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Nozomi MORITAKE

Faculty of Humanities
Lecturer/Senior Assistant Professor

ProfileGenerative Grammar Syntax Case/case Default case There-Constructions Scrambling Nominative objectsContact Pointn.moritake.315@gmail.com

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • M.A., Kyushu University, Mar. 2021
  • Ph.D., Kyushu University, Mar. 2024
■ Research Keyword
  • 統語論
  • 生成文法
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics
  • Humanities & social sciences, English linguistics

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
    Fukuoka University, Faculty of Humanities Department of English, Lecturer
  • Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025
    Japan University of Economics, 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024
    Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2)
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
    Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities, Research Assistant (Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities)
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2023
    Kyushu Kyoritsu University, 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
    Kyushu University, Teaching Assistant (Kyushu University, School of Letters)
■ Educational Background
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024
    Kyushu University, 人文科学府, 博士課程
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
    Kyushu University, 人文科学府, 修士課程
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2019
    Kyushu University, 文学部, 人文学科
  • Aug. 2017 - May 2018
    University of Michigan

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Mar. 2025
    Kyushu University, The Grand Award 2025 by Graduate School of Humanities, Kyushu University (Ph.D. dissertation)
    Nominal Licensing and Agree in Syntactic Theory: The Default Feature Specification on the Phase Heads and Its Theoretical Implications
    Nozomi Moritake
  • Mar. 2024
    Organizing Committee for the 16th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society, Travel Grant for ILLS16
    Nozomi Moritake
  • Sep. 2023
    Kyushu University Alumni Association, Outstanding Research Performance Award
    Nozomi Moritake
  • Oct. 2022
    Kyushu Branch of The English Literary Society of Japan, 日本英文学会九州支部奨励賞
    On the Derivation of There-Constructions: A {There, Associate} Analysis
    Nozomi Moritake
  • Jul. 2017
    九州大学文学部, 小辻梅子成績優秀者奨学金
    森竹 希望
  • Jun. 2017
    公益財団法人米日カウンシル–ジャパン TOMODACHIイニシアチブ・住友商事, TOMODACHI Sumitomo Scholarship
    (米国への交換留学支援奨学金)
    Nozomi Moritake
  • Jul. 2016
    九州大学文学部, 小辻梅子成績優秀者奨学金
    森竹 希望
■ Paper
  • Notes on the (Un)realizability of Subjects in Infinitival Complements to Wager-Class Verbs in English
    Nozomi Moritake
    Kyushu University English Review, 31 Mar. 2025, 67:1 - 14, Refereed
  • Nominative subjects can’t move to the left periphery in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake; Nobuaki Nishioka
    Acta Mongolica, 31 Dec. 2024, 22(606):91 - 96, Refereed
    Lead
  • On the Positions of Focused Nominative Subjects in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake; Nobuaki Nishioka
    Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics, Nov. 2024, :251 - 258, Refereed
    Lead
  • A Parametric Approach to Nominative Case Assignment in Child English
    Nozomi Moritake
    Proceedings of the 14th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia, 10 Sep. 2024, :218 - 232, Refereed
  • Nominal Licensing and Agree in Syntactic Theory: The Default Feature Specification on the Phase Heads and Its Theoretical Implications
    Nozomi Moritake
    Doctoral dissertation, Mar. 2024, :1 - 296
  • Two Types of Nominal Licensing Conditions
    Nozomi Moritake
    English Linguistics, Mar. 2024, 40:112 - 152, Refereed
  • Language Variation in Noun Phrases and Its Theoretical Considerations
    Jun Kawamitsu; Yuya Sakumoto; Nozomi Moritake
    JELS, 29 Feb. 2024, 41:234 - 236, Refereed
  • The distribution of DPs without abstract case: A view from default case
    Nozomi Moritake
    Proceedings of ConSOLE, 29 Jan. 2024, XXXI:217 - 236, Refereed
  • Nominative Case Assignment in Apparently Tenseless Clauses in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Sep. 2023, 30:513 - 523, Refereed
