Ann Wehmeyer, Associate Professor of Japanese and Linguistics

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Linguistics, 1987.
Research interests: social and cultural aspects of Japanese language, kotodama (word spirit) in the New Religions in Japan, origins of linguistic investigation in Japan.

Undergraduate Courses

JPN 1120 Beginning Japanese (Fall 2000)

JPN 1121 Beginning Japanese 2 (Spring 2001)

JPN 2200 2nd-Year Japanese 1 (Fall 2001)

JPN 2201 2nd Year Japanese 2 (Spring 2002)

JPN 3400 Third-Year Japanese 1 (Fall 1998)

JPN 3401 Third-Year Japanese 2 (Spring 1999)

JPN 3730 Language in Japanese Society (Spring 2002)

JPN 4850 Structure of Japanese (Spring 1999) (Spring 2001)

JPT 4502 Japanese Folklore (Fall 1998)

Graduate Courses

LIN 6412 Issues in Morphology (Fall 1997)
LIN 7118 History of Linguistics (Fall 2000)(Fall 2002)
LIN 6571 Structure of Sanskrit (Fall 1999)
LIN 6932-6058x Writing Systems (Fall 2001)

Recent publications:
Kojiki-den, Book 1, by Motoori Norinaga, Introduced, translated, and annotated by Ann Wehmeyer. Ithaca, N.Y.: East Asia Program, Cornell University, 1997.
"The Interface of Two Cultural Constructs: Kotodama and Fuudo," in Japanese Identity: Cultural Analyses, edited by Peter Nosco, p. 94-106. Denver: Center for Japan Studies, Teikyo Loretto Heights University, 1997.