Hiroki Narita is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the College of Industrial
Technology, Nihon University.
Miki Obata is Associate Professor in the Department of Science, Tokyo Uni-
versity of Science.
Hajime Ono is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts,
Tsuda College.
Koji Sugisaki is Professor of Linguistics at the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Mie University.
Constantina Theofanopoulou is a graduate student in the Department of
General Linguistics, University of Barcelona.
Masanobu Ueda is Professor of Linguistics at the Graduate School of Interna-
tional Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University.
Noriaki Yusa is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English, Miyagi
Gakuin Women’s University.
Mihoko Zushi is Professor of Linguistics at Kanagawa University, Yokohama.
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