| PH.D. DISSERTATION | PUBLISHED WORK | ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS | RESEARCH GRANTS | EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE | PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
Takano, Shoji (1997). The Myth of a Homogeneous Speech Community: The Speech of Japanese Women in Non-traditional Gender Roles. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Arizona.
<Refereed Articles>
Takano, Shoji. (2021). Lifespan “changes from above” in the
standardization of Japanese regional dialects: Levels of grammar, lexical
properties and community characteristics. Language Variation and Change
3(3): 297-329.
Takano,
Shoji. (2019). Hoogen-to aidentiti: Jibun rashisa-no yoridokoro toshite-no
hoogen (Dialects and identity: A dialect as an expressive device of who you
are). Minna-no Shiranai Hoogen-no Sekai
(An unknown world of dialects). The Institute for Research in Humanities and Social
Sciences, Aichi University. Pp. 25-50.
Takano, Shoij.（2017）Sapporoshi hoogen meishi akusento-no
kyootsuugoka-ni kansuru jitsujikan paneru choosa: Henka-o shihai suru koosoku
yooin mappu-no teian (A real-time panel study of standardization of nominal
accents in Sapporo Japanese: Mapping the linguistic constraints). Nihongogaku Ronsetsu Shiryoo 52: 673-684.
Tokyo: Ronsetsu Shiryoo Hozonkai.
Takano, Shoij.（2017）Sapporo hoogen meishi akusento-no kyootsuugoka-ni kansuru jitsujikan paneru
choosa: Roonensoo-no “shoogai henka”-ni chakumoku-shite (A real-time panel
study of standardization of nominal accents in Sapporo Japanese: Focusing
on lifespan changes in the speech of older generations). Nihongogaku Ronsetsu
Shiryoo 52: 664-672. Tokyo: Ronsetsu Shiryoo Hozonkai.
Takano, Shoji & Ota, Ichiro. (2017). A Sociophonetic Approach to Variation
in Japanese Pitch Realizations: Region, Age, Gender, and Stylistic Parameters.
Asia-Pacific Language Variation. Vol.3, No.1, pp. 5-40.
Takano, Shoij.（2015）. Sapporoshi hoogen meishi akusento-no kyootsuugoka-ni
kansuru jitsujikan paneru choosa: Henka-o shihai suru koosoku yooin mappu-no
teian (A real-time panel study of standardization of nominal accents in
Sapporo Japanese: Mapping the linguistic constraints). Hokusei Review 52(2):
29-51.
<Competitive Papers Delivered at Professional Meetings>
Takano, Shoji. (June, 2018). What happens to one's prosody?: Lifespan "changes
from above" and language ideologies. Oral Presentation. Sociolinguistics
Symposium 22 at University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Takano, Shoji. (June, 2016). Mode-sensitive Linguistic Performance of Locally Constructed Ideologies: the Case of a Rural Community Transformed Under Rapid Globalization. Oral Presentation. Sociolinguistics Symposium 21 at University of Murcia, Spain.
Takano, Shoji. (November, 2015). Sapporoshi hoogen meishi akusento-no jitsujikan paneru choosa, saishuu hookoku: Keinen henka-to gengo ideorogii-no kanrensei-nitsuiteno ichi koosatsu (A real-time panel study of nominal accents in Sapporo Japanese, final report: Focusing on the relationship between change over time and language ideologies). Oral Presentation. The 215th Meeting of Hokkaido Dialect Society, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (June, 2015). Attitudes towards rapid globalization of a rural community and speaker-oriented style shifts: the case of Niseko in Hokkaido. Oral Presentation. The Sociolinguistics of Globalization 2015 at the University of Hong Kong.
Takano, Shoji. (June, 2014). A real-time study of standardization of lexical
accents in Sapporo Japanese: What can we generalize from panel samples?
Oral Presentation. Sociolinguistics Symposium 20 in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Takano, Shoji. (February, 2014). Sapporoshi hoogen meishi akusento-no jitsujikan
paneru choosa, dainiji hookoku: Hen’i rironteki koosatsu-o chuushin-ni
(A real-time panel study of change in nominal accents of Sapporo Japanese,
the 2nd report: Taking into account variation theory). Oral Presentation,
The 206th Meeting of Hokkaido Dialect Society, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (November, 2012). Hokkaido Hoogen-no Kyootsuugoka, Shinhoogenka-no Hanseekigo-no Yoosoo: Jitsujikan torendo choosa-niyoru kenshoo (A real-time trend study of Hokkaido dialects: the current state of standardization and new dialect formation after a half century). Oral Presentation. The 200 Commemorative Meeting of Hokkaido Dialect Society at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Ota, Ichiro, Takano, Shoji, Nikaido, Hitoshi, Utsugi, Akira & Asahi, Yoshiyuki. (August, 2012). Sociolinguistic variation in the pitch movement of Japanese dialects. Poster Presentation. New Ways of Analyzing Variation-Asia Pacific 2 at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo.
