Faculty's Page: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

FUJITA, Koji  / Professor

Philosophy, Ethics, Pedagogy, Psychology Linguistics, Foreign Language Education Biology, Life Science

Graduate School	Human Coexistence
Department / Course / Field	Human Coexistence / Linguistic Science / Linguistic Information Science
Undergraduate School	Division of Cognitive and Information Sciences
Email	k.fujita_at_fx4.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp [Replace _at_ by @.]

Research areas	Theoretical Linguistics, Generative Syntax, Biolinguistics
Keywords	Universal Grammar, Human Language Organ, Syntactic Computational System, Optimal Design, Origin and Evolution of Language, Modern Synthesis, Punctuated Equilibrium, Self-Organization
Background	Born in 1958 in the central part of Osaka M.A. English Linguistics. Osaka U. of Foreign Studies, 1982. Research Assistant, Osaka Prefectural U.,1983-1987. Assistant Professor, Osaka Prefectural U., 1987-1989. Assistant Professor, Osaka U., 1989-1992. Associate Professor, Osaka U., 1992-1996. Visiting Scholar, MIT., 1994. Associate Professor, Kyoto U., 1996-2008. Professor, Kyoto U., 2008-present.