Organization
Faculty of Commerce Assistant Professor
Contact information
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MORIMOTO Maho
Degree
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Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics ( University of California, Santa Cruz )
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Master of Arts in Linguistics ( University of California, Santa Cruz )
Education
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2020.3
University of California, Santa Cruz Linguistics Department doctor course completed
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2015.9
University of California, Santa Cruz Linguistics Department master course completed
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2015.7
The University of Tokyo master course withdrawn before completion
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2013.3
International Christian University graduated
Research History
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2024.4 - Now
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa Collaborative Researcher
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2024.4 - Now
Sophia University Faculty of Science and Technology Collaborative Researcher
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2024.4 - Now
Chuo University Faculty of Commerce Assistant Professor
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2022.4 - 2024.3
Sophia University Faculty of Science and Technology JSPS Research Fellow
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2020.4 - 2022.3
Sophia University Faculty of Science and Technology Collaborative Researcher
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2020.4 - 2022.3
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Theory & Typology Division Project PD Fellow
Professional Memberships
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2023.12 - Now
Japanese Language Education Methods
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2020.5 - Now
The Phonological Society of Japan
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2020.5 - Now
The Linguistic Society of Japan
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2020.5 - Now
Acoustical Society of Japan
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2020.4 - Now
Phonetic Society of Japan
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2018 - Now
Association for Laboratory Phonology
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2016 - Now
Acoustical Society of America
Research Areas
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Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics / Phonetics, Phonology
Papers
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Spatio-temporal properties of Japanese coronal consonants: An ultrasound study of /d/ and /r/
Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Nagamine
Proceedings of the 13th International Seminar of Speech Production 141 - 144 2024.5
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A Preliminary Study on Tongue Control During High-Speed Speech: Observations Using Ultrasound
Misato Shimizu, Takayuki Arai, Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li, Noriko Yamane
Proceedings of The 2024 Spring Meeting, Acoustical Society of Japan 1291 - 1292 2024.2
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The Effect of Pitch-Accent Patterns on Japanese Vowel Articulation: A Preliminary Ultrasound Analysis
Erena Aiba, Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Weiyu Li, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of The 2024 Spring Meeting, Acoustical Society of Japan 1301 - 1304 2024.2
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Japanese Fricative Geminates Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese: A Preliminary Study on the Temporal Characteristics
Maho Morimoto, Li Weiyu, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of The 2023 Autumn meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 923 - 926 2023.9
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Tongue Contour for the Japanese Moraic Nasal by Speakers of Standard Chinese Reviewed
Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2622 - 2626 2023.8
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Articulatory Timing of the Japanese Singleton and Geminate /t/ Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese Reviewed
Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Li Weiyu, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2691 - 2695 2023.8
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Japanese Voicing Contrast in Word-medial Plosives Produced by Native Speakers and Comparison with Chinese-native Japanese Learners
Weiyu Li, Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of the 2023 Spring Meeting Acoustical Society of Japan 563 - 566 2023.3
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Durational Characteristics of Japanese Geminates Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese: The Effect of Pitch Accent Type
Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
Proceedings of the 2023 Spring Meeting Acoustical Society of Japan 571 - 574 2023.3
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Effects of Insufficient Auditory Feedback on Second Language Utterances: Focusing on Tongue Positions in Noisy Environment
Takayuki Arai, Asuka Kato, Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li
Proceedings of the 2022 Autumn Meeting Acoustical Society of Japan 2022.9
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Gender norms and styling in Japanese conversation: A multilevel analysis Reviewed