Ota, Ichiro, Takano, Shoji, Nikaido, Hitoshi, Utsugi, Akira & Asahi, Yoshiyuki. (August, 2011). Variation in prosodic phrase of Japanese dialects. Oral Presentation. Methods in Dialectology 14 at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Takano, Shoji. (April, 2011). Hokkaido hoogen meishi akusento-no jitsujikan kenkyuu: Yamahana chiku paneru choosa chuukan hookoku (A real-time study of change in lexical accents of Hokkaido Japanese nouns: An interim report from the Yamahana panel study). Oral Presentation. The 192nd Meeting of Hokkaido Dialect Society, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (December, 2010). A Real-time Study of Sapporo Japanese Accents: the Yamahana Study, No.1. Oral Presentation. The Meeting of the National Institute for Japanese Language Collaborative Research Project “A Construction of a Typological Theory on Linguistic Change and Variation Based on Dialect Contact Phenomena.” Fukuoka Jogakuin University.
Ota, Ichiro, Takano, Shoji, Nikaido, Hitoshi, Utsugi, Akira, & Asahi, Yoshiyuki. (September, 2010). Dephrasing as a Sociolinguistic Variable in Japanese Regional Dialects. Oral presentation. Sociolinguistic Symposium 18th Meeting at Southampton University, UK.
Roberts, Felicia, Margutti, Piera & Takano, Shoji. (November, 2008). Cross-linguistic comparison of listener perceptions of inter-turn silence: Confluence of grammar, culture, and turn-taking? Oral Presentation. The National Communication Association 94th Annual Convention in San Diego, USA.
Ota, Ichiro, Nikaido, Hitoshi & Takano, Shoji. (August, 2008). Variability
of Phrasal Tone in Fukuoka Japanese. Oral Presentation. The 13th International
Conference on Methods in Dialectology at University of Leeds, UK.
Roberts, Felicia & Takano, Shoji. (May, 2007). The interaction of interturn silence and prosody in American and Japanese perceptions of trouble in interaction. Oral Presentation. The 57th Annual Conference of International Communication Association in San Franciscom USA.
Takano, Shoji. (December, 2006). Sutairu-o doo toraerubekika: Purosodii kenkyuu-niokeru shokadai (How to capture the concept of style: issues in studies of prosody). Oral Presentation. The 1st Language Variation and Sociolinguistics Meeting at Fukuoka Jogakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nikaido, Hitoshi, Takano, Shoji, Ota, Ichiro, Asahi, Yoshiyuki & Matsuda, Kenjiro. (August, 2006). Atarashii onsei barieishon-no kenkyuu: Nihon-niokeru shakai onseigaku-no kakuritsu-o mezashite (An innovative study of variation in speech: Toward the establishment of sociophonetics in Japan). Workshop Organizer. The 18thMeeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan.
Yaeger-Dror, Malcah, Granadillo, Tania & Takano, Shoji. (October, 2005). Sociolinguistic variation in prosodic parameters: Cognition and interaction. Oral Presentation. The 34th New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) Conference at New York University.
Takano, Shoji. (July, 2005). Learning experiences and individual variation in Japanese college students’ acquisition of EFL articles: A longitudinal investigation. Oral Presentation. The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA) at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Takano, Shoji, Asahi, Yoshiyuki & Ota, Ichiro. (September, 2004). Kotoba-no barieishon-o tsukamaeru: Bunseki tsuuru-toshiteno VARBRUL puroguramu-no katsuyoohoo-to rinsetsu bunya-eno ooyoo (Capturing linguistic variation: the utility of the VARBRUL program and its application for adjacent disciplines). Workshop Organizer. The 14th Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Tokyo University, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (September, 2004). Daini gengo shuutoku kenkyuu-niokeru VARBRUL bunseki-no katsuyoo-to sono igi (VARBRUL analysis in second language acquisition research and its significance). Panelist for the Workshop on Capturing Linguistic Variation: The Utility of the VARBRUL Program and Its Application for Adjacent Disciplines. The 14th Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Tokyo University, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (March, 2004). Gengo hen’i riron saikoo: Sookan shugi-toyuu gokai-to setsumei nooryoku (Re-consideration of variation theory: Misconception of correlationism and explanatory power). Panelist for the Workshop on Recent Development of Variation Theory. The 13th Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Tokyo Kogei University, Tokyo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (March, 2004). Education for international understanding through the English education programs of elementary, junior high and senior high schools in liaison. Panelist for the Symposium on University and Internationalization: Cooperation with the Community at Hiroshima University Foreign Student Center, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (November, 2003). A longitudinal study of article acquisition by Japanese learners of EFL. Oral Presentation. The 1st Asia TEFL International Conference in Pusan, South Korea.
