Academic Staff
YASUGI Yoshiho
Director, Department of Cultural Research, Professor
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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

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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.