Associate Teaching Professor
Contact Information
206-543-6936
GWN 246
Office Hours:
Email instructor to set up an appointment.
Fields of Interest
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 2021
Summer 2021 Full-term
Spring 2021
- JAPAN 103 A: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 AM: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 AN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 B: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 BM: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 BN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 C: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 CM: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 103 CN: First-Year Japanese
Winter 2021
- JAPAN 102 A: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 AA: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 AB: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 B: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 BA: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 BB: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 C: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 CA: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 CB: First-Year Japanese
Autumn 2020
- JAPAN 101 A: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 AF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 AH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 B: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 BF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 BH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 C: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 CF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 CH: First-Year Japanese
Summer 2020 Full-term
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
- JAPAN 102 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 102 AE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 AK: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 102 BE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 BK: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 102 CE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 102 CK: First-Year Japanese
Autumn 2019
- JAPAN 101 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 101 AE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 AH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 101 BE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 BH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 101 CE: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 101 CH: First-Year Japanese
Summer 2019 Full-term
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
- JAPAN 112 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 112 AJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AL: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 112 BJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 BL: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 112 CJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 CL: First-Year Japanese
Autumn 2018
- JAPAN 111 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 AN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 AP: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 BN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 BP: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 CN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 CP: First-Year Japanese
Spring 2018
- JAPAN 113 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 113 AL: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 AN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 B: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 BL: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 BN: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 C: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 CL: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 CN: First-Year Japanese
Winter 2018
- JAPAN 112 A: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 B: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 BH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 BJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 C: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 CH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 CJ: First-Year Japanese
Autumn 2017
- JAPAN 111 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 AI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 AK: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 BI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 BK: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 CI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 CK: First-Year Japanese
Summer 2017 Full-term
Spring 2017
- JAPAN 113 AI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 AJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 113 BI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 BJ: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 113 CI: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 113 CJ: First-Year Japanese
Winter 2017
- JAPAN 112 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 112 AD: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AG: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 AK: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 112 BG: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 112 BK: First-Year Japanese
Autumn 2016
- JAPAN 111 A: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 AF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 AH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 B: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 BF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 BH: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 C: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111 CF: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111 CH: First-Year Japanese
Summer 2016 Full-term
Spring 2016
Winter 2016
Autumn 2015
Summer 2015 Full-term
Spring 2015
Winter 2015
Autumn 2014
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese - Course Website
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
- JAPAN 111: First-Year Japanese
Summer 2014 Full-term
Spring 2014
Winter 2014
Autumn 2013
Summer 2013 Full-term
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Winter 2013
Resources & Related Links
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