  • A Short Note on the Distribution of the Expletive It in English
    Nozomi Moritake
    Kyushu University English Review, Mar. 2023, 65:143 - 158, Refereed
  • Default Case and Chain Interpretation
    Nozomi Moritake
    JELS, Feb. 2023, 40:161 - 167, Refereed
  • On the Derivation of There-Constructions: A {There, Associate} Analysis
    Nozomi Moritake
    Studies in English Literature: Regional Branches Combined Issue, Jan. 2023, 15:249 - 262, Refereed
  • A focus-based analysis of Nominative objects in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    Lingua, Oct. 2022, 278:1 - 31, Refereed
  • Mad Magazine Sentence Reexamined
    Nozomi Moritake
    Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS), Sep. 2022, :57 - 60, Refereed
  • On Case-Marking in There-Constructions: A Default case Approach
    Nozomi Moritake
    Kyushu University English Review, Mar. 2022, 64:63 - 84, Refereed
  • On the Peculiarities of Small Clauses: Clausehood and Selectional Relations
    Nozomi Moritake
    Kyushu University English Review, Mar. 2021, 63:171 - 192, Refereed
  • Nominative Objects and Scope in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    JELS, Feb. 2021, 38:191 - 197, Refereed
■ MISC
  • 虚辞itと選択関係
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本言語学会第165回大会予稿集, Nov. 2022, :110 - 116
  • Split Minimal Search
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会第74回大会Proceedings, Feb. 2022, :15 - 16
  • There構文における格付与とその帰結
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会第93回大会Proceedings, Aug. 2021
  • There構文の派生
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会九州支部第73回大会Proceedings, Feb. 2021, :15 - 16
  • 小節の特異性に関して: 節らしさと選択関係
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本言語学会第161回大会予稿集, Nov. 2020, :188 - 194
■ Books and other publications
  • 福岡言語学会50周年記念論文集
    Nozomi Moritake, Contributor, The Licensing of Subjects without Nominative Case
    Kaitakusha, 18 Mar. 2024
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • African American Englishにおける主格付与に関する一考察
    Nozomi Moritake
    English Linguistic Society of Japan 43rd Annual Conference, Nov. 2025
  • 一致再考: デフォルト格の観点から
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本言語学会第170回大会ワークショップ「一致を導き出す統語メカニズムを探る」, 29 Jun. 2025
  • On the argumenthood of quotes in Japanese: A study of argument doubling
    Nozomi Moritake; Yoichi Miyamoto
    The 32nd Japanese/Korean Linguistics, 14 Jun. 2025
  • Approaching quotes in Japanese from the perspective of argument doubling
    Nozomi Moritake; Yoichi Miyamoto
    Seminar of the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks "International Research Network for the Human Language Faculty, 26 Apr. 2025
  • 引用句再考
    Nozomi Moritake; Yoichi Miyamoto
    Fukuoka Linguistic Circle 2025 (1), 19 Apr. 2025
  • 左方転移要素の統語的ステータスと併合操作の理論的探求
    Takato Yamamoto; Nozomi Moritake
    Fukuoka Linguistic Circle 2025 (1), 19 Apr. 2025
  • On the positions of genitive subjects in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake; Nobuaki Nishioka; Masahiko Dansako
    The Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 14, Mar. 2025
  • A Syntactic Analysis of the Realization of Nominative Subjects in African American English
    Nozomi Moritake
    Current Issues in Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics (at the 48th Austrian Linguistics Conference), Dec. 2024
  • The Distribution of Contrastive Topics in Japanese
    Jun Kawamitsu; Nozomi Moritake
    Current Issues in Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics (at the 48th Austrian Linguistics Conference), Dec. 2024
  • Some Asymmetries in Aboutness Topics and Left-Dislocated Elements in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    The Western Conference on Linguistics 2024 (WECOL 2024), Nov. 2024
  • 分裂文における属格主語の生起に関して
    Nozomi Moritake; Masako Maeda
    The 169th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Nov. 2024
  • The Realization of Genitive Subjects in Child Japanese and Its Theoretical Implications
    Nozomi Moritake
    The 26th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar and the 18th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics, Aug. 2024
  • Agree and Nominal Licensing in Syntactic Theory: On the Default Specification of Case and Phase Heads
    Nozomi Moritake
    The Keio Linguistics Colloquium, Jul. 2024
  • On the Properties of Subjects in Mad Magazine Sentences in English
