Researcher basic information

• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Connecticut, USA
• Master of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Connectitcut, USA
• Master of Art, Hokkaido University

• https://researchmap.jp/miki1mai2OKU?lang=en

• https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=201001058607476257

• 201001058607476257

• labeling and interface condition
• ellipsis and information structure
• phrase structure building
• Information Structure
• syntax semantics interface
• Comparative syntax

• Humanities & Social Sciences, Linguistics

• Master's degree program, Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies
• Doctoral (PhD) degree program, Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies

Research activity information

• Hokkaido University, Presidential Award (Contribution to Education)
  OKU Satoshi

• Information Value and Argument/Adjunct Asymmetry in Ellipsis in Japanese
  Oku, Satoshi
  The Journal of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies, 36, 19, 36, Jul. 2023, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
  English, Scientific journal

  
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• A Labeling-Based Approach to Overt/Covert Distinction: A Case Study of Quantification and Scrambling in Japanese and English
  Oku, Satoshi
  Nanzan Linguistics, 16, 107, 131, Mar. 2021, [Lead author]
  English, Research institution, 13206439

  
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• Japanese and English Rediscovered - from a Perspective of "Human Language"
  Oku, Satoshi
  The Northern Review, 39, 5, 29, Nov. 2019, [Lead author]
  Japanese, Research institution
• A Comparative Study of Unaccusativity Alternation and Its Theoretical Implications
  Oku, Satoshi; Qiu Linyan
  JESL, 36, 127, 133, Jun. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
  English, Scientific journal, 13206439
• Labeling and Overt/Covert Movements
  Oku, Satoshi
  Nanzan Linguistics, 13, 9, 28, Mar. 2018, [Lead author]
  English, Symposium, 13206439
• A Note on Ellipsis-Resistant Constituents
  Oku, Satoshi
  Nanzan Linguistics, 11, 57, 70, Mar. 2016, [Lead author]
  English, Symposium, 13206438

• 統語、情報構造、一般認知能力
  統語論の新展開と日本語研究 － 命題を超えて, 227, 267, 2010
• Syntax, Information Structure, and General Cognition
  New Development of Syntax and Japanese Study - Beyond Proposition, 227, 267, 2010
• Norbert Corver and Jairo Nunes (eds.) The Copy Theory of Movement. John Benjamins, 2007. 388pp.
  Studies in English Literature, English Number, 50, 235, 242, 2009
• Minimalism and Information Structure: A Case of Ellipsis in Japanese
  Proceedings of Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics, 5, 257, 269, 2009
• 言語能力と一般認知能力との相互関係：生成文法の試み
  『北海道英語英文学』, 第53号, 41, 77, 2008
• 情報構造とミニマリスト
  文の語用的機能と統語論：日本語の主文現象からの提言, 1, 83, 102, 2008
• 多総合的言語としてのアイヌ語－普遍文法理論の視点からの試論
  アイヌ語学と現代の言語理論, 161, 200, 2008
• Interaction between Language Faculty and General Cognition: A Generative Approach
  The English Literature in Hokkaido, 第53号, 41, 77, 2008
• Information Structure and Minimalist
  Pragmatic Functions and Syntax: A View from Japanese Main Clause Phenomena, 1, 83, 102, 2008
• Ainu as a Polysynthetic Language: A View from Generative Linguistic Theory
  Ainu Linguistics and Contemporary Linguistic Theories, 161, 200, 2008
• The Minimal English Test : Its Correlation with the University Entrance Examination (English Part) 2006
  MAKI Hideki; KASAI Chise; GOTO Kenichi; ITO Takane; MIYAMOTO Yoichi; OKU Satoshi, Bulletin of the Faculty of Regional Studies, Gifu University, 21, 19, 33, 37, 2007
  Gifu University, English
• The Minimal English Test : Its Correlation with the University Entrance Examination (English Part) 2005
  MAKI Hideki; KASAI Chise; GOTO Kenichi; MORITA Yuka; YUMOTO Yoko; OCHI Masao; OKU Satoshi; DATE Masahiko, Bulletin of the Faculty of Regional Studies, Gifu University, 19, 33, 37, 2006
  Gifu University, English
• Remarks on the Participle Verb Domains
  English Linguistics, 23, 1, 163, 183, 2006
• The Minimal English Test : Its Correlation with the College Entrance Examination (English Part) 2004
  von FRAGSTEIN Alexandra; MAKI Hideki; MORISHIMA Tamami; TSURUTA Ryoko; ITO Takane; MIYAMOTO Yoichi; OKU Satoshi; UCHIBORI Asako; DATE Masahiko; TAGAWA Kenjiro, 岐阜大学地域科学部研究報告, 第17号, 53, 57, 2005
  English
• 自習型CALL教材を用いた外国語教育の可能性
  高等教育ジャーナル ―高等教育と生涯学習―, 11, 85, 92, 2003
• A Feature Decomposition Approach to (Anti-) Reconstruction
  Oku Satoshi, The Northern review, 31, 31, 29, 45, 2003
  北海道大学英語英米文学研究会, English
• Toward Foreign Language Education Assisted by a Self-training Computer Program
  Journal of Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, 11, 85, 92, 2003
• Perfective Morpheme and its Semantics Properties in English
  The 2000 International Workshop on Generative Grammar, 179, 194, 2000
• Deletion and Binding: A Study of Genitive Pronoun Reconstruction and its Theoretical Implications
  筑波大学東西言語文化の類型論特別プロジェクト研究報告書 平成11年度III, Part II, 717, 734, 2000
• English Genitive “Pronouns” as Isomorphs of Anaphor and Pronomina
  Proceedings of SCIL, 10, 227, 241, 2000
• What Can What Ask For? Structural Ambiguity or LexicaI Ambiguity
  oku Satoshi, The Northern review, 27, 27, 25, 43, 1999
  北海道大学英語英米文学研究会, English
• LF Copy Analysis of Japanese Null Arguments
  CLS, 34, 1, 299, 314, 1999
• Notes on Quantifier/Wh Interaction
  Linguistic Inquiry, 30, 142, 147, 1999
• An Interface-Driven Approach to Phonological Alternation
  University of Connecticut Working Papers in Linguistics, 9, 217, 239, 1998
• Perfective Participle Paradox in English VP-Fronting
  Proceedings of the 13th Eastern States Conference on Linguistics, 282, 293, 1997

