• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Linguistics, 1986)
• M.A., Osaka University (1979)

Positions Held

• Assistant Professor, Shoin Women's University, 1984 - 1987
• Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Faculty of Language and Culture, 1987 - 1988
• Associate Professor, Osaka University, Faculty of Language and Culture, 1988 - 1989
• Associate Professor, Osaka University, Graduate School of Language and Culture, 1989 - 1996
• Associate Professor, Kobe Shoin Women's University, 1996 - 1997
• Instititute member, Kobe Shoin Institute for Linguistic Sciences, 1997 -
• Professor, Kobe Shoin Women's University, 1997 -

Academic Activitites

• Editorial board member, Natural Language Semantics, 1991 -
• Editorial board member, Journal of Japanese Linguistics, 1991 -
• Editorial board member, Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 1992 -