Journal Articles (selected):
1. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. (in press, 2027) The pitch relationship between sandhi Tone 3 and Tone 2 at the prefocus position in Mandarin. Journal of Chinese Linguistics. submitted Aug. 2022, accepted Mar. 2024.
2. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. (in press, 2026) Regressive tonal coarticulation of Tone 3 sandhi to the preceding tones in Mandarin. Language and Linguistics, 27 (3). submitted Mar. 2022, accepted Aug. 2023.
3. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2018. The regressive effect of postfocus tone on the pitch of the focus syllable in Mandarin. CHUUGOKU GOGAKU: Bulletin of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, No. 265: 95–112.
4. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2018. Similarities and differences between postfocal weakened syllables and toneless syllables in Mandarin. Contemporary Research in Modern Chinese, No. 20: 129–141.
5. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2017. Cause of Tone 4 sandhi in Beijing Mandarin and its relationship with lexical stress. Language and Linguistics, 18 (3): 430–451.
Books:
Liu Fuhua, Lü Yingjie, Higashi Takahiro. 2014. Methods for Teaching Chinese Pronunciation to Japanese speakers. Beijing Language and Culture University Press.
Grant:
“A study on the construction of Mandarin citation tones based on the stream of speech”, International Chinese Language Education Research Program, Center for Language Education and Cooperation, No. 22YH84C, in progress.