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Journal of the Institute of Language Research,
Vol. 30 [2025 (Published 2026)]

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Published 31st March 2026
ISSN 2435-1970 (Digital)

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Articles
The Predicative Function of Nouns and Adjectives in Altaic-type Languages
Shinjiro Kazama 1

Special Issue: Supplement Data
Special Issue: Foreword Shinjiro Kazama 2

Hungarian
Hungarian: ‘Passive Expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Mao Kobayashi 3

Estonian
Possessive, existential, and other nonverbal constructions in Estonian Rodolfo Basile 4

Latvian
Passive Constructions in Latvian Daiki Horiguchi 5

Servian
Transitivity in Serbian Hanae Matsuyama 6

Ukrainian
Transitivity in Ukrainian Hanae Matsuyama 7

Dom
Dom: ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’ Syuntarô Tida 8

Mongolian (Urad dialect)
Urad Mongolian: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Hao Rile 9

Manghuer
Mangghuer: ‘Transitivity’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Passive expression’, ‘Modality’ Shinjiro Kazama 10

Mongghul
Mongghul: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’ , ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’ Shinjiro Kazama 11

Wu Chinese (Xiaoshan dialect (Eastern variety))
Xiaoshan dialect of Wu (East Xiaoshan variety): ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’, ‘Markers of information structure’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Chenjie Ye 12

Min Chinese (Leizhou dialect)
Passive Expressions in Leizhou Dialect of Min Kunming Tan 13

Min Chinese (Raoping dialect)
Raoping dialect: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’ , ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’ Zhang Zeyu 14

Mandarin Chinese (Xinyang dialect)
The Xinyang Dialect of Mandarin Chinese: ‘Passive Expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’, ‘Markers of information structure’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Jiemin Hu 15

Cone Tibetan (Bragkhoglung dialect)
Modality in the Bragkhoglung dialect of Cone Tibetan Hiroyuki Suzuki,
Yuxia Zou
16

Khan Tibetan (Lhagang dialect)
Modality in the Lhagang dialect of Khams Tibetan Hiroyuki Suzuki,
Sonam Wangmo
17

Kham Tibetan (Thopa dialect)
‘Passive Expression’ in the Thopa dialect of Khams Tibetan Hiroyuki Suzuki,
Chosmtsho Padma
18

Amdo Tibetan
Amdo Tibetan: ‘Voice and related expressions’ Shiho Ebihara,
Lajiaben
19
Amdo Tibetan: ‘Expressions of possession and existence’ Shiho Ebihara,
Lajiaben
20

Jinghpaw
Materials on Voice and Related Phenomena in Jinghpaw Keita Kurabe 21
Transitivity in Jinghpaw: Case Frames and the Hierarchy of Two-Place Predicates Keita Kurabe 22

Chakma
Chakma: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’, ‘Markers of information structure’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Keisuke Huziwara 23

Tamil
Tamil: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’ and ‘Voice and related expressions’ Hayato Kobayashi 24

Maltese
Maltese: ‘Passive expression’, ‘Aspect’, ‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Expressions of possession and existence’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’, ‘Markers of information structure’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Hiroto Miyakawa 25

Karachay (Eskişehir dialect)
Eskişehir Karachay -Data of passive expression- Kentaro Suganuma 26

Kolyma Yukaghir
Expressions of possession and existence in Kolyma Yukaghir Iku Nagasaki 27

Ainu (Saru dialect)
Passive expression in the Saru dialect of Ainu Yoshimi Yoshikawa 28

Japanese (Yanagawa dialect)
‘Modality’, ‘Voice and related expressions’, ‘Transitivity’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’ , and ‘Markers of information structure’ in the Yanagawa dialect, Fukuoka Japanese Aoi Matsuoka 29

Northern Ryukyuan (Ura dialect)
The Ura dialect of Amami-Oshima Northern Ryukyuan: ‘Modality’ Hiromi Shigeno,
Rihito Shirata
30

Kapampangan
Passives and Aspects in Kapampangan Christian Ezekiel Mananis Fajardo,
Seunghun J. Lee
31

Hiligaynon
Passives and Aspects in Hiligaynon Christine Joy A. Ballada,
Seunghun J. Lee
32

Kambera
Passive in Kambera B. Retang Wohangara,
Seunghun J. Lee
33

Tetun (Dili dialect)
Transitivity in Tetun Dili Wakana Kato 34

Akan
Transitivity in Akan Kyoko Koga,
Francis Agyeman Prempeh
35
Information structure and nominal predicate sentences in Akan Kyoko Koga,
Daniel Acheampong
36

Swahili
Swahili: ‘Transitivity’, ‘Complex sentences of adverbial modification’, ‘Information structure and nominal predicate sentences’, ‘Markers of information structure’ and ‘Negation, adjectives, and complex sentences of adnominal modification’ Kumiko Miyazaki,
Nobuko Yoneda
37

Xitsonga
Aspects in Xitsonga (S53) Crous Hlungwani,
Seunghun J. Lee
38

IsiZulu
Aspects in IsiZulu (S42) Seunghun J. Lee,
Mfundo Didi
39

Siswati
Aspects in Siswati (S43) Khulisile Judith Nkuna,
Sikhumbuzo Sibusiso Khoza,
Seunghun J. Lee
40

Tshivenḓa
Aspects in Tshivenḓa (S21) Matodzi Raphalalani,
Netshisaulu Nthambeleni,
Seunghun J. Lee
41

Northern Sotho
Aspects in Northern Sotho (S32) Lekau Mphasha,
Sannah Baker,
Seunghun J. Lee
42

Sesotho
Aspects in Sesotho (S33) Masehloho Matjotjo,
Seunghun J. Lee
43

Kinyakyusa
The Strategies to Express Aspects in Kinyakyusa Sentences Amani Lusekelo 44

Setswana
Aspects in Setswana (S31) Rigardt Pretorius,
Omphemetse Maleka,
Seunghun J. Lee
45

IsiXhosa
Aspects in isiXhosa (S41) Thanduxolo Eric Fatyi,
Wm. G. Bennett
46

Gǁana
Gǁana data: passive Gakedumele Sekere,
Kanji Kato,
Hitomi Ono,
Hirosi Nakagawa
47
Gǁana data: voice Gakedumele Sekere,
Kanji Kato,
Hitomi Ono,
Hirosi Nakagawa
48

Ayacucho Quechua
Information Structure and Nominal Predicate Sentences in Ayacucho Quechua Yuko Morokuma 49

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