Hideki Kishimoto is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Kobe University. He received his Ph.D. in the field of linguistics from the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kobe University in 1991. He has taught at Tottori University, Shiga University, and Hyogo University of Teacher Education. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Kobe
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