Kerri Russell

Kerri Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese Language and Linguistics at Oxford Brookes University, School of Education, Humanities and Languages. She holds a PhD from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and has held research and teaching positions at the University of Oxford, University of Arizona, Hawai‘i Pacific University, and the University of Hawai‘i. Her academic work centers on historical and comparative linguistics, particularly of the Japonic language family.

Education:

• PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (2006)

Her research interests include the origins and development of the Japonic languages, corpus-based studies of Old Japanese, Ainu, Middle Korean, and Altaic languages. She is a key contributor to the Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese, a long-term digital corpus project. She has also participated in major research initiatives at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), focusing on diachronic syntax, interrogatives, and lexical phonology.

Her recent publications reflect a strong focus on verb semantics, argument realization, and syntactic structures in pre-modern and Old Japanese. These works employ corpus-based methodologies and contribute significantly to the understanding of early Japanese grammar and language evolution.

Scientific Awards:

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Advising and Grants:

• Module leader for multiple Japanese language courses including Japanese for Beginners, Japanese Reading and Writing, and Advanced Japanese Reading and Translation.
• Principal Investigator for the project "The Properties of Complex Compounds in Old Japanese" (2023–2025), funded by the British Academy with £6,408 received by Brookes.
• Involved in externally funded projects at NINJAL and the University of Oxford, indicating sustained grant-supported research activity.

Labs, Teams, and Research Groups:

• Member of the Europe Japan Research Centre at Oxford Brookes University.
• Collaborator on the Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese project.
• Co-developer of the Rendaku Database with Mark Irwin and Mizuki Miyashita.
• Contributor to large-scale corpus projects at NINJAL, including the Diachronic Corpus and studies on Japanese interrogatives.