Prashant Pardeshi, PhD in linguistics from Kobe University, Japan (2000), has been at the Research Division of National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tokyo, Japan, since 2009. Prior to joining NINJAL, he had taught at Kobe University (2005-2009). He was awarded post-doctoral fellowships by: the ‘Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences’ (2000-2002); and ‘The Strategic Research and Education Center for an Integrated Approach to Language, Brain and Cognition’ (Tohoku, Japan, 2003-2005). His publications include: Verb-verb complexes in Asian Languages (2021), and Nihongo to sekai no gengo no Meishi shūshoku hyōgen [Noun-modifying expressions in Japanese and languages of the world] (2020).