Masanori Deguchi, PhD

Professor of Japanese, Affiliated Faculty of Linguistics, Japanese Study Abroad Advisor

Office

Miller Hall 217E

Winter 2025 Office Hours: M 2:30pm–3:30pm on Zoom

(360) 650-4155

Ph.D. (2003) in Linguistics (major) and Philosophy (minor), Indiana University, Bloomington

M.A. (1998) in Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington

B.A. (1996) in English, Kansai Gaidai University

Research Interests

Syntax and semantics of Japanese, phonology of the Caddoan languages (of North America), Japanese language pedagogy

Areas of Expertise

Theoretical linguistics: syntax, semantics, syntax-phonology interface, Japanese linguistics

Winter Quarter 2025

Japn102 First-Year Japanese 2

Japn314 Japanese Phonetics