33.403, All: Chisato Kitagawa, 1932-2022

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Subject: 33.403, All: Chisato Kitagawa, 1932-2022

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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 04:31:38
From: Shigeru Miyagawa [miyagawa at mit.edu]
Subject: Chisato Kitagawa, 1932-2022

 
Chisato Kitagawa passed away on January 14, 2022, at a hospital in Seattle. He
was 89 years old. His wife, Mary, and children and grandchildren were with
him.

Chisato was born in Tokyo on July 29, 1932. After graduating from Rikkyo
University, he came to the U.S. in 1958 and earned an M.A. in linguistics from
the University of Michigan in 1961. He went on to attend the Episcopal
Theological School in Cambridge, MA, and was ordained in 1964 and served as
curate in Grace Church, Amherst, until 1967. He returned to his linguistic
studies and completed his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1972. 
 
Chisato embarked on his academic career at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, where he assisted in establishing programs in Japanese and Asian
Studies. He taught at the University of Arizona, 1976-1989, then returned to
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He retired in 2002 but stayed in
Amherst until he and Mary moved to Seattle in May 2021 to be close to their
children.

Chisato published widely on Japanese linguistics, including on the case marker
‘no’ with Claudia Ross, on zero pronoun, transitivity alternation, and on
head-internal relative clauses. His newest work on head-internal relative
clauses will appear in Glossa posthumously. He also co-edited a book on
auxiliary verbs for learners of Japanese, and with his wife, Mary, co-authored
a book on 'seikatsu tsuzurikata,' a grassroots writing education movement in
Japan not known outside of the country.

To so many people, Chisato was an inspiring teacher, a thoughtful mentor, a
wonderful colleague, and a caring friend. Friends and colleagues describe him
fondly as “caring,” “warm,” “gentle,” “funny,” “a foodie,” and a sci-fi fan.
He was devoted both to his academic life and to his priesthood. 

 


Linguistic Field(s): Syntax



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