Fumio INOUE
professor emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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Fumio INOUE

A curriculum vitae of Fumio Inoue
Born in May 17, 1942 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
1966 Graduated from Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University.
1968 Master of Arts, Graduate course of linguistics, Tokyo University.
1971 Got enough units for a condidate to doctor's degree
1971 to 1974 Assistant of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University
1974 to 1977 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University
1977 to 1986 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
1986 to present Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Presently Professor of Sociolinguistics, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Major in Sociolinguistics, Dialectology.
Awarded "Kindaichi Kyosuke Prize" in 1986 for the study of "new dialect".

English Papers
Some papers are available as PDF files.

English Papers on Sociolinguistics and Computational Dialectology --- anguage Market, New Dialect and Dialect Image --- (Sanseido Word-Wise Web)

Main Publications (in Japanese) :
"A Sociolinguistic Study of <<New Dialect>> and <<Language Deterioration>>" (1983)
"Neologisms in Japanese: Materials" (with Tsunao Ogino) (1984)
"The Changing Japanese Language --- Distribution and Change of <<New Dialect Forms>> ---" (Meiji Shoin, 1985)
"Age-Area Distribution of the Kanto and Tohoku Dialects (SF Glottograms)" (1985)
"New Landscape of Language Use (Honorifics and Dialect)" (Akiyama Syoten,1989)
"Dialect Dictionary of Saitama Prefecture" (editing) (Ofusha) (1989)
"Nihongo Watching" (Iwanami Shinsho) (1998)


Fumio INOUE