Takano, Shoji, & Yaeger-Dror, Malcah. (October, 2003). Identifying register and speaker stance from prosodic strategies: A comparison of Japanese and English parallel corpora. Oral Presentation. The 31st New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) Conference at Stanford University, USA.
Takano, Shoji. (September, 2003). Nihonjin daigakusei-no eigo shuutoku-niokeru kanshi-no hen’i-to shuutoku purosesu: Chooki kansatsu kenkyuu (A longitudinal study of article acquisition by Japanese college EFL students). Oral Presentation. The 42nd Japan Association of College English Teachers at Tohoku Gakuin University, Sendai, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (March, 2002). Prosodic variation in Japanese focus across registers. Panelist for the Japanese Style Shift Symposium at the University of Arizona, USA.
Takano, Shoji. (September, 2000). Nihonjin-no tairitsu iken hyoomei-niokeru inritsu hen’i-no kisokusei-ni kansuru ichi koosatsu (Systematicity in prosodic variation in Japanese discourse in conflict). Oral Presentation. Hokkaido Sociolinguistics Research Group at Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (September, 2000). Nihonjin-no gengo kooshoo-niokeru iken shoototsu bamen-no inritsu sutoratejii (Prosodic strategies in Japanese confrontational interactions). Panelist for the Workshop on Socio-cultural Cognition and Innovative Approaches to Discourse Analysis. The 6th Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (August, 1999). Variationist approaches to gender and language in Japan. Panelist for the Symposium: Variationist Approaches to the Japanese Language. The 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (October, 1998). Indirect, polite speech as a linguistic weapon: Strategic uses of directives by Japanese professional women in positions of authority and leadership. Oral Presentation. The 27th New Ways of Analyzing Variation Conference at University of Georgia, USA.
Takano, Shoji. (October, 1995) The myth of a homogenous grammar of Japanese women's language: The speech of women in non-traditional gender roles. Oral Presentation. The 24th New Ways of Analyzing Variation Conference at University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Fonseca-Greber, Bonnie, Kataoka, Kuniyoshi, Scardino, Vincent & Takano, Shoji. (May, 1993). Variation in the English past tense usage of Spanish-speaking adolescents. Arizona TESOL Conference in Yuma, Arizona, USA.
<Poster Presentations at Professional Meetings>
Ota, Ichiro, Takano, Shoji, Nikaido, Hitoshi, Utsugi, Akira & Asahi, Yoshiyuki. (March, 2012). Nihongo hoogen-no onchoo reberu-no heni-nitsuite (Pitch variation in Japanese dialects). Poster Presentation. JLVC (Japanese Language Variation and Change) Conference 2012 at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo.
Ota, Ichiro, Takano, Shoji, Nikaido, Hitoshi, Utsugi, Akira & Asahi, Yoshiyuki. (March, 2010). Chiiki hoogen-no onchoo-ni kansuru shakai gengogakuteki kenkyuu-no koosoo (An outline of a sociolinguistic study of intonational variation in regional dialects in Japan) Poster Presentation. The 25th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Keio University, Tokyo.
Yaeger-Dror, Malcah, Takano, Shoji & Rinnert, Carol. (July, 2009). Predisagreement in different cultural settings. Poster Presentation. The 11th International Pragmatics Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Ota, Ichiro & Takano, Shoji. (March, 2008). Onchoomen-no gengo henka-ni kansuru onchoo chooshu jikken-to ebyoosha tasuku-no kekka-karano koosatsu (A study of pitch change based on the data from speech perception experiments and the picture description task). Poster Presentation. The 21st Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Japan Women’s University, Tokyo.