Shigeko Okamoto, Maho Morimoto
Journal of Sociolinguistics 27 ( 1 ) 42 - 65 2022.6
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Articulatory Preference in Japanese Liquids and F3 in English: A Preliminary Report
Maho Morimoto
ICU Working Papers in Linguistics (ICUWPL) ( 15 ) 1 - 5 2021.3
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Gestural timing of geminates and formant transition on the preceding vowels in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Arai, Eri Iwagami, Masamichi Sumida, Tatsuya Kitamura
Proceedings of the 34th General Meeting of the PSJ 91 - 96 2020.9
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Formant transitions at the end of vowels preceding geminate consonants in Japanese and Italian
Masamichi SUMIDA, Eri IWAGAMI, Takayuki ARAI, Maho MORIMOTO
2020 Autumn Meeting (Online) Acoustical Society of Japan 2020.8
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Articulation of Geminated Liquids in Japanese Reviewed
Maho Morimoto, Tatsuya Kitamura
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2811 - 2815 2019
Books
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New Development in the Study of Prosody
Haruo Kubozono, Maho Morimoto（ Role： Joint editor）
2022.2 （ ISBN:9784758923637 ）
MISC
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‘Sokuon’ in the Vocabulary of Introductory Japanese Textbooks: A Preliminary Examination of Pitch-Accent Patterns and Word-Internal Positions
Maho Morimoto, Junko Yamashita, Miki Aramaki
Japanese Language Education Methods 30 ( 2 ) 26 - 27 2024.3
Presentations
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Spatio-temporal properties of Japanese coronal consonants: An ultrasound study of /d/ and /r/
Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Nagamine
The 13th International Seminar on Speech Production 2024.5
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The Effect of Pitch-Accent Patterns on Japanese Vowel Articulation: A Preliminary Ultrasound Analysis
Erena Aiba, Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Weiyu Li, Takayuki Arai
The 2024 Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2024.3
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A Preliminary Study on Tongue Control During High-Speed Speech: Observations using Ultrasound
Misato Shimizu, Takayuki Arai, Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li, Noriko Yamane
The 2024 Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2024.3
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‘Sokuon’ in the Vocabulary of Introductory Japanese Textbooks: A Preliminary Examination of Pitch-Accent Patterns and Word-Internal Positions
Maho Morimoto, Junko Yamashita, Miki Arakaki
Japanese Language Education Methods 2024.3
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Project U-DNR: Articulatory research of Japanese consonants /d n r/ using ultrasound
Takayuki Nagamine, Maho Morimoto
2024.1
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Weakening patterns of intervocalic voiced plosives in Japanese
Weiyu Li, Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Arai
Acoustics 2023 Sydney 2023.12
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Japanese Fricative Geminates Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese: A Preliminary Study on the Temporal Characteristics
Maho Morimoto, Li Weiyu, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
The 2023 Autumn meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2023.9
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Articulatory Timing of the Japanese Singleton and Geminate /t/ Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese
Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Li Weiyu, Takayuki Arai
20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2023.8
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Tongue Contours for the Japanese Moraic Nasal by Speakers of Standard Chinese
Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Li Weiyu, Takayuki Arai
20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2023.8
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Place Assimilation of the Moraic Nasal to /r/ in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi
Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2023 2023.5
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Durational Characteristics of Japanese Geminates Produced by Speakers of Standard Chinese: The Effect of Pitch Accent Type
Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
The 2023 Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2023.3
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Japanese Voicing Contrast in Word-medial Plosives Produced by Native Speakers and Comparison with Chinese-native Japanese Learners
Weiyu Li, Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Takayuki Arai
The 2023 Spring meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2023.3
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Preliminary Study on Articulatory Timing of Japanese Geminate Obstruents in Native Chinese Speakers -Based on Ultrasound Data-
Maho Morimoto, Ai Mizoguchi, Weiyu Li, Takayuki Arai
Speech Communication Meeting, The Acoustical Society of Japan 2022.9
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Effects of insufficient auditory feedback on second language utterances: Focusing on tongue positions in noisy environment
Takayuki Arai, Asuka Kato, Ai Mizoguchi, Maho Morimoto, Weiyu Li
The 2022 Autumn meeting of the Acoustical Society of Japan 2022.9
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Geminated Liquids in Japanese: A production study Invited
