Acknowledgments

The research for this book originated at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. I would like to express my gratitude to Jonathan David Bobaljik, Ian Roberts, Mamoru Saito, and especially Željko Bošković for their helpful discussions, comments, and encouragement.

Huge thanks are also due to the following people: Jun Abe, Akihiko Arano, Chigchi Bai, Lina Bao, Marcin Dadan, Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine, Yoshiki Fujiwara, Kenshi Funakoshi, Kadir Gökgöz, Nobu Goto, Shengyun Gu, Ryosuke Hattori, Shintaro Hayashi, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Takeo Kurafuji, Kyle Johnson, Kunio Kinjo, Renato Lacerda, Sabine Laszakovits, Hideki Maki, Kazumi Matsuoka, Troy Messick, Shigeru Miyagawa, Hiroki Narita, Emma Nguyen, Masashi Nomura, Hiromune Oda, Yohei Oseki, Deniz Özyıldız, Jayeon Park, Roberto Petrosino, Hiroaki Saito, Zheng Shen, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Koji Shimamura, Adrian Stegovec, Koji Sugisaki, Daiko Takahashi, Kensuke Takita, Kensuke Takonai, Hideharu Tanaka, Yuta Tatsumi, Abigail Thornton, Lyn Tieu, Satoshi Tomioka, Kazuhiro Ushie, Shuyan Wang, Akira Watanabe, Yimei Xiang, Hideaki Yamashita, Jing Emma Yang, Yusuke Yoda, and YongSuk Yoo.

This research was partially supported by the Fulbright program (Grant ID#:15121872) and Grant-in-Aid for Young Research #18K12413 (Primary Investigator: Yuta Sakamoto, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science).

For their love and support, I am extremely thankful to my family: Keiichi, Hiromi, Mai, Manami, and Hayata.