Yaeger-Dror, Malcah, Takano, Shoji, Strand, T., & Liu, F-H. (March, 2007). Disagreement and Prosody: A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspective. Poster Presentation. The 17th International Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference at the Imin International Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Takano, Shoji & Ota, Ichiro. (July, 2006). Generational change in Japanese prosody: A sociophonetic analysis of pitch leveling. Poster Presentation. The 16th Sociolinguistics Symposium at University of Limerick, Ireland.
Takano, Shoji & Ota, Ichiro. (October, 2005). Nihongo onsei-niokeru picchi heitanka genshoo-no shikooteki kenkyuu: Hen’i rironteki kanten-kara (A preliminary study of pitch leveling in Japanese from a perspective of Variation Theory). Poster Presentation. The 16th Conference of the Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Ryuukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takano, Shoji & Ota, Ichiro. (September, 2005). A sociolinguistic study of pitch leveling in Japanese: A preliminary analysis. Poster Presentation. The 5th UK Language Variation and Change Conference at University of Aberdeen, UK.
Asahi, Yoshiyuki, Ota, Ichiro, Nikaidoo, Hitoshi, Matsuda, Kenjiro, Takano, Shoji & Kataoka, Kuniyoshi. (May, 2005). Chiiki gengo kenkyuu-no aratana tenkai: Chiiki shakai-no tokusei-to gengo hen’i-no kanren-ni chakumokushite (New perspectives on analyzing speech communities: focusing on linguistic and social typology). Poster Presentation. The 80th Conference of Dialectological Circle of Japan at Koonan University, Kyoto.
<Invited Lectures and Plenaries>
Takano, Shoji. (March, 2018). Hoogen-to aidentitii: Jibunrashisa-no yoridokoro-to
shite-no hoogen (Dialects and Identity: Dialect as the Foundation of Who
I Am). Workshop "The Unknown World of Dialects" at the Aichi
University Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Takano, Shoji. (October, 2011). Speaker identity in language use: Varieties of English and their social meanings in today's globalized society. Hokusei Gakuen University Extension Lecture Series, "Roles of English in Globalization from the Perspectives of Language, Education, Ethnic Groups, Literature, and Mass Media."
Takano, Shoji. (December, 2004). Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Study of Second Language Acquisition: the Case of Japanese College Students’ Acquisition of EFL Articles. Open Lecture Series, Graduate School, College of Humanities, Hokusei Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (December, 2003). Komyunikeeshon nooryoku-o hagukumu eigo kyouiku: Chuukoo renkei-no shiten-kara kangaeru sono imi-to jissen (English teaching for communicative competence: Issues of cooperation between junior high and senior high schools). Keynote Lecture at the Iburi Prefectural Society Conference for the Study of High School English Education, Muroran, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (November, 2001). Gengo hen’i riron-to nihongo shakai gengogaku (Variation Theory and Japanese sociolinguistics). Invited lecturer for a graduate course ‘The Sociology of Language,’ Seijo University, Tokyo.
Takano, Shoji. (January, 1998). Bunshoo retorikku-no nichi eigo taishoo bunseki-to nihonjin chuukoosei-no eisakubun shidoo-eno kyooikuteki shisa (Contrastive rhetorical analysis of English and Japanese and its implications for teaching EFL writing to Japanese junior/senior high students). Plenary address at the Annual Meeting of Hokusei Association of English Teachers, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano, Shoji. (August, 1997). A historical overview of research on language and gender in Japan. Invited lecture for a graduate course ‘Gender and Language in Japan.’ Department of East Asian Studies, the University of Arizona, USA.
