Junya FUKUTA

Hmm… looks like I won’t have any time for research until this semester ends...

Just opening a decision letter from a journal drains a whole day’s worth of energy.

The Present and Future of Parallel Architectures of Language and Cognition Language as a cognitive capacity involves multiple components, from input and output modalities to formal structures and layers of meaning. This Topic explores the hypothesis that these components fu...

What an interesting feature!

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Applied linguistics has long been a field where diverse theoretical perspectives coexist, giving rise to serious and conflicting debates. But lately criticism tends to be dismissed as mere negativity rather than seen as a sign of intellectual commitment. That’s something I should consciously resist.

The paper I’m currently writing is not so much about explaining second language phenomena per se, but rather using those phenomena to address broader questions in cognitive science. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.

I’ve been asking people to take on some heavy tasks, but everyone has responded with such swift and kind acceptance. It really makes me feel how much I’m living surrounded by the kindness of others…

Ever since coming back from my sabbatical leave, my research has completely stalled. A lot of things are stuck on my end…

Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2025 Our Corpus Linguistics summer school is open to undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, as well as researchers who want to improve their skills to apply corpus methods in their own researc...

As we look ahead to the upcoming Corpus Linguistics Summer School (#CCRSS25, 7–11 July), we’ll be spotlighting our fantastic instructors and the sessions they’ll be leading. There’s still time to register—don’t miss out!
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One of my former students published her undergraduate thesis in Language, Cognition and Neuroscience last year, and I recently discovered that her paper has become the second most-read article published in the journal during the past year😆

I'm getting ready for PacSLRF in Shanghai. It'll be my first time setting foot in mainland China.

I’m attending ICTEAP-5 today and tomorrow!

そうしましょう！🍻

I have to leave for Japan tomorrow. I don’t really want to go back but there’s no choice…There’s a lot waiting for me once I return.

Saying “the human mind is more complex than physics” feels too superficial.

If the claim is simply that basic learning mechanisms are shared while acquisition outcomes vary across individuals, I don’t think there’s any model that would deny that.

Why does it often happen that, when accounting for individual differences improves model fit, some claim it challenges the universality of linguistic knowledge (acquisition) and supports usage-based models?

Explore Language Sciences at Cambridge Festival 2025! A selection of language sciences related talks from #CamFest
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Our Corpus Linguistics Summer School will take place in person at the University of Birmingham Edgbaston campus from July 7-11, 2025! Join the local team and special guest, Joyce Lim (Aston University). Register soon as spaces are limited: www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac... #ccrss25

The symposium at Cambrige is over! www.languagesciences.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

But if we look at history, paradigm shifts are rarely a one-way departure. Instead, theoretical frameworks often come back, shaped by new insights and perspectives.

As AI advances to exhibit 'surface-level' behavior similar to humans, I believe discussions on realism at the mechanistic level are becoming increasingly important...

それってほんとに"domain-general learning bias"なの？みたいな話はできそうですねぇ。この言葉自体も結構、「language-specificなUG的仮定じゃないやつで普遍性を引き起こすもの全般」みたいなざっくりした使い方してるなみたいな印象もあるんですが、ちょっとこれはもう少し読み込まないとアレ

多分元になってるGreenbergは記述的なものに止まってる感じだと思いますし

個人的に、なんかそういうの含めてバイアスって言ってるのかなみたいに思ってたんですけど、「バイアス」ってその中身のメカニズム結構色々違いそうですよね。

I started many projects during my research abroad, but I couldn’t finish any of them. Thinking about the struggle waiting for me after returning home is painful.

My KAKENHI proposal got accepted, but the requested amount was already low, and they cut it by 25%. I have no choice but to apply for more grants. Another storm of paperwork begins…

Only one month left in Cambridge. I want to make the most of this precious time and have as many discussions as possible!

I’ll be attending ICTEAP-5 in Tokyo (smartconf.jp/content/icte...) and PacSLRF in Shanghai (sfl.sjtu.edu.cn/En/Data/List... ) this year. Looking forward to meeting you there and having great discussions!

First post! I'm Japanese researcher and I study language and cognition. Feel free to talk to me!