Tohoku Gakuin University

Language
日本語 English

Faculty of Letters Department of English

Faculty Introduction

Teacher Profiles

ONUMA, Hitomi Associate Professor

Subjects Taught English Linguistics Proficiency I & II, English Phonetics I & II
Research topic

I am interested in elucidating the mechanisms of various phenomena involving speech sounds. In particular, I aim to theoretically explain the universality and differences between different languages. Currently, my research mainly focuses on how to represent the sound systems of various languages, including English, using theories based on universal grammar.

performance
paper
  1. Onuma, Hitomi & Kuniya Nasukawa (2020) Velar softening without precedence relations. In Kuniya Nasukawa (ed.), Morpheme-internal Recursion in Phonology. Boston and Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 201–229.
  2. Nasukawa, Kuniya, BACKLEY, Phillip & Hitomi Onuma (2017) Phonological categories of voice onset time and phonetic compromise in L2 acquisition. In Jiyoung Choi, Hamida Demirdache, Oana Lungu & Laurence Voeltzel (eds.), Language Acquisition at the Interfaces: Proceedings of Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) 2015. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 216–231.
  3. "The Latest Dictionary of English Linguistics and Linguistic Terms," Kaitakusha (2015) (Editor) (Contributing Author)