is a Japanese professor of

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, specializing in

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and

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, and

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Tokyo University The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. He studied comparative grammar under Kōzu Harushige at the department of

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

at Tokyo University, and graduated in 1952. He studied abroad under a scholarship grant at

Vienna University The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

and returned to become assistant, and then full, professor at his

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. He was awarded his doctorate in September 1978 on the subject of

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terminology in

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. On his retirement, he subsequently taught at

Hosei University formerly known as Tokyo University of Law (東京法学社, Tokyo Hogakusha) is a top research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University and four other private universities in Tokyo are collectively known as "MARCH (Japanese univers ...

. He is one of Japan's leading scholars in Indo-European studies, with a particular interest in

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Publications

*''Gengogaku no tanjō: hikaku gengogaku shoshi'', Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo 1978 *''Kotoba no seikatsushi'', Heibonsha, Tokyo 1987 *''Kotoba no shintaishi'', Heibonsha, Tokyo 1990 *''In’ōgo no kokyō o saguru'', Iwanami Shinsho, Tokyo 1995 *''Girishago to ratengo'' Sanseidō, Tokyo 1998 *''Ratengo. Sono katachi to kokoro'', Sanseidō, Tokyo 2005

Works in collaboration with others

Uwano Zendō Uwano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ishinosuke Uwano (1922–2013), Japanese soldier *Minami Uwano (born 1991), Japanese racing cyclist *Takashi Uwano is a retired Japanese professional wrestler most famous for comp ...

et al., ''Gengogaku'' Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1993

Publications

Works in collaboration with others

References

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