Faculty Profile

Kaori Furuya

Title
Associate Professor
Department
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, The City University of New York, 2009. 
Major: Linguistics
Degree Specialization: Linguistics
Dissertation Title: The DP hypothesis through the lens of Japanese nominal collocation constructions
MPhil, The City University of New York, 2004. 
Major: Linguistics
MEd, Shizuoka University, 1996. 
Major: English Education
Degree Specialization: Linguistics in English Education
BEd, Shizuoka University, 1994. 
Major: English Education





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
JAPN 4030.001, Advanced Japanese IV, Spring 2024 Syllabus
JAPN 4044.001, Lives of the Samurai, Spring 2024 Syllabus
JAPN 4900.002, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    JAPN 4042.001, Japanese Ghost Stories, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3064.001, Japanese Grammar and Kanji, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4020.001, Advanced Japanese III, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Language, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    WLLC 2980.001, Experimental Course, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Language, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4030.001, Advanced Japanese IV, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Language, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4020.001, Advanced Japanese III, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4030.001, Advanced Japanese IV, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 4900.702, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2020 
                    

                    JAPN 4020.001, Advanced Japanese III, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Fall 2019 
                    

                    JAPN 4030.001, Advanced Japanese IV, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Spring 2019 
                    

                    JAPN 4020.001, Advanced Japanese III, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.001, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.002, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4030.001, Advanced Japanese IV, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.001, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.002, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 4020.001, Advanced Japanese III, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3030.001, Advanced Japanese II, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3030.002, Advanced Japanese II, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.001, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3020.002, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3040.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Culture, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    JAPN 3030.001, Advanced Japanese II, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 3030.002, Advanced Japanese II, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 3020.001, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 3020.002, Advanced Japanese I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    JAPN 3060.001, Advanced Topics in Japanese Language, Fall 2014 Syllabus

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Abstracts and Proceedings
Furuya, K.  (2018). The syntax of Japanese postverbal elements: rethinking right dislocation.  Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo: Kaitakusha Publishing Company,. http://elsj.jp/english_linguistics-eng/
Furuya, K.  (2015). PRO and Phi-feature Mismatch in Imposter Construction. WPCL Digital edition, University of Victoria. 
Journal Article
Furuya, K.  (2020). Additional bi-clausal types of Japanese right dislocation. 36(2), 225-251. De Gruyter. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jjl-2020-2025/html
Furuya, K.  (2020). Structure and Inference in Japanese Right-Dislocation. 21(4), 557-580. John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lali.00070.fur
Furuya, K.  (2019). A Cross-linguistic study of imposter constructions. 9(1), 1-10.  London: Academy Publication. http://www.academypublication.com/ojs/index.php/tpls/article/view/tpls09010110
Furuya, K.  (2018). A reconsideration of the (non-)uniform syntax of Korean right-dislocation. 35(2), 275-304.  Seoul: Institute for the Study of Language and Information, Kyung Hee University. http://isli.khu.ac.kr/journal/content/data/35_2/2.pdf
Furuya, K.  (2017). (Under)specification of the person feature in relative clauses. 64(2), 281-311.  Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. http://akademiai.com/doi/abs/10.1556/2062.2017.64.2.6
Furuya, K.  (2017). Two types of 3rd person in English. (4), 40-46. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039016300637
Furuya, K.  (2016). PRO and (Under)specification of Person in Imposter Constructions. 6(9), 1799-2591.  London: Academy Publication. http://www.academypublication.com/tpls/



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Service   
Furuya, K., "Fund for the cultural event (Japanese tea ceremony)," Sponsored by Multicultural Center, Other, $500 Funded. (April 13, 2016 – April 13, 2016).
Grant - Teaching   
Furuya, K. (Other), "Fund for the Japanese National Exam," Sponsored by WLLC, Other, $400 Funded. (March 2015 – March 2015).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
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