Basic Information

写真a

Hitoshi HORIUCHI


Title

Associate Professor

Nationality

JAPAN

E-Mail Address

E-mail address

Research Field

- Japanese Linguistics (especially, Syntax, Morphology, and Lexical Semantics of Japanese Language)
- Pedagogical Grammar of Japanese Language
- Teaching Culture and Language

Recent Activities

Corpus-based or Corpus-driven Research on Learners' Language
A study on grammatical complexity in L2 Japanese
To the head of this page.▲

Academic Background (Undergraduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • Meiji Gakuin University, Faculty of International Studies, international studies

    University, 1991/03, Graduated, JAPAN

To the head of this page.▲

Academic Background (Graduate Level) 【 display / non-display 】

  • The University of Texas at Austin, De

    Doctor's Course, 2006/12, Completed, UNITED STATES

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Division of General Culture, language and information sciences

    Master's Course, 1999/03, Completed, JAPAN

To the head of this page.▲

Degree Earned 【 display / non-display 】

  • Ph.D., Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006/05

  • M.A., Linguistics, The University of Tokyo, 1999/03

  • B.A., international studies, Meiji Gakuin University, 1991/03

To the head of this page.▲

Professional Career On-Campus 【 display / non-display 】

  • Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Japanese Language Program, Associate Professor, 2017/04 - 2021/03

  • Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Associate Professor, 2013/04 -

  • Akita International University Graduate School of Global Communication and Language Japanese Language Teaching Practices, Assistant Professor, 2009/06 - 2013/03

To the head of this page.▲

External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Brown University., Visiting Assistant Professor, 2006/10 - 2009/06

  • George Washington University., Lecturer, 2006/01 - 2006/09

  • International Language Institute, Washington, D.C., Adjunct Lecturer, 2005/10 - 2005/12

  • George Washington University., Part-time Instructor, 2005/10 - 2005/12

  • University of Texas at Austin., Teaching Assistant, 2002/10 - 2004/06

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese Language Education Methods, 2020/11 - , JAPAN

  • Association for Natural Language Processing, 2020/01 - , JAPAN

  • American Association of Teachers of Japanese, 2000/04 - 2020/03, UNITED STATES

  • The Society of Japanese Language Education, 1996/04 - , JAPAN

To the head of this page.▲

Field of Expertise 【 display / non-display 】

  • Linguistics

  • Japanese language education

  • Japanese linguistics

To the head of this page.▲
 

Academic Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • A Survey of Alternating Forms of Case Particles in Learners' Written Japanese: An Analysis Based on the Corpus of Japanese Learners' Compositions, NINJAL Research Papers (29) (p.59 - 81) , 2025/07, Horiuchi, Hitoshi

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.15084/0002000511, Research paper (university, research institution), Single Author, Japanese

  • Clausal Subordination and Syntactic Complexity in L2 Japanese Written Texts - An analysis based on the L2 Japanese Treebank "Suginoki" (p.136 - 139) , 2024/07, Horiuchi, Hitoshi

    Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Author, Japanese

  • A Commentary on Topic-based Vocabulary Table, Japanese Topic-Oriented Conversation Corpus: A New Field of Japanese linguistics and Japanese Language Education (p.33 - 52) , 2023/12, Naoki Nakamata, Yukiko Koguchi, Madoka Konishi, Hajime Tateishi, Hitoshi Horiuchi

    Research paper (scientific journal), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

  • Topic and Syntactic Complexity, Japanese Topic-Oriented Conversation Corpus: A New Field of Japanese linguistics and Japanese Language Education (p.193 - 210) , 2023/12, Hitoshi Horiuchi

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Author, Japanese

  • "Japanese Topic-Oriented Conversation Corpus: J-TOCC" and "Topic-based Japanese Vocabulary Table", Natural Language Processing, vol.29 (2) (p.740 - 747) , 2022/06, Nakamata, Naoki, Kato, Eri, Horiuchi, Hitoshi, Yamamoto, Kazuhide

    Research paper (scientific journal), Multiple Authorship, Japanese

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲

Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese Topic-Oriented Conversation Corpus: A New Field of Japanese Linguistics and Japanese Language Education, Hituzi Publishing Company, 2023/12, Naoki Nakamata, Hitoshi Horiuchi

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, Japanese

  • The Joy and Enjoyment of Linguistic Research: A Festschrift for Takane Ito, Kaitakusha Publishing, 2021/03, Hotiuchi, Hitoshi

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, Japanese

  • Series of Practical Studies on Japanese Language Education, Vol.5: Framing Example Sentences with Corpora, Kurosio Publishers, 2017/06

    Scholarly Book, Allotment Writing, Japanese

  • A Practical Approach to Japanese Language Teaching, Bonjinsha, 2014/05, Ayusawa, Takako, Horiuchi, Hitoshi, etc.

