Noriko Akatsuka

Noriko M. Akatsuka (March 17, 1937 – October 17, 2016) was a Japanese-born American scholar of Japanese language and Japanese, Korean and English linguistics, particularly known for her research on conditionals and epistemic modality.

Career and research Akatsuka taught at the University of Chicago before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1981,

Her research in the early 1970s included work on syntax in Japanese, including reflexivization and passives; it was still being cited at the time of her death. Aspects of Linguistics: In Honor of Noriko Akatsuka was published in 2007.

Personal life Akatsuka met the linguist James D. McCawley in 1971, while a post-doctoral student, and they married on December 16 of that year. They divorced in December 1978.

Akatsuka died on October 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, California.

Publications Edited books Noriko Akatsuka, Susan Strauss, Bernard Comrie (eds). Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Vol. 10 )