear)
"Not All Epenthetic Contexts Are Equal: Differential Effects in Japanese Illusory Vowel Perception,"
Proceedings of the 17th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K)

Nakao, Chizuru (2007)
"Positions of Adjuncts and Binding without C-command,"
Proceedings of the 9th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar: 2007 Locality and Minimalism, ed. by Doo-Won Lee, Hankuk Publishing Co., Seoul, Korea: 117-133. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (2007)
"Parametric Variations in NPI-Licensing and the Role of LF X0-Movement,"
Proceedings of the 9th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar: 2007 Locality and Minimalism, ed. by Doo-Won Lee, Hankuk Publishing Co., Seoul, Korea: 135-152. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru, Takuya Goro and Jeffrey Lidz (2007)
"An Experimental Study on Children's Interpretation of Negation and Because-clauses,"
IEICE Technical Report (Proceedings of Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language) vol. 107: 105-110. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (2006)
"'Not-so-propositional' Islands and Their Implications for Swiping,"
Proceedings of Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL) 2006, ed. by Erin Bainbridge and Brian Agbayani, Department of Linguistics, California State University, Fresno, CA: 322-333. (online publication) [PDF file] [link to online journal]

Nakao, Chizuru, Ono Hajime and Masaya Yoshida (2006)
"When a Complement PP Goes Missing: A Study on the Licensing of Swiping,"
Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 25, ed. by Donald Baumer, David Montero, and Michael Scanlon, Cascadilla Press, Somerville, MA: 297-305. [PDF file] [link to online journal]

Nakao, Chizuru (2005)
"Japanese Pronoun Sore in Pronominal Fragments and (Pseudo-)Clefts,"
The World of Linguistic Research-A Festchrift for Kinsuke Hasegawa on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, ed. by Noriko T. Imanishi et. al., Kaitakusha, Tokyo: 204-222. [draft/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (2005)
"Japanese Sluicing as a Specificational Pseudo-cleft,"
Proceedings of the 6th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics, ed. by Yukio Otsu, Hituzi Shobo, Tokyo: 243-267. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru (2004a)
"Japanese Pseudo-sluicing and Quantifier Raising,"
Linguistic Research 20, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: 193-206. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru (2004b)
"A Note on Japanese Anaphoric R-expressions,"
Linguistic Research 20, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: 207-214. [PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru (2003)
"Japanese Reciprocal Constructions and Binding Theory,"
Linguistic Research 19, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: 17-43. [PDF file]

Nakato, Terue, Masayo Akima and Chizuru Nakao (2003)
"A Note on the Acquisition of Japanese Complex Predicates,"
Linguistic Research 19, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: 213-244.

Nakao, Chizuru, Masayo Akima and Motoki Nakajima (2001)
"Experimental Studies on Japanese Children's Acquisition of the Righthand Head Rule,"
Linguistic Research 18, University of Tokyo, Tokyo: 237-258.


Conference Presentations

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (February 22-24, 2008)
"When What Means Why: On Accusative Wh-Adjuncts in Japanese,"
The 32nd Penn Linguistics Colloquium (PLC), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Monahan, Philip J., Eri Takahashi, Chizuru Nakao and William Idsardi (November 9-11, 2007)
"Not All Epenthetic Contexts Are Equal: Differential Effects in Japanese Illusory Vowel Perception,"
The 17th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K), UCLA, CA. [abstract/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (November 10, 2007)
"When What Means Why: Accusative Wh-Adjuncts in Japanese,"
Michigan Linguistic Society (MLS) 37th Annual Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

Nakao, Chizuru and Takuya Goro (November 2-4, 2007)
"Scope Ambiguity without Covert Scope-Shifting in the Acquisition of English,"
Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 32, Boston University, Boston, MA. [abstract/PDF file] [slides/PowerPoint file] [slides/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru (August 8-11, 2007)
"Positions of Adjuncts and Binding without C-command,"
The 9th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG), Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Obata, Miki and Chizuru Nakao (August 8-11, 2007)
"Parametric Variations in NPI-Licensing and the Role of LF X0-Movement,"
The 9th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG), Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru, Takuya Goro and Jeffrey Lidz (July 14-15, 2007)
"An Experimental Study on Children's Interpretation of Negation and Because-clauses,"
Mental Architecture for Language Learning (MAPLL) 2007, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (June 16-17, 2007)
"Phrasal Movement vs. Head Movement: On Licensing Conditions on NPIs,"
The Linguistic Society of Japan 134th conference, Reitaku University, Chiba, Japan. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (October 27-29, 2006)
"'Not-so-propositional' Islands and Their Implications for Swiping,"
Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL) 2006, California State University, Fresno, CA. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru, Hajime Ono and Masaya Yoshida (April 28-30, 2006)
"When a Complement PP Goes Missing: A Study on the Licensing of Swiping,"
25th Annual Meeting of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (March 18-19, 2005)
"Japanese Sluicing as a Specificational Pseudo-cleft,"
The 6th Annual Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP), Keio University, Tokyo. [abstract/PDF file] [handout/PDF file]

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (March 5-6, 2005)
"Japanese Sluicing as a Specificational Pseudo-cleft,"
East Coast 5 Syntax Workshop (ECO5), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Nakao, Chizuru (June 21-22, 2003)
"Japanese V-aw constructions,"
The Linguistic Society of Japan 126th conference, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. [handout/PDF file]


Invited Talks
Nakao, Chizuru (September 26, 2003)
"Japanese Reciprocal Constructions and Binding Theory,"
invited speaker at Semantics Research Group, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. [abstract/link]


Lab Meeting Presentations, etc.

Nakao, Chizuru and Miki Obata (February 19, 2008)
"When What Means Why: On Accusative Wh-Adjuncts in Japanese,"
Syntax Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Monahan, Philip J., Eri Takahashi, Chizuru Nakao and William Idsardi (October 18, 2007)
"Not All Epenthetic Contexts Are Equal: Differential Effects in Japanese Illusory Vowel Perception,"
CNL Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Omaki, Akira and Chizuru Nakao (September 18, 2007)
"Pre-spell-out Copy Deletion?,"
Syntax Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Chizuru Nakao (April 23, 2007)
"On Crosslinguistic Variations in NPI Licensing,"
Syntax Lab Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (October 18, 2006)
"'Not-so-propositional' Islands and Their Implications for Swiping,"
Syntax Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Nakao, Chizuru (July 6, 2007)
"Scope Interaction between Negation and Because-clauses (Based on the work in progress with Takuya Goro)",
Psycholinguistics Lab Meeting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Nakao, Chizuru, Masaya Yoshida and Hajime Ono (April 18, 2006)
"When a Complement PP Goes Missing: A Study on the Licensing of Swiping,"
Syntax Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Nakao, Chizuru and Masaya Yoshida (March 9, 2005)
"Japanese Sluicing as a Specificational Pseudo-cleft,"
Syntax Lunch Talk, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.


Awards and Fellowships

2006-current: Graduate Assistantship, University of Maryland

2004-2006: Fulbright Grant, supported by Institute of International Education (New York, NY; Washington DC) and The Japan-United States Educational Commission (Tokyo, Japan)

2004-2006: Graduate School Fellowship, University of Maryland


Work Experience

Apr 2003-July 2004: Teaching Assistant, University of Tokyo

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