Research field (2)：
English linguistics
, Linguistics
Research keywords (4)：
Language change
, Language variation
, Dialect contact
, Sociolinguistics
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5)：
2022 - 2027 The general principles of linguistic changes in Anglophone communities in Japan
2018 - 2023 The influence of American English and language change from the founder principle perspective
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 (27)：
Keiko HIrano. Grammatical variation of American expatriates in a multinational Anglophone community in Japan. The University of Kitakyushu. Journal of Social System Studies. 2023. 21. 65-80
Keiko Hirano. Linguistic change in a long-term dialect contact situation: Grammatical change by English speakers in Japan. Proceedings of the 46th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. 2022. 46. 126-129
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
A Linguistic Change and its Directional Shift among British Residents in Japan
(The 7th Meeting of the International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE7). The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2023)
A directional shift in linguistic changes: A longitudinal study among English-speaking expatriates in Japan
(The 17th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology. Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany 2022)
Dialect-contact-related linguistic changes among English-speaking expatriates in Japan: A longitudinal corpus-based study
(The 24th Sociolinguistics Symposium. Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 2022)
Linguistic change in a long-term dialect contact situation: Grammatical change by English speakers in Japan
(The 46th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences. Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan 2022)
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)
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
