Research areas	Biolinguistics, Evolutionary Linguistics, Generative Grammar
Keywords	Universal Grammar, Human Language Organ, Recursive Syntactic Computation, Merge, Optimal Design, Origin and Evolution of Language, Motor Control Origin of Syntax
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Professional societies/Research and synergic activities
Teaching Areas	Undergraduate courses Graduate courses (Master's program) Graduate courses (Doctor's program) Undergraduate courses open to all departments
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.