• 日本語研究から生成文法理論へ
  スクランブリングか? QRか? ラベル付けに基づくアプローチ
  開拓社, Sep. 2020, 13206439, [Joint work]
• 最新言語理論を英語教育に活用する
  比較音韻論を聴き取り・発音教育に活用する：北大オンライン授業での実践報告
  開拓社, Mar. 2012, [Joint work]
• 日本語研究と言語理論―命題を超えて－
  統語、情報構造、一般認知
  Mar. 2010, 13206437, [Joint work]
• オーラル・プレゼンテーションワークショップの試み
  北海道大学言語文化部, 2007
• Oral Presentation Workshop
  Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Hokkaido University, 2007
• TA 実践ガイドブック
  玉川大学出版部, 2006
• ことばを科学する
  北海道大学言語文化部, 2006
• Do Linguistics!
  Institute of Language and Culture Studies, 2006
• 生成文法を学ぶ人のために
  世界思想社, 2004
• For those who study Generative Grammar
  Sekaishisousha, 2004
• The Minimalist Paramter (John Benjamins), 281-294.(2001)
  John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001
• Ellipsis in Conjunction
  Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2000
• 英語学と現代の言語理論
  北海道大学図書刊行会, 1999
• English Linguistics and Current Linguistic Theories
  Hokkaido University Press, 1999
• A Theory of Selection and Reconstruction in the Minimalist Perspective
  MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, 1998

• Subset Copy Principle: On Asymmetries of Nonidentity in Ellipsis
  Satoshi OKU
  Current Issues in Theoretical Linguistics: Aspects of Interfaces explored by Ellipsis Phenomena, 26 Jul. 2025, Japanese, Public discourse
  26 Jul. 2025 - 27 Jul. 2025, 46860498, [Invited]
• Verb Copying Construction in Chinese: Weak Head and Labeling
  Wenjun Shi; Satoshi Oku
  International Congress of Linguists 2024, 09 Sep. 2024, English, Oral presentation
  08 Sep. 2024 - 14 Sep. 2024
• Weak Head and Labeling: A Case of Chinese Verb-Copy Construction
  Satoshi, Oku; Wenjun Shi
  Comparative Syntax, Semantics, and Language Acquisition #1, 07 Jul. 2024, Japanese, Nominated symposium
  06 Jul. 2024 - 07 Jul. 2024, [Invited]
• インターフェイスから見たラベル付けメカニズム
  奥聡
  Okayama Linguistic Forum 11th, 09 Mar. 2023, Japanese, Public discourse
  09 Mar. 2023, [Invited]

  
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• Notes on Ellipsis: Syntax and Information
  Oku, Satoshi
  日本英文学会北海道支部第67回大会, 30 Oct. 2022, English, Invited oral presentation
  30 Oct. 2022, [Invited]

  
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• Why don’t English Speakers say what they are supposed to say?
  Oku, Satoshi
  第3回 中高英語教員対象セミナー, 02 Aug. 2022, English
  02 Aug. 2022 - 02 Aug. 2022, [Invited]
• Reading beyond “Translation”: How to Read English Texts Creatively to Communicate with the Author
  Oku, Satoshi
  第2回 中高英語教員対象セミナー, 11 Jan. 2022, English, Public discourse
  11 Jan. 2022 - 11 Jan. 2022, [Invited]
• Labeling and Interfaces
  Oku, Satoshi
  第39回日本英語学会シンポジアム『Headとラベル付けをめぐって』, 14 Nov. 2021, Japanese, Nominated symposium
  13 Nov. 2021 - 14 Nov. 2021, [Invited]
• We are all Linguistic Geniuses
  Oku, Satoshi
  北大外国語教育センター 高大連携プロジェクト『中高英語教員対象セミナー, 03 Aug. 2021, English, Public discourse
  [Invited]

