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Teruo Hirayama

ひらやま てるお

Hirayama Teruo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1909-08-16 (Nakago Village, Kita-Morokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (now Miyakonojo City))
Died
2005-08-17 (Japan) age 96
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Japanese linguist, University professor
Active Years
1937-2005
Affiliations
Hosei University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Institute for Japanese Culture, Kokugakuin University
Memberships
Phonetic Society of Japan, Linguistic Society of Japan
Influenced By
Kyosuke Kindaichi, Shinobu Orikuchi

Education

Kokugakuin University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
Degree: 文学士
Year of Graduation: 1935
Country: Japan
Graduate School of Kokugakuin University
Year of Graduation: 1937
Country: Japan

Awards

Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
1981
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
1990
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 顕彰
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, Special Prize
1994
Work: Modern Japanese Dialect Dictionary
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

1960 Academic

1975

1982

1992

1997

Health

  • Respiratory failure
    Died due to respiratory failure

Legacy

Academic Societies

  • Linguistic Society of Japan
  • Phonetic Society of Japan