Research field (2)：
English linguistics
, Linguistics
Research keywords (4)：
Language change
, Language variation
, Dialect contact
, Sociolinguistics
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4)：
2018 - 2022 創始者原理の視点から見たアメリカ英語の影響力と言語変化
2014 - 2017 Language change in a multinational Anglophone community and building a model for social network analysis
2013 - 2016 New developments in Variation Theory and Multifaceted Analysis of the Japanese Language
2004 - 2007 Sociolinguistic research on native speakers of English in Japan: Language variation and change caused by language and dialect contact
Papers (25)：
Keiko Hirano. Dialect contact and linguistic change: Verbs of possession in a multinational Anglophone community in Japan. Bulletin, Faculty of Foreign Studies, the University of Kitakyushu. 2021. 152. 23-42
Keiko Hirano. Language change in a multinational Anglophone community: Linguistic factors of verbs of possession produced by speakers from England. Proceedings of the 44th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. 2020. 254-257
Keiko Hirano. Language change and the importance of analysing social networks. Proceedings of the 42th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. 2018. 17-20
Keiko Hirano. Change in the use of Japanese among native speakers of English in Japan: Importance of investigating their social network and language life. Quest: Studies in English Linguistics and Literature. 2018. 23. 139-157
Keiko Hirano. Social networks and verbs of possession produced by native speakers of English in Japan. Proceedings of the 40th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. 2017. 102-105
Grammatical variation of American Expatriates in a multinational Anglophone community in Japan
(The 6th Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland. 2021)
Linguistic change in a dialect contact situation: Verbs of possession produced by speakers from England
(The 6th Meeting of the New Ways of Analyzing Variation - Asia Pacific. National University of Singapore, Singapore. 2021)
Language change in a multinational Anglophone community: Linguistic factors of verbs of possession produced by speakers from England
(The 44th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. Doishisha University, Kyoto, Japan. 2020)
Linguistic change in an English dialect contact situation in Japan
(The 25th Conference of the University of Tokyo Language Variation and Change @ Komaba. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2020)
Social network and language change
(The 23rd Conference of the University of Tokyo Language Variation and Change @ Komaba. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2019)
University of Essex Department of Language and Linguistics (MA)
University of Essex Department of Language and Linguistics (Ph.D)
Professional career (1)：
Ph.D. in Linguistics (University of Essex, UK)
Work history (4)：
2019/07 - 現在 University of Bern, Switzerland Center for the Study of Language and Society Associated Researcher
2012 - 現在 The University of Kitakyushu, Japan Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Studies Professor
2012 - 2013 Seinan Gakuin University, Japan Visiting Researcher
2003 - 2012 The University of Kitakyushu, Japan Faculty of Foreign Studies Associate Professor
Association Membership(s) (7)：
International Association for World Englishes
, International Society for the Linguistics of English
, Methods in Dialectology
, The English Linguistic Society of Japan
, The English Literary Society of Japan
, Dialectological Circle of Japan
, The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
