Kazue Kanno

Kazue Kanno is an Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, holding a Cooperating Graduate Faculty appointment in the Department of Second Language Studies. Her research focuses on Japanese SLA, pedagogical grammar, and syntax/semantics analysis. She is based in Moore Hall 385 and can be reached at kanno@hawaii.edu.

Education:

• PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (1992)
• MA in Linguistics, California State University, Fresno (1983)
• BA in Linguistics, California State University, Fresno (1980)

Her research interests span Japanese as a second/foreign language acquisition, pedagogical grammar design, and syntactic/semantic structures of Japanese. She explores topics like honorific systems, relative clause processing, and learner linguistic profiles. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical language education.

Dr. Kanno has contributed to interdisciplinary studies on bilingual learners and L2 syntactic development, challenging traditional acquisition models through empirical analysis. Her recent work (2020) examines honorific markers' sociolinguistic functions, while earlier studies (2007–2012) address relative clause comprehension and cross-linguistic influence in Japanese learners.

Advising & Grants: No explicit student advising records or grants are listed, though her collaborative research (e.g., 2008 paper with Hasegawa et al.) suggests involvement in team-based projects. She contributes to Second Language Studies through her Cooperating Faculty role.

Labs/Teams: No specific lab affiliations are mentioned, but her work aligns with the broader University of Hawaiʻi's expertise in heritage language education and SLA research.