Ryoichiro Kobayashi - My portal - researchmap

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Department of Intercultural Communication, Gakushuin Women's College

Degree: Ph.D. in Linguistics(Mar, 2022, Sophia University)

Contact information: ryoichiro.kobayashigakushuin.ac.jp
researchmap Member ID: B000256403

External link: https://www.ryokoba.net/

Major Research Areas

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Humanities & social sciences / Linguistics / Syntax

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Research Interests

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Major Education

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Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2020

Linguistics, Ph.D Program in Languages and Linguistics, Sophia University

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Major Research History

12

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Major Papers

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Remarks on “Pair-MERGE as Set-MERGE”: Internal Pair-MERGE of heads reconsidered

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro, Tomoya Tanabe

Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 70(4), Dec, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
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Null adjuncts and adjunct-inclusive interpretation in Japanese

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 10(1) 1-19, Jun, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Verb-Echo Answers in Japanese do not call for syntactic head movement: Arguments for a pragmatic account

Tanabe, Tomoya, Ryoichiro Kobayashi

Studia Linguistica, 78(3) 518-554, Jul, 2024 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
Arguments against head-stranding ellipsis in Japanese: A reply to Funakoshi (2016)

Tanabe, Tomoya, Ryoichiro Kobayashi

Syntax, 1-23, Feb, 2024 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
On the verb-raising analysis of non-constituent coordination in Japanese

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

The Linguistic Review, 40(3) 405-418, Jul, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Argument ellipsis and NP-ni in indirect passives

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

English Linguistics, 38(2) 242-249, Mar, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
The uniform hypothesis of Ni-passives in Japanese and movement into θ-position

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

English Linguistics, 38(1) 74-90, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
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Is it syntactic or pragmatic? A hybrid analysis for LF-Intervention effects

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

Language and Linguistics, 18(2) 228-253, Apr, 2017 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Eliminating PF-reanalysis

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

English Linguistics, 33(1) 100-107, Jun, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

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Major Books and Other Publications

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Functional Parametrization Hypothesis in the Minimalist Program: Case Studies from the Perspective of Comparative Syntax of Japanese and English

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

Kaitakusha, Nov 16, 2022 (ISBN: 4758923787)

Major Presentations

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Non-intersective Modification Requires Deverbal Derivation: Evidence from Japanese

Smith, Ryan Walter, Ryoichiro Kobayashi

Sinn und Bedeutung 29, Sep 17, 2024
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Replicability of Adjunct-Inclusive Interpretation: Implications for Adjunct Ellipsis in Japanese

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

Chicago Linguistic Society 60 (CLS60), Apr 27, 2024

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Major Committee Memberships

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Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2027

The Public Relations Committee, The English Linguistic Society of Japan

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Major Teaching Experience

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Sep, 2025 - Present

Foreign Language Seminar Ⅱ E (Gakushuin Women's College)
Sep, 2025 - Present

English Historical Linguistics (Gakushuin Women's College)
Sep, 2025 - Present

English Syntax (Gakushuin Women's College)
Apr, 2025 - Present

Seminar on International Communications (Gakushuin Women's College)
Apr, 2025 - Present

Basic Seminar on International Communications (Gakushuin Women's College)

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Major Professional Memberships

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Apr, 2020 - Present

The Linguistic Society of Japan
Apr, 2014 - Present

THE ENGLISH LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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Major Research Projects

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Developing a Syntactic Theory of Adjunct Ellipsis: Towards a Unified Analysis of Arguments and Adjuncts

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2030

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro
A critical examination of syntactic verb movement: On the mismatch between syntax and semantics

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

Ryoichiro Kobayashi
A Comparative Study of Syntax for the Investigation of Universal Coordinate and Parallel Structures

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Ryoichiro Kobayashi
Elucidating the Universal Structure of Coordination: A Comparative Study of Syntax with Special Reference to Japanese and English

Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1), DC1, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

Ryoichiro Kobayashi

Major Misc.

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Against V-to-T-to-C movement in Japanese: A case study of non-constituent coordination

Kobayashi, Ryoichiro

Paper presented at the 11th Edition of the Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics, 2015

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