Teaching Professor Contact Information kaoru@uw.edu 206-543-6936 GWN 246 Office Hours By appointment Fields of Interest Japanese Language Pedagogy Linguistics Morphology Syntax Biography Current Research Projects: Semantics/pragmatic based analysis of Modern Japanese wh in-situ and its relation to Old Japanese interrogative constructions Research Selected Research Kaoru Ohta. "Kakari-musubi and Focus Structure." Japanese/Korean Linguistics 10 (2002): 293-305. Kaoru Ohta. "Tense in the Subject Raising Construction." Japanese/Korean Linguistics. 1997. 353-368. Kaoru Ohta. "The Verbal Stem Form of Japanese." Journal of Association of Teachers of Japanese (1995): 79-126. Courses Taught Autumn 2024JAPAN 101 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AC: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BC: First-Year JapaneseSummer 2024JAPAN 134 A: First-Year Intensive JapaneseSpring 2024JAPAN 103 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AG: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AK: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BG: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BK: First-Year JapaneseWinter 2024JAPAN 102 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AJ: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AL: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BJ: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BL: First-Year JapaneseAutumn 2023JAPAN 101 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AJ: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AL: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BJ: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BL: First-Year JapaneseSummer 2023JAPAN 134 A: First-Year Intensive JapaneseWinter 2023JAPAN 102 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AI: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AK: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BI: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BK: First-Year JapaneseAutumn 2022JAPAN 101 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AI: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AK: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BI: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BK: First-Year JapaneseSummer 2022JAPAN 134 A: First-Year Intensive JapaneseSpring 2022JAPAN 103 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AC: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BC: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 C: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 CA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 CC: First-Year JapaneseWinter 2022JAPAN 102 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 C: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 412 A: Virtual TokyoAutumn 2021JAPAN 101 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AB: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 AD: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BB: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 BD: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 C: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 CB: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 101 CD: First-Year JapaneseSummer 2021JAPAN 134 A: First-Year Intensive JapaneseSpring 2021JAPAN 103 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AM: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 AN: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BM: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 BN: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 C: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 CM: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 103 CN: First-Year JapaneseWinter 2021JAPAN 102 A: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 AB: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 B: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 BB: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 C: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 CA: First-Year JapaneseJAPAN 102 CB: First-Year Japanese Resources & Related Links Kaoru Ohta's Website Affiliations Home Department Asian Languages & Literature Related News Related News Professor Kaoru Ohta Featured in Northwest Asian Weekly (June 3, 2024) The New Normal? Remote Teaching in Asian Languages and Literature (August 19, 2020) Virtual Tokyo - A New Japanese Class in Spring 2020 (June 25, 2019)