  
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• Merge, Selection, and Ellipsis-Resistant Constituents
  Oku, Satoshi
  第93回日本英文学会全国大会, 22 May 2021, English, Invited oral presentation
  22 May 2021 - 23 May 2021, 13206439, [Invited]
• Labeling for Interfaces
  Oku, Satoshi
  Nanzan Comparative Syntax Workshop (CSLA#12), 13 Mar. 2021, English, Nominated symposium
  13206439, [Invited]
• Light Verb and Verbal Compounds
  Oku, Satoshi
  国立国語研究所プロジェクト『日本語から生成文法理論へ：統語理論と言語獲得』第５回ワークショップ, 01 Dec. 2018, English
  13206439, [Invited]
• A Comparative Study of Unaccusativity Alternation and Its Theoretical Implication
  Oku, Satoshi; Qiu, Linyan
  日本英語学会第36回大会, 24 Nov. 2018, English, Invited oral presentation
  24 Nov. 2018 - 25 Nov. 2018, 13206439, [Invited]
• Unaccusativity Alternation in Japanese and Chinese
  Oku, Satoshi
  UConn Linguistics 50th Anniversary, 08 Sep. 2018, English, Poster presentation
  [Invited]
• Unaccusativity Alternation: An Eastern Asian View
  Oku , Satoshi; Qiu, Linyan
  20th International Congress of Linguists, 04 Jul. 2018, English, Oral presentation
  02 Jul. 2018 - 06 Jul. 2018, 13206439
• Labeling based analysis of inverse scope
  Oku, Satoshi
  日本英文学会第90回大会シンポジアム「MergeとLabelingを巡って」, 19 May 2018, English, Nominated symposium
  19 May 2018 - 20 May 2018, [Invited]
• Inverse Scope and Unaccusativity Alternation
  Oku, Satoshi
  Linguistic Society of America 92nd Annual Meeting, 05 Jan. 2018, English, Poster presentation
  04 Jan. 2018 - 07 Jan. 2018
• Labeling, Scope, and Unaccusativity
  Oku, Satoshi
  国立国語研究所プロジェクト『日本語から生成文法理論へ：統語理論と言語獲得』第2回ワークショップ, 09 Dec. 2017, English, Others
  09 Dec. 2017 - 10 Dec. 2017
• Inverse Scope and Unaccusativity Alternation
  Oku, Satoshi
  日本英文学会北海道支部第62回大会, 28 Oct. 2017, English, Oral presentation
• Unaccusativity and Possessor Raising in Chinese
  Oku, Satoshi; Qiu, Linyan
  日本言語学会第154回大会, 24 Jun. 2017, English, Oral presentation
  24 Jun. 2017 - 25 Jun. 2017
• Optional ‘Overt’ Movement, Forced ‘Covert’ Movement
  Oku, Satoshi
  国立国語研究所プロジェクト『日本語から生成文法理論へ：統語理論と言語獲得』第1回ワークショップ, 27 Dec. 2016, Japanese
  [Invited]

• 国際広報メディア・観光学研究, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報･観光 ＭＣ
• 言語研究方法論演習, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報メディア・観光学院
• 言語とコミュニケーション, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報メディア・観光学院
• 特別演習（言語研究実践）, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報メディア・観光学院
• Aspects of Japan Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 総合教育部
• Aspects of Japan Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• 国際交流Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際本部
• 思索と言語, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育
• 英語Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育
• 英語学, 2024年, 学士課程, 文学部

• 日本言語学会
• Hokkaido Linguistics Society
• 札幌言語学研究会
• Linguistic Society of America
• 日本英語学会
• 日本英文学会北海道支部
• The Linguistic Society of Japan
• Sapporo Linguistic Circle
• English Linguistics Society of Japan
• Hokkaido Branch
• English Literary Society of Japan

• Comparative Syntactic Study of Phrase Structure Building: variety of phonological representation and universality of semantic representation
  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
  Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2027
  Oku, Satoshi
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, 24K03883
• 句構造構築のダイナミズム：意味概念と音韻からの協働に関する比較統語研究」（基盤研究 (C) ）
  Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
  奥 聡
  Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 言語外情報との関係から探る省略要素復元メカニズムの研究」（基盤研究 (C) ）
  Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2016
  奥 聡
  Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 文法と言語外情報との接点をさぐる」（基盤研究（C））
  Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2012
  奥 聡
  Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• Syntax and Information Structure
  2004
  Competitive research funding
• Syntax and Information Structure
  2004
  Competitive research funding
• 言語知識と一般認知との関係
  1997
  Competitive research funding
• Interface between language and other cognition
  1997
  Competitive research funding