YASUGI Yoshiho
Director, Department of Cultural Research, Professor

Academic Qualifications:
B.Eng. Kyoto Univ. 1972
B.A. Kyoto Univ. 1975
Ph.D. Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies 1994
Research Topics:
Maya glyphs and Mayan languages
Recent Research Interests:
Comparative studies of the Mayan languages, Maya glyphs, the conquest history of the Maya
Geographical Areas of Interest:
Middle America
Ethnic Groups:
Maya, Native Middle American
Discipline:
Maya, Middle American linguistics
Publications:
2005 Fronting of Nondirect Arguments and Adverbial Focus Marking on the Verb in Classical Yucatec. International Journal of American Linguistics 71 (1): 56–86
2003 Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo I: Mopan, Chorti, Popti', Q'anjob'al (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7a). Osaka Gakuin University.
2003 Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo II: Mam, Awakateko, Ixil, Q'eqchi' (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7b). Osaka Gakuin University.
2003 Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo III: Poqomchi', Poqomam, Uspanteko, K'ichee' (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7c). Osaka Gakuin University.
2003 Materiales de lenguas mayas de Guatemala, tomo IV: Achi', Kaqchikel, Tz'utujiil, Sakapulteko (Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim Publications Series A–7d). Osaka Gakuin University.
2002 MMC (4): Mesoamerica. In S. Sugita, J. K. Hong, T. Fujii, J. Reeve and G. Gay (eds.) Global Digital Museum (GDM) for Museum Education on the Internet, pp.146–147, National Museum of Ethnology.
2001 Endangerment in Mayan Languages. In N. Shibata and T. Shionoya (eds.) Languages of the South Pacific Rim, Vol.1, pp.191–200.
1995 Native Middle American Languages: A Real-typological Perspective. National Museum of Ethnology.
Presentations:
1989 “Una consideracion sobre la lengua de los glifos mayas.” Memorias del segundo Coloquio Internacional de Mayistas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoCampeche, Mexico.