Yoriko Aizu

Contract Instructor (Japanese)

• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Ottawa; Master of Arts, Linguistics, University of Ottawa; Bachelor of Arts, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan)
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Recent publications:

• Liceras, J. M., Llamazares, M. & Aizu, Y. (In press). Bilingualism and typological universals: On the predictability of the prosody of conjunctive coordination. In E. Babatsouli (ed.) Multilingual acquisition and learning: An ecosystemic view of diversity. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
• Aizu, Yoriko (2023). Word Order and the Prosody of Conjunctive Coordination, L1 Influence: The Case of Japanese-English Bilinguals. CAJLE 2023 Conference Proceedings

Work in progress:

• Liceras, Juana M., Llamazares Marco& Aizu, Yoriko. Word order and the prosody of conjunctive coordination
• Aizu, Yoriko & Liceras, Juana M. Divergent and convergent code-switching behavior.

Research interests:

Second language acquisition and education, heritage language acquisition and education, bilingual development, language processing, and Japanese syntax.

Other academic and professional activities:

• Executive board member, Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education
• Member, Organizing Committee for Japanese Speech Contest in Ottawa
• Chair, Organizing Committee for National Japanese Speech Contest in Canada
• Research collaborator, Language Acquisition Research Laboratory, University of Ottawa
• Science committee member, CCERBALconference
• Reviewer, Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
• Reviewer, OLBI Working Papers
• Guest speaker, Workshop organized by Dr. Ikuo Kawakami’s research group

Courses previously taught:

• JAPA 1010
• JAPA 1020
• JAPA1110
• JAPA 2110
• JAPA 3010