    Scholarly Book, Multiple Authorship , Japanese

To the head of this page.▲

Other Research Activities 【 display / non-display 】

  • The Suginoki Treebank, 2019/07 - 2021/08

    Other

  • Topic-based vocabulary table of Japanese, 2018/04 - 2020/06

    Other

  • Information of Topic Annotation for a Natural Conversation Corpus , 2018/04 - 2020/04

    Other

  • Learners' Error Corpora of Japanese Searching Platform, 2013/04 - 2016/03

    Other

To the head of this page.▲

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2014/04 - 2017/03，A Study on Development of Predicate Forms of Learners' Japanese Language by the Use of Corpus, and its application to Japanese Language Teaching

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)，2013/04 - 2016/03，Development of Pedagogy in English, Japanese and Chinese, based on the Construction of Web Error Corpus for English, Japanese, and Chinese, and Learners' Native Languages

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)，2022/04 - ，Development and publication of a large-scale database and an online learning material for the verb usage

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)，2018/04 - 2023/03，A Study of Grammatical Complexity in L2 Learners' Japanese as an Indicator of Language Proficency

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)，2018/04 - 2021/03，Elucidating the effects of topic on vocabulary, grammar and discourse strategy

To the head of this page.▲

Joint Research Activities 【 display / non-display 】

  • Development and publication of a large-scale database and an online learning material for the verb usage, 2022/04 - , Collaboration in Japan

  • Development of and Linguistic Research with a Parsed Corpus of Japanese, 2019/07 - 2022/03, Collaboration in Japan

  • Elucidating the effects of topic on vocabulary, grammar and discourse strategy , 2018/04 - 2022/03, Collaboration in Japan

  • Evaluation of the Program of Japanese Langauge Teaching Practices, Graduate School of Akita International University, 2016/04 - , Collaboration within a University

To the head of this page.▲

Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • ICJLE2024, International Conference, 2024/08, Development of Teachers' Communication Skills Enabled by Japanese Language Teaching Practice through International Collaboration, Poster (general)

  • 2024年日本語教育国際研究大会, International Conference, 2024/08, ツリーバンクで見るL2日本語書き言葉の統語的複雑さの発達過程について：連体修飾節の場合, Oral Presentation (general)

  • The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 25th Annual International Conference, International Conference, 2024/07, Clausal Subordination and Syntactic Complexity in L2 Japanese Written Texts - An analysis based on the L2 Japanese Treebank "Suginoki", Oral Presentation (general)

  • Special Lecture, Agenda and Discussion, Yuan Ze University, International Conference, 2023/11, Revisiting Case Particles in Japanese Part 2, Oral Presentation (general)

  • Special Lecture, Agenda and Discussion, Yuan Ze University, International Conference, 2023/10, Revisiting Case Particles in Japanese Part 1, Oral Presentation (general)

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲
 

On-Campus Classes/Subjects In Charge of 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025, Fall, JLT604-1_F, Teaching Materials and Aids for Japanese Language Teaching

  • 2025, Fall, JLT601-1_F, Japanese Pedagogical Grammar for Beginners I

  • 2025, Fall, JLT650-1_F, Design of Japanese Language Practicum

  • 2025, Spring, JAS352-1_S, Japanese Linguistics: Analyzing the Grammar of Japanese

  • 2025, Spring, JLT665-2_S, Japanese Independent Study VI

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲
 
 

Community Activities Outside University 【 display / non-display 】

  • Training Course for Supporters of Japanese Language Learning，2022/08 -

    lectures for those who are interested in Japanese language teaching in the local community of Akita

  • Management Committee, The Study Group on Japanese Language Education in Akita，2015/11 -

    We offer opportunities for discussing problems and interests regarding Japanese language teaching through oral presentations and providing topics for small group discussion.

  • A catered lecture at Shizuoka-Prefectural Numazu Higashi High School ，2013/10

    A catered lecture at Shizuoka-Prefectural Numazu Higashi High School

  • On-campus lecture for Akita-Prefectural Yokote High School ，2013/08

    A special lecture for Akita-Prefectural Yokote High School students

  • On-campus lecture for Akita-Prefectural Honjo High School ，2013/08

    A special lecture for Akita-Prefectural Honjo High School students

display all >>

To the head of this page.▲