Aya Inoue

 

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Linguistics

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

1711 East-West Road, MSC 547

Honolulu, HI, 96848-1711

ainoue@hawaii.edu

 

CONTENTS

*       EDUCATION

*       PUBLICATIONS

*       DISSERTATION

*       REFEREED PRESENTATIONS

*       TEACHING EXPERIENCE

*       ACADEMIC HONORS

 

EDUCATION

 

2000 – Present University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

                        Department of Linguistics, Ph.D. Candidate

                        (Anticipated degree: Spring 2008)

 

1999 – 2000    The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

                        Ph.D. Program in Language and Information Science

 

1996 – 1999    The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

                        M.A., Division of Language and Information Sciences.

 

1992 – 1996    Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

                        M.A., Department of Law.

 

1992                Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

                        B.A., Department of Law.

 

 

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PUBLICATIONS

 

Inoue, A. (Forthcoming). Covert ideologies in Pidgin-English translation humor. Proceedings of Symposium About Language and Society - Austin (SALSAXV), Texas Linguistics Forum 51, Austin: Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin.  [pdf]

 

Inoue, A. (Forthcoming). From exclusive particle to adversative conjunction: A study on the particle tasol in Tok Pisin. Proceedings of BLS 33 Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Linguistics Society.  [pdf]

 

Inoue, A. (2007). Copula patterns in Hawai‘i Creole: Creole origin and decreolization.  In Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages (Creole Language Library 32), Viveka Velupillai & Magnus Huber (eds), 183-195.  Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.  [pdf]

 

Inoue, A. (2006). Grammatical features of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese: Common characteristics of restricted pidgins. In Japanese/Korean Linguistics Volume 15, Naomi McGloin & Junko Mori (eds), 55-66. Stanford: CSLI Publications.  [pdf]

 

Inoue, A. (2004). Visual word recognition in Hawai‘i Creole English: Bidialectal effect on reading. University of Hawai‘i Working Paper in Linguistics 35(2), 1-29.  [pdf]

 

Inoue, A. (2004). Pidginized variety of Japanese in Yokohama: Can we label it as pidgin? Proceedings: Selected Papars from the Seventh College-wide Conference for Students in Languages, Linguistics, and Literature.  Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

 

Inoue, A. (1999). On the particle tasol in Tok Pisin. Proceedings of the 119th Conference of the Linguistic Society of Japan. (in Japanese)

 

 

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DISSERTATION

 

Copula Variability in Hawai‘i Creole Continuum.

 

This research provides a detailed quantitative analysis of copula variability in Hawai‘i Creole (HC).  Although copula absence has been extensively investigated in English-based creoles (EBCs) and African American Vernacular English (AAVE), research on copula has mostly been done on a handful of Caribbean EBCs (e.g., Barbadian, Jamaican, Trinidadian, Guyanese), and there is the need for more variationist analyses of copula absence in other EBCs especially those in Pacific areas.  Multivariate analysis of copula variability in HC will enable us to compare HC with other English based varieties.  It will also elucidate the issues on variability of HC on a range of variation from basilect to acrolect (creole continuum).  In my dissertation, three aspects of HC continuum, namely, directionality, universality, and discreteness are investigated based on quantitative evidence: (1) How has HC changed over the last three decades following Hawai‘i’s annexation to the U.S. (directionality)?  (2) Is HC similar to other EBCs in terms of copula variability (universality), and (3) Do basilectal HC (“heavy Pidgin”) and acrolectal HC (“light Pidgin”) belong to the same grammatical system, or are they separate systems (discreteness)?  Sociolinguistic interviews with 40 urban and rural O‘ahu residents as well as 20 Kaua‘i residents collected by the project External Influences and Internal Variation in Current Hawai‘i Creole (PI Jeff Siegel) in 2001-2007 are analyzed to answer these research questions. 

 

Dissertation committee

Dr. Andrew Wong (Chair): Sociolinguistics

Dr. Yuko Otsuka: Syntax

Dr. Amy Schafer: Psycholinguistics

Dr. Jeff Siegel: Pidgin and creole linguistics (University of New England, Australia)

Dr. Eileen Tamura (Outside member): Education

 

 

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REFEREED PRESENTATIONS

 

“Effectiveness of grammaticality judgment as a tool for investigating perception grammar in creole languages.” To be presented at The 34th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (BLS 34), University of California at Berkeley, CA February 8-10 2008.

 

“Covert ideologies in Pidgin-English translation humor.” (with Andrew D.W. Wong) Symposium About Language and Society - Austin (SALSAXV), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, April 12-15 2007.

 

“Exploring Variability in the Grammar of Non-standardized Language: The Role of Social Factors in Hawai‘i Creole English.” (In the group presentation entitled “Raising language awareness through research & community activism” as a member of Da Pidgin Coup) The 2007 conference of the International Society for Language Studies (ISLS 2007), Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa, Honolulu, HI: April 2-4 2007.

