--- title: "National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics" description: "National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (Tokyo, Japan): 4 works on the Elamur Research site, 4 people with a page, 2 citations; its…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [institutions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/orgs/) / [labs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/) / National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics # National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Research institute [Tokyo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/agglomerations/tokyo/), [Japan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/japan/)in the agglomeration of [Tokyo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/agglomerations/tokyo/) - [Website](https://www.ninjal.ac.jp) - [ROR](https://ror.org/02caqc891) - [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/I4210117430) [**4** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/#works) · [**6** people with a page](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/#authors) · [**2** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/#works) · [**2** citations in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/#works) ## People (6) Authors with a page here who worked or studied at National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics: first those whose cited work was done most here; beside each, their citations. ### Core (4) Confirmed by their records, or by their bylines here with a fair part of their work. 1. [**Tatsuki Kuribayashi**current · 2026 on 3 papers*3 papers here · 395 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuki-kuribayashi/) 2. [**Masayuki Asahara**current · 2012–2026 on 69 papers*5 papers here · 77 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/masayuki-asahara/) 3. [**Yohei Oseki**current · 2026 on 3 papers*5 papers here · 49 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yohei-oseki/) 4. [**Taiga Someya**current · 2026 on 3 papers*2 papers here · 1 citation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/taiga-someya/) **Also published with this affiliation (2)** Matched by the bylines of their papers, not confirmed: few papers there, or a small part of their work. 5. [**Yuji Matsumoto**2013 on 2 papers*16 papers here · 3,689 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yuji-matsumoto/) 6. [**Hiroki Ouchi**2024–2025 on 3 papers*4 papers here · 34 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hiroki-ouchi/) ## Works in our library (4) The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's). 1. [**An Existence Proof for Neural Language Models That Can Explain Garden-Path Effects via Surprisal**Ryo Yoshida, Shinnosuke Isono, Taiga Someya, et al.*2026 · 1 citation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yoshida-2026-existence-proof-neural-language-models/) 2. [**Automatic Detection of Metaphorical Expressions in Classical Japanese Using WLSP-Enhanced BERT**Hang Zhu, Mitoki Ohara, Rei Kikuchi, et al.*2026 · 1 citation*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhu-2026-automatic-detection-metaphorical-expressions-classical/) 3. [**Probing the Dynamics of Syntactic Ability Acquisition Throughout LLM Pretraining**Hiroshi Matsuda, Masayuki Asahara*2026*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/matsuda-2026-probing-dynamics-syntactic-ability-acquisition/) 4. [**Rethinking the Relationship between the Power Law and Hierarchical Structures**Kai Nakaishi, Ryo Yoshida, Kohei Kajikawa, et al.*2026*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nakaishi-2026-rethinking-relationship-between-power-law/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/year/2026/) ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 💡 Concepts 3[Cognitive linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/cognitive-linguistics/) · [Psycholinguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/psycholinguistics/) · [Zipf's law · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/zipfs-law/) 📚 Shelves 10[Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [History · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/history/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 5[Idioms & multiword expressions · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Language models & pretraining · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) · [Interpretability · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/interpretability/) · [Universal Dependencies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/universal-dependencies/) ## Collaborates with Institutions on the bylines of the same works here, the most works shared first. 1. **[The University of Tokyo](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-tokyo/)***2 works shared* 2. **[Georgetown University](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/georgetown-university/)***1 work shared* 3. **[National Institute of Informatics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-of-informatics/)***1 work shared* 4. **[RIKEN](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/riken/)***1 work shared* 5. **[Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tokyo-university-of-agriculture-and-technology/)***1 work shared* 6. **Chuo University***1 work shared* 7. **Hokkaido University***1 work shared* 8. **National Institute of Technology, Nagano College***1 work shared* ## Parent and units **Part of** National Institutes for the Humanities From the Research Organization Registry (ROR); those with a page here are linked. Works and people from the bylines of the papers (OpenAlex): a person listed here worked or studied at National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; employment or education is named only where the person's ORCID record or Wikidata says so. Institution data from ROR and OpenAlex. Updated 23 October 2026