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Junichi Toyota is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Cognitive Semiotics, Lund University and a visiting professor of linguistics and Japanese studies at the University of Belgrade. His research interests cover a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology and cognitive science. His publications are mainly focused on historical linguistics and cognitive linguistics, but also deal with the evolution of human linguistic ability.

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Kaleidoscopic Grammar

Investigation into the Nature of Binarism

By: Junichi Toyota

£34.99

This book explores binarism—pairs of binary features—as a powerful tool in the evolution of civilization, cognition, and language. It argues that binarism provides a base for complexity, proposing that the first verbs evolved from a split in early nouns.

The Grammatical Voice in Japanese

A Typological Perspective

By: Junichi Toyota

£39.99

This book’s main argument is that the Japanese passive originates from an earlier middle voice. This reframes the voice system from a conventional active-passive binary pair to a newly proposed active-middle-passive ternary pair.