Recent Papers

Origin Myths of Language Diversity and Multilingualism: Reinterpreting the Tower of Babel 

in T. Katsuragi and J. Maher (Eds.) Languages in Danger and Language Networks. Tokyo: Sangensha. 2017: 74-101.

Multilingualism in the Chinese Community in Japan 

in Li Wei (Ed.) Multilingualism in the Chinese Diaspora Worldwide. New York-London: Routledge, 2016: 161-176.

​Reversing Language Shift and Revitalization: Ainu and the Celtic Languages 

社会言語科学 第17巻第1号 2014年9月 1‒16ページ
The Japanese Journal of Language in Society Vol. 17, No. 1, September 2014, pp. 1‒16
Reversing Language Shift and Revitalization: Ainu and the Celtic Languages

​Metroethnicity and the Principle of Cool 

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 175/176 (2005), pp. 83–102
Metroethnicity, language, and the principle of Cool

​Language and Society in Children’s Nursery Rhymes 

Educational Studies, Vol. 44, 189-202, 2004
童謡:その社会言語学的考察 Language and Society in Children’s Nursery Rhymes

​Nicknames: Identity and Social Management

Educational Studies, Vol. 53, 189-202, 2011
Nicknames: Identity and Social Management

​A Brief History of Pidgins and Creoles in Japan

Educational Studies, Vol. 46, 173-186, 2006
A Brief History of Pidgins and Creoles in Japan

​Literacy in Multilingual Societies

Proceedings of the Linguapax Symposium, 92-101, 2011
Literacy in Multilingual Societies