Haruo Aoki
Haruo Aoki
| Dr. Haruo Aoki | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1, 1930 Kusan, Japan(Now South Keora) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Japanese |
| 💼 Occupation | Professor of linguistics |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Mary Ann |
| 👶 Children | Meiko Aoki
Kanna Aoki Akemi Aoki |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Yae Aoki, Yamada "Akira" Aoki |
| 👪 Relatives | Siblings: Kazuko Aoki, Yoshio Aoki |
Haruo Aoki was a linguist that was born in Kunsan, Japan (South Korea).[1] Akoi was a professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Cultures.[2] He is known for his work with the Nez Perce or otherwise known as Niimíipuu.[3] He also did lot of linguists work for within the Nagasaki dialect of Japanese.[4] Coupled along with all his linguist work he was still able to create a family and life in the San Francisco area of California where he resided until his death.[4]
Early life
Haruo Aoki was born April 1, 1930, in Kunsan, Japan, during the time in which Japan was occupying Korea.[5][1] He was the first born to Yae Aoki and Yamada "Akira" Aoki, who had two other children, Kazuko and Yoshi.[4] Aoki spent his childhood going to school, until his 6th grade year, in april 1942 when his education turned into military training, due to the State General Mobilization Law[4][1] During this time Aoki was taught classes in english, and studied in his make shift sleeping quarters.[4][1] In early 1945 Haruo passed the navy examination and left for japan 1 month after his fifteenth birthday, and arrived in June 30, 1945, and only a few months later World War II ended.[4][6] Haruo a still 15-year-old boy is left to travel without any knowledge of Japan's countryside to his grandparents home in the Nagasaki Prefecture, to live with his Fathers Parents.[4] While his parents and siblings travel from now very fragile country of South Korea, reuniting with their son in December 1945.[4][7] Aoki after the Demilitarisation soon returned to school and finished high school in 1946.[1][4] After graduation Hauro took an exam to complete a bachelors at Hiroshima University and passed in 1948.[1][4]
University and Professional life
Haruo Aoki attended Hiroshima University, the University of Literature and Science from 1949 to 1953[1][4][8] He finished the entirety of his bachelors degree, and graduated with a degree in English in March 1953.[1] After his completion of his undergraduate degree Haruo was granted the Fulbright Scholarship to continue his higher education studies in the United States.[1][4] Aoki came into the united states with a one year visa and attended the University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA), to study English.[4][1] The one year quickly turned into a lifetime. While study at UCLA Haruo met his future wife Mary Ann, while working on his masters degree.[4] After the completion of his Maters in English in 1958, He proposed to Mary Ann and moved to Berkley.[1][4] Soon after the move he and Mary Ann married and Haruo stated his doctoral degree at the University of California, Berkeley in linguistics.[4][9] This is when he was offered a chance to study the Nez Perce, and he agreed, and prepared for the Nez Perce Reservation, in Idaho.[4][9] Hauro spent lot of time within Idaho and advent regions studying and learning the Nez Perce Language and in 1965 he finished and defend his dissertation on Nez Perce grammar.[1][4] After this he was given a position as a professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures.[2] During the time in which he was able to accomplish a lot of his published work such as Nez Perce Texts (1979), Nez Perce Oral Narratives (1989), a majority of the work on the Nez Perce Dictionary (1994) and a few others.[4] During this time he made deep relationships with the people whom he was learning from and a great amount respect for allowing the Nez Perce people to connect to the language of their ancestors.[4][9] Haruo was also doing linguistic work within the Nagasaki dialect of Japanese, beings that he was so entranced by the differences whist living with his grandparents.[3][4] In the 1990's Hauro retired from professing, became a professor emeritus if east Asian Language and Culture and subsequently finished The Nez Perce dictionary.[4][3] Throughout his retirement he was given many gifts from the Indigenous peoples, as they were very thankful for all the work he did.[9] Haruo was very courteous whilst receiving the gift and kindly thanked them for thinking of him.[3][9] Haruo lived out the rest of his life in the San Francisco area with his children, until he passed away in February 2022 at the age of 91.[4][1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "Yosha Bunko". www.yoshabunko.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Haruo Aoki | Institute of East Asian Studies". ieas.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Umatilla Tribes Celebrate the Lives of Three Linguists". www.underscore.news. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 "CLA Item". California Language Archive. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ↑ "Korea under Japanese rule", Wikipedia, March 12, 2023, retrieved 2023-03-17
- ↑ "Victory Over Japan Day: End of WWII". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ↑ "Key Points | Asia for Educators | Columbia University". afe.easia.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ↑ "Hiroshima University", Wikipedia, October 9, 2022, retrieved 2023-03-18
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Anwar, Yasmin; Relations|, Media (November 9, 2017). "Japan-born linguist honored for writing the book on Nez Perce". Berkeley News. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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