Teaching Professor Contact Information kaoru@uw.edu 206-543-6936 GWN 246 Office Hours Tuesdays 12:30 - 1:20 PM 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 Winter 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 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)
