{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research (IAR)","provider_url":"http:\/\/www.iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/eng","author_name":"administrator","author_url":"http:\/\/www.iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/author\/administrator\/","title":"\u3010Linguistics\u3011\u3010Kimi AKITA\u3011Onomatopoeia allows looking back to the origin of language and forward to interdisciplinary collaborations - Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research (IAR)","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/eng\/publishing\/interviews\/3739\/\">\u3010Linguistics\u3011\u3010Kimi AKITA\u3011Onomatopoeia allows looking back to the origin of language and forward to interdisciplinary collaborations<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display=\"none\";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement(\"a\"),i=d.createElement(\"a\"),a.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/eng\/publishing\/interviews\/3739\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;\u3010Linguistics\u3011\u3010Kimi AKITA\u3011Onomatopoeia allows looking back to the origin of language and forward to interdisciplinary collaborations&#8221; &#8212; Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Research (IAR)\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.iar.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/1.-02-034-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1707,"description":"Kimi AKITA (Ph.D.) Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University &#8212; Dr. Akita is the author of Onomatope no Ninchi Kagaku (\u201cCognitive Science of Onomatopoeia\u201d) and co-author of Gengo no Honshitsu: Kotoba wa Doo Umare Shinka Shita ka (\u201cThe Nature of Language: How Language Was Born and Evolved\u201d). The latter is a bestseller with a circulation of over 200,000 copies. While focusing on onomatopoeia, Dr. Akita also conducts cross-disciplinary research. &#8212; Encounter with the study of onomatopoeia and the &hellip;"}