 

“From exclusive particle to adversative conjunction: A study on the particle tasol in Tok Pisin.” The 33rd Annual Meeting for the Berkeley Linguistics Society (BLS 33), University of California at Berkeley, CA February 9-11 2007.

 

“Copula patterns in Hawai‘i Creole: Creole origin and decreolization.” Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL-LSA), the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Doubletree Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, January 2006.

 

“Copula absence in Hawai‘i Creole: Social and linguistic constraints of variation.” New Ways of Analyzing Variation, New York University, NY October 2005.

 

“Grammatical features of Yokohama Pidgin Japanese: Common characteristics of restricted pidgins.” 15th Japanese / Korean Conference, University of Wisconsin at Madison, October 2005.

 

“A quantitative study on past tense reference in Hawai‘i Creole English.” Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL-LSA) Oakland, CA January 2005.

 

“Variation of past-tense marking in Hawai‘i Creole English.”  New Ways of Analyzing Variation 33 (NWAV33), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI October 2004.

 

“Bidialectal effect on reading: Visual word recognition in Hawai‘i creole English.”  The 6th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics (COOL6), University of South Pacific, Vanuatu, July 2004.

 

“Visual word recognition in Hawai‘i Creole English: Bidialectal effect on reading.” Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), Boston MA. January 2004. 

 

“Sociolinguistic history and linguistic features of pidginized Japanese in Yokohama.” Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, HI August 2003.

 

“On the particle tasol in Tok Pisin.” 119th Conference of the Linguistic Society of Japan, Kobe Japan, November 1999.

 

 

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Spring 2007     Teaching assistant, Unit Mastery (Ling 100, 102)

                        Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

                        Supervisor: Paul Lassettre

                        - Worked as a teaching assistant for Unit Mastery Course (Ling 100, 102)

 

                        SI (Supplemental Instruction) leader, Articulatory Phonetics (Ling 410)

                        Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology

                        Supervisor: Dr. Randy Weirather, Sachi Kaulukukui

                        - Lead weekly SI session, tutor students through office hours

 

Fall 2006          Teaching assistant, Language As a Public Concern (Ling 416)

                        Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

                        Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Wong

 

Fall 2005-Spring 2006

                        Instructor, Introduction to the Study of Language (Ling 102, lower-division undergraduate course for general linguistics)

                        Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Full responsibility)

 

Fall 2004          Teaching Apprenticeship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Fall 2004

                        Supervisor: Paul Lassettre

                        - Worked as a teaching assistant for Unit Mastery Course (Ling 100, 102)

                        - Graded exams.  Prepared exams for the units “Society and Language.”

 

Fall 2003          Teaching Apprenticeship, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Fall 2003

                        Supervisor: Paul Lassettre

                        - Developed teaching materials on “Pidgins and Creoles/Hawai‘i Creole English” for Introduction to Languages (Ling 102) course.

 

Spring 1999- Spring 2000, Fall 1997 – Spring 1998.

                        Teaching Assistant, English, University of Tokyo,

                        - Helped instructor in class by operating videotapes and overhead projector. 

                        - Graded final exams.  Helped make final exams.

 

 

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ACADEMIC HONORS

 

East-West Center Conference Scholarship (to present paper at SPCL06), Spring 2006.

 

American Association of University Women Honolulu Branch, Pacific Fellowship, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.

 

Mildred Towle Scholarship for International Students at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006.

 

East-West Center, Student Affiliate Scholar, Fall 2005 – Present.

 

Arts & Science Advisory Council Award, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Spring 2005.

 

University of Hawai‘i, Department of Linguistics Endowment Fund (to present paper at NWAV33), Fall 2004.

 

The Charlene Junko Sato Endowed Memorial Fund Award (for the follow up experiment of the research project: Visual Word Recognition Process in HCE, PI: Aya Inoue), Spring 2004.

 

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Language, Linguistics, and Literatures Research Fund (to present paper at COOL6), Spring 2004.

 

East-West Center Alumni Travel Fund (to present paper at COOL6), Spring 2004.

 

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Graduate Student Organization Academic Travel Fund (to present paper at 2004 Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America in Boston), UH Mānoa, Spring 2004.

 

The Charlene Junko Sato Endowed Memorial Fund Award (for the research project: Visual Word Recognition Process in HCE, PI: Aya Inoue), Spring 2002.

 

East-West Center, Graduate Degree Fellowship, Fall 2001 – Summer 2005.

 

Graduate Division Pacific Asian Scholarship (Tuition waiver) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Spring 2001- Spring 2005.

 

Graduate Division Pacific Asian Scholarship (Tuition differential waiver) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Fall 2000.

 

 

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Last revised: 01/01/2008