Maho Morimoto
Phonology Forum 2022 2022.8
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Acoustic properties of vowels preceding geminate consonants in Japanese and Italian
Masamichi Sumida, Maho Morimoto, Eri Iwagami, Takayuki Arai
Acoustical Society of Japan 2021 Autumn Meeting 2021.9
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Are Young Japanese Women's and Men's Speech Becoming Less Gendered? A Multi-Level Approach
Maho Morimoto, Shigeko Okamoto
11th Conference of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) 2021.6
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The effect of formant transition in the perception of Italian geminates by Japanese listeners-Comparison with isolated productions-
Masamichi Sumida, Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Arai, Eri Iwagami
The Speech Communication Meeting, The Acoustical Society of Japan 2021.3
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Production of Geminated Liquids in Japanese and Some Implications for the Phonetics of Geminates
Maho Morimoto
The 5th Asian Junior Linguistics Conference (AJL5) 2021.1
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Gestural timing of geminates and formant transition on the preceding vowels in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Takayuki Arai, Eri Iwagami, Masamichi Sumida, Tatsuya Kitamura
The Thirty-Fourth General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan 2020.9
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Formant transitions at the end of vowels preceding geminate consonants in Japanese and Italian
Masamichi SUMIDA, Eri IWAGAMI, Takayuki ARAI, Maho MORIMOTO
2020 Autumn Meeting (Online) Acoustical Society of Japan 2020.9
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Gender Construction and Fundamental Frequencies
Maho Morimoto, Shigeko Okamoto
6th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology 2019.12
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Articulation of Geminated Liquids in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Tatsuya Kitamura
19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 2019.8
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Geminated Liquids in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Tatsuya Kitamura
175th Meeting; Acoustical Society of America 2018.11
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Geminating Liquids in Japanese
Maho Morimoto, Grant McGuire, Tatsuya Kitamura
Symposium for Mary Beckman’s Contribution to Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 16) 2018.6
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Listener Adaptation to Lexical Stress Misplacement in English
Maho Morimoto
3rd Joint Meeting: Acoustical Society of America and European Acoustics Association 2017.6
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Acoustics of geminated liquids in Japanese
Maho Morimoto
5th Joint Meeting: Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan 2016.11
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Phonation Types in Santiago Laxopa Zapotec
Jeff Adler, Maho Morimoto
5th Joint Meeting: Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan 2016.11
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Degemination in Japanese Loanwords from Italian
Maho Morimoto
GemCon 2015 (18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences) 2015.8
Awards
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国立国語研究所 第二十四回 所長賞
2022.2 National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (New Development in the Study of Prosody)
Maho Morimoto
Research Projects
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Phonetic characteristics of geminates in Japanese: Articulatory gestures and their timing
Grant number：22J01381 2022.4 - 2025.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows Sophia University
Maho Morimoto
Grant amount： \4290000 （ Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost： \990000 ）
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Acquisition of non-native articulatory gestures: an articulatory study of liquids
Grant number：20K21979 2020.9 - 2022.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Grant amount： \2860000 （ Direct Cost: \2200000 、 Indirect Cost： \660000 ）
Teaching Experience
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Special Topics in Linguistics: Phonetics and Phonology (Intensive Course)
2022.4 - Now Institution：Chukyo University
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Academic Writing
2022.4 - 2024.3 Institution：Chuo University
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Academic Japanese
2020.4 - 2024.3 Institution：Musashino University
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Experimental Linguistics
2021.9 - 2022.12 Institution：International Christian University
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English Writing
2020.9 - 2021.1 Institution：Daito Bunka University
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Phonology I
2019.4 - 2019.6 Institution：University of California Santa Cruz
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Japanese I-III
2017.9 - 2018.3 Institution：University of California Santa Cruz
Committee Memberships
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2023.4 - Now
The Phonological Society of Japan Executive board member
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2022.4 - Now
Phonetic Society of Japan (Committee for the promotion of phonetics)
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2022.4 - Now
Phonetic Society of Japan PR Committee