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Research Summary

I have been developing a field methodology for studying African languages and is examining the issue of language and culture from the standpoint of linguistic description. In addition, my research proactively addresses sociolinguistic themes such as the issue of national languages or the issue of minority or endangered languages. I have conducted research primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) in the 1970s and 1980s, in Senegal and Tanzania in the 1990s, and have been conducting research in Uganda since 2001.

Associations

The Linguistic Society of Japan
Japan Association for African Studies
Phonetic Society of Japan
World Congress of African Linguistics
Royal Academy for Overseas Science

Works

Books

• 2007 Kaji, S. A Rutooro Vocabulary. Asian and African Lexicon No. 50, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 2005 Kaji, S. Cross-Linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Historical Development, Tone-Syntax Interface, and Descriptive Studies. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 2004 Kaji, S. A Runyankore Vocabulary. Asian & African Lexicon No.44, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 2003 Kaji, S. (ed.) Cross-linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Historical Development, Phonetics of Tone and Descriptive Studies. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 2001 Kaji, S. (ed.) Cross-linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Tonogenesis, Japanese Accentology, and Other Topics.Research Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 2000 Kaji, S. A Haya Vocabulary. Asian and African Lexicon No.37, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 1999 Kaji, S. (ed.) Cross-linguistic Studies of Tonal Phenomena: Tonogenesis, Typology, and Related Topics. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 1992 Kaji, S. Vocabulaire Lingala Classifié. African Languages and Ethnography Vol.2, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 1992 Kaji, S. Vocabulaire Hunde. Asian and African Lexicon No.24, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 1991 Kaji, S. Plantes Sauvages et leurs Utilisations chez les Batembo.1990 Reports of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) .
• 1986 Kaji, S. Lexique Tembo I: Tembo-Swahili du Zaire-Japonais-Francais. Asian and African Lexicon No.16, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
• 1985 Kaji, S. Deux Mille Phrases de Swahili tel qu'il se Parle au Zaire. African Languages and Ethnography Vol.19, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Articles

2018 "Preface", African Study Monographs Suppl 54: 1.

2013 Kaji, S. "Multi-language Use and Lingua Franca Use: Two Strategies for Coping with Multilingualism in Africa", African Study Monographs 34(3): 175-183.

2013 Kaji, S. "Monolingualism via Multilingualism: A Case Study of Language Use in the West Ugandan Town of Hoima", African Study Monographs 34(1): 1-25.

2010 Kaji, S. "A Comparative Study of Tone of West Ugandan Bantu Languages, with Particular Focus on the Tone Loss in Tooro", Zaspil 53: 99-107.

2009 Kaji, S. "Tone and syntax in Rutooro, a toneless Bantu language of Western Uganda", Language Sciences Vol.31(2-3): 239-247.

2000 Kaji, S. "Variabilité du trait voyelle [ATR] en wolof contemporain", in Studies in wolof use in Senegal （Y. Sunano ed.）, 1996-1998 Reports of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, pp.83-156.

1997 Kaji, S. "ATR and Wolof Vowels", LSJ Journal Gengo Kenkyu No. 112: 33-65.

1996 Kaji, S. "The Applicative in Tembo (Bantu J57): A preliminary synthesis", in The dative and related phenomena (K.Matsumura and T Hayasi eds.), Hituzi Syobo, pp.145-164.

1996 Kaji, S. "Tone Reversal in Tembo (Bantu J.57)", Journal of African Languages and Linguistics Vol.17-1: 1-26.

1995 Kaji, S. "Le Nom Personnel chez les Batembo: Analyse Ethnolinguistique", Bulletin des Seances Vol.41-3: 345-362, Academie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer.

1992 Kaji, S. "Particularités Phonologiques en Tembo", in Studies in Cameroonian and Zairean Linguistics (Bantu Linguistics Vol.3), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pp.363-372.

1984 Kaji, S. "List Lexicale Tembo: Point de Depart", in Multi-lingualizm and Swahilization in Swahili Speaking Area (Y. Wazaki ed.), University of Toyama, pp.149-201.

1983 Kaji, S. "Mise au Point de la Traduction de l'Evangile Selon Marc en Tembo, avec l'Equivalent en Swahili du Zaїre", Journal of Asian and African Studies 26: 84-152, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

1982 Kaji, S. "Enquête Préliminaire sur la Phrase Swahili du Zaїre", in Multi-lingualism in Swahili Speaking Area. (Y. Wazaki ed.), University of Toyama, pp.75-120.