Mizuki Miyashita

Assistant Professor

Office Location: SS 212 Office Telephone: (406) 243-5164 E-mail: mizuki.miyashita@umontana.edu Website: http://www.umt.edu/ling/faculty/Miyashita/mizukihome.htm

Current Position

Assistant Professor, Linguistics Program, Dept. of Anthropology

Description

 Dr. Mizuki Miyashita is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Montana. She earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Arizona in 2002. Her specialization is sound pattern analysis in Native American languages. Her dissertation concentrates on syllable analysis of Tohono O’odham (formerly known as Papago, an endangered indigenous language spoken in Southwestern Arizona and Northern Mexico). She has presented and published several articles in phonology and Native American languages. Her current research interest is Blackfoot phonology. She is working closely with the Piegan Institute, a community-based research program in Browning, Montana. Her research in Blackfoot aims to contribute both to linguistics research and language revitalization.

Office Hours

By appointment

Field of Study

Phonology
Prosodic Analysis
Language Revitalization

Courses

Courses I Teach
Linguistics 270: Introduction to Linguistics
Linguistics 375: Endangered Languages
Linguistics 471: Phonetics-Phonology
Linguistics 489: Morphology
Linguistics 570: Graduater Seminar: Advanced Phonology
Linguistics 570: Graduate Seminar: Language Preservation
Linguistics 570: Graduate Seminar: Second Language Phonology
Linguistics 570: Graduate Seminar: Blackfoot Linguistics

Other Courses I Have Taught 
Linguistics 470: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
Linguistics 473: Language and Culture
Linguistics 477: Bilingualism
 

Hobbies

Ballroom Dance (Rhythm):
East Coast Swing, Rumba, Cha-cha.
and Salsa...

Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, 2002.
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, 1998.
B.A. in Linguistics, University of Arizona, 1995.

Teaching Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Kansas, 2002-2003.
Program coordinator, Teaching Teams Program, University of Arizona, 2000-2002.
Instructor, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Arizona, Summer 1997, 1998.

Selected Publications

 

2009   "Blackfoot Lullabies and Language Revitalization." With Shirlee Corw Shoe,
           Piegan Institute. In Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement,
           Guidance & Lessons Learned. (Ed.) J. Reyhner. Northern Arizona University.

2006     “The development of the final particle ha in Yamagata Japanese” with 
                Tsuyoshi Ono. In Canadian Review of East Asian Studies. Vol. 2, No. 1

2006     “Tohono O’odham” In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2^nd
             Edition. Online version. Elsevier.

2006     “The Function of Pauses in Metrical Studies: Acoustic Evidence from 
                Japanese Verse” with Debbie Cole. In Formal Approaches to Poetry. Elan
             Dresherand Nila Friedberg, eds. Mouton de Gruyter.

2005     “Tohono O’odham” In Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2^nd 
             Edition. Printed version. Elsevier.

Specialized Skills

Linguistics; Phonology; Tohono O'odham; Blackfoot; Language Documentation and Revitalization

Professional Experience

Visiting Assistant Professor, 2002-2003, Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas.
Program Coordinator, 2000-2002, Teaching Teams Program, University of Arizona.
Teaching Assistant, 1995-2000, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona.

Languages Known

• English
• Japanese
• Russian