| 2014-2017 | Guroobaruka shakai-de henyoo suru aidentiti-to gengo hen’i-no inga kankei-no riron moderu koochiku (Transformation of identity and linguistic variation in a globalized community and theorizing their cause-effect relations). Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 26370496) from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
| 2013-2016 | Hen’i riron-no shintenkai-to nihongo deeta-no takakuteki bunseki
(New development of variation theory and multifaceted analyses of variable
data from Japanese) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 25284082)
from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Research Collaborator. Represented by Matsuda Kenjiro (Kobe Shoin Women’s
University) |
| 2010-2012 | Hoogen-no keisei katei kaimei-notameno zenkoku hoogen choosa (A nation-wide dialect survey for the explication of Japanese dialect formation). Research Collaborator, NINJAL’s (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) Collaborative Research Project. Represented by Yoshiyuki Asahi. |
| 2009-2012 | Kyuusokuna guroobarizeishon-niyoru chiki hoogen-no henyoo-to washa shinri-ni kansuru shakai gengogakuteki kenkyuu (A sociolinguistic study of change and variation in a regional dialect and speakers’ social psychology as affected by rapid globalization). Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (No. 21652040) from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
| 2009-2012 | Hokkaido, Fukuoka, Kagoshima hoogen-ni mirareru onchooku-no gengo henka-ni kansuru shakai gengogakuteki kenkyuu (A sociolinguistic study of change and variation in intonational phrasing with reference to Hokkaido, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima Dialects). Research Collaborator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Represented by Ichiro Ota (Kagoshima University). |
| 2009-2012 | Sesshoku hoogengaku-niyoru “gengo henyoo ruikeiron”-no koochiku (A construction of a typological theory on linguistic change and variation based on dialect contact phenomena). Research Collaborator, NINJAL’s (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) Collaborative Research Project. Represented by Yoshiyuki Asahi. |
| 2005-2006 | Nihonjin-no tairitsu iken hyoomei-niokeru inritsu-no hen’isei oyobi hooryakusei-no tankyuu: Samazamana rejisutaa-karano danwa-o shiryoo-toshite (Investigation of strategic aspects of prosody in Japanese interactions in conflict based on a variety of registers). Special Grant-in-Aid from Hokusei Gakuen University. |
| 2004-2006 | Nihongo onsei-no pittchi heitanka genshoo-ni kansuru shakai gengogakuteki kenkyuu: Hokkaido hoogen・Kagoshima hoogen-o bunseki shiryoo-toshite (A sociolinguistic study of pitch leveling in Japanese speech: Data from the Hokkaido dialect and the Kagoshima dialect). Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(1) (No. 16520284) from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
| 2002-2003 | Nihonjin eigo gakushuusha-no kanshi shuutoku-ni kansuru chooki kansatsu kenkyuu: Eigo shiyookoku taizai-ga shuutoku purosesu-ni motarasu mono (A longitudinal study of Japanese EFL learners’ acquisition of articles: Focus on the effects of living experiences in target language societies). Special Grant-in-Aid from Hokusei Gakuen University. |
| 2001-2003 | Nihonjin-no tairitsu iken hyoomei-niokeru inritsu hen’i-no kenkyuu (A study of prosodic variation in Japanese interactions in conflict). Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)(2) (No. 13610665) from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
| 2001-2003 | Nihongo shohoogen-ni mirareru chuukan gengoteki hen’i-no kenkyuu: Gengo hen’i riron-no tachiba-kara (A study of interlanguage variation observed in dialects in Japan: Variation theory perspectives). Research Collaborator. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(1) from Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Represented by Ichiro Ota (Kagoshima University). |
| 2001 | Nihonjin eigo gakushuusha-no kanshi shuutoku-ni kansuru chooki kansatsu
kenkyuu (A longitudinal study of Japanese EFL learners’ acquisition of articles). Special Grant-in-Aid from Hokusei Gakuen University. |
| 1999-2000 | Nihonjin-no gengo kooshoo-niokeru iken shoototsu-no hyoomei tetsuzuki-to
kaiketsu sutoratejii (Procedures and strategies for resolving disagreement
in Japanese interactions). Grant-in-Aid for the Encouragement of Young
Scientists (No. 11710288) from Japan Ministry of Education. |
<Review Activities>
| Review Board Member | JACET Bulletin |
| Ad Hoc Reviews : | Text Journal of Pragmatics National Science Foundation (NSF) Journal of Politeness Research The Japanese Journal of Language in Society The Handbook of Language in the Workplace (Routledge's Handbooks of Linguistics series Asia-Pacific Language Variation Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nihon Gakujutsu Shinkookai) |
| Conference Proposal Reviews | TEFL ASIA International Conference NWAV-Asia-Pacific Region Conference Japanese Korean Linguistics Conference |
<Service to Professional Associations>
| August, 2006 | Chair of Executive Committee, The 18th Conference of the Japanese Association
of Sociolinguistic Sciences at Hokusei Gakuen University |
| November, 2006 | Session Chair, The 133th Conference of the Linguistic Society of Japan
at Sapporo Gakuin University. |
- The Phonetic Society of Japan (2002 -)
- The Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences (JASS) (2000 -)
- Hokkaido Dialect Circle (2008 - )
- Hokusei Eiken (1997 - )
- The Variation Theory Forum of Japan (2000 - )
- Dialectological Circle of Japan (2001 - )