    Nozomi Moritake
    The 16th Annual Meeting of Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS16), Mar. 2024
  • A parametric approach to nominative case assignment in child English
    Nozomi Moritake
    GLOW in Asia XIV, Mar. 2024
  • 属格主語に関する一考察
    Nozomi Moritake
    The Forty-First Conference of The English Linguistic Society Student Workshop "Language Variation in Noun Phrases and Its Theoretical Consideration" (Presenters: Jun Kawamitsu; Yuya Sakumoto; Nozomi Moritake), Nov. 2023
  • 主格付与に関する一考察
    Nozomi Moritake
    長崎大学言語学研究会, Sep. 2023
  • On the positions of focused nominative subjects in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake; Nobuaki Nishioka
    Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 17, Sep. 2023
  • On the Distribution of Caseless Subjects in Japanese and English
    Nozomi Moritake
    Encouraging Workshop on Formal Linguistics 9, Aug. 2023
  • Nominative Case Assignment in Apparently Tenseless Clauses in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    The 30th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Mar. 2023
  • The distribution of DPs without abstract Case: A view from default case
    Nozomi Moritake
    ConSOLE 31, Feb. 2023
  • 虚辞itと選択関係
    Nozomi Moritake
    The 165th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Nov. 2022
  • The theoretical implementation of default case and its consequences
    Nozomi Moritake
    The First Joint Conference of SMOG Syntax Circle (SMOGSC) and Kyushu Linguistic Association (KLA), Sep. 2022
  • Mad Magazine Sentence Reexamined
    Nozomi Moritake
    The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 23rd Annual International Conference, Sep. 2022
  • Default Case and Chain Interpretation
    Nozomi Moritake
    The English Linguistic Society of Japan 15th International Spring Forum, May 2022
  • Case Filter再考
    Nozomi Moritake
    福岡言語学会2022年度第1回例会, Apr. 2022
  • デフォルト格の妥当性とその検証
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英語英文学会第31回年次大会, Mar. 2022
  • Split Minimal Search
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会九州支部第74回大会, Oct. 2021
  • There構文における格付与とその帰結
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会第93回大会, May 2021
  • A Peculiar Phenomenon in There-Construction
    Nozomi Moritake
    北海道理論言語学研究会第13回大会, Feb. 2021
  • 小節の特異性に関して: 節らしさと選択関係
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本言語学会第161回大会, Nov. 2020
  • There構文の派生
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会九州支部第73回大会, Oct. 2020
  • Nominative Objects and Scope in Japanese
    Nozomi Moritake
    The English Linguistic Society of Japan 13th International Spring Forum, May 2020
  • 主格目的語の派生と構造
    Nozomi Moritake
    日本英文学会九州支部第72回大会, Oct. 2019
■ Affiliated academic society
  • The Japanese Society for Language Sciences
  • 日本英文学会
  • 日本英語英文学会
  • 福岡言語学会
  • 日本言語学会
  • 日本英文学会九州支部
  • 日本英語学会
■ Research Themes
  • 一致操作と格付与メカニズムに関する比較統語論研究
    Fukuoka University, Fukuoka University Research Funding 2025, Research Funding
    Fukuoka University
    Jul. 2025 - Mar. 2026
  • 自然言語の構造と獲得メカニズムの理解に向けた研究拠点形成
    日本学術振興会, 研究拠点形成事業A. 先端拠点形成型 (研究代表者: 宮本陽一)
    Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2026
  • 名詞句の分布とその制限に関する実証的・理論的研究
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences Research Fellow (DC2), 科学研究費助成事業
    Kyushu University
    Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2025
  • A Syntactic Analysis of the Realization of Nominative Subjects in African American English
    Kyushu University, Support for Dispatch to International Academic Conference, 国際学会渡航費
    Dec. 2024 - Dec. 2024
  • 名詞句の分布とその制限に関する研究
    Kyushu Univeristy, Kyushu University Scholarship for Research Ability Enhancement, 研究支援金
    Kyushu University
    Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
  • The distribution of DPs without abstract case: A view from default case
    Kyushu Univeristy, 令和4年度九州大学基金支援事業「海外留学支援事業」(大学院 国際会議等参加支援), 国際学会渡航費
    Kyushu University
    Feb. 2023
  • 格付与の方法とその帰結
    Kyushu Univeristy, 九州大学大学院研究支援奨学金, 研究支援金
    Kyushu University
    Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2022
  • 談話と統語のインターフェース
    Kyushu Univeristy, 九州大学大学院研究支援奨学金, 研究支援金
    Kyushu University
    Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021
■ Others
  • コロナ禍での「ソーシャルディスタンス」が求められる学習: 言語教育のオンライン活用授業法 (翻訳)

    Mar. 2021