Diversity and Continuity of Englishes: Hiberno-English in Focus

• Project/Area Number: 25770141
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Meikai University (2014-2015); Yamagata University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Shimada Tamami 明海大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (80565383)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: アイルランド英語 / 言語接触 / 世界諸英語 / クレオール / 言語意識 / 形態統語的特徴 / 言語変化 / アイルランド / フィールド調査 / 世界英語 / アイデンティティ / 文法 / 多様性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has examined the dynamism of Hiberno-English, contact-induced language formation and change, and speakers’ awareness towards the languages spoken in the community. The examination has been used for an investigation of the continuity in a variety of Englishes; the project has especially focused on the relationship between Hiberno-English and Caribbean Creoles. The background of sociolinguistic awareness has also been examined for its importance in the study of Hiberno-English from a dynamic perspective.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Morphosyntactic features in flux: Awareness of ‘Irishness’ and ‘Standard’ in Hiberno-English speakers (2015)
  • Author(s): Tamami Shimada
  • Journal Title: Arbbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik Volume: 40 Pages: 41-65
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] A Survey on Language and Identity in the Irish Context (I): Attitudes towards languages (2015)
  • Author(s): Shimada, Tamami
  • Journal Title: 応用言語学研究 明海大学大学院応用言語学研究科紀要 Volume: 17 Pages: 89-117
• [Journal Article] Non-use, no identity? : The assessment of the ‘non-use’ judgement in ‘Irish markers’ in Hiberno-English (2013)
  • Author(s): Shimada, Tamami
  • Journal Title: Celtic Forum Volume: 16 Pages: 12-23
  • NAID: 40019834551
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] アイルランドにみる言語の衝突と邂逅 (2015)
  • Author(s): 嶋田珠巳
  • Organizer: 第18回明海大学応用言語学セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 明海大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-05
• [Presentation] Variations in English activate EFL leaner’s awareness: The impact of World Englishes on language education (2014)
  • Author(s): Shimada, Tamami
  • Organizer: The 20th Conference of the International Association of World Englishes (20th IAWE)
  • Place of Presentation: アミティー大学（インド）
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-18 – 2014-12-20
• [Presentation] Social factors in contact-induced language change: The present status of do be V-ing vs. be after V-ing in Hiberno-English (2014)
  • Author(s): Shimada, Tamami
  • Organizer: Klagenfurt Conference on Corpus-Based Applied Linguistics (CALK 14)
  • Place of Presentation: クラーゲンフルト大学（オーストリア）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-25 – 2014-09-27
• [Presentation] Some theoretical potentialities of Hiberno-English in contact linguistics: an exploration of the do be habitual (2013)
  • Author(s): Shimada, Tamami
  • Organizer: Changing English: Contact and Variation
  • Place of Presentation: ヘルシンキ
• [Book] Transcultural Roots Uprising: The Rhizomatic Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Caribbean (2013)
  • Author(s): Faraclas, Nicholas他編
  • Total Pages: 560
  • Publisher: University of Curacao and Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma