ILCAA Joint Research Project

A sociolinguistic study of heritage languages and ethnic identities of migrants (jrp000267)

About the Project

Project term: April, 2021–March, 2024

  Various factors influence whether an immigrant community continues to maintain the language and culture of its home country despite generational shifts or assimilation into the language usage patterns of the host country. This research project investigates this issue from the perspectives of heritage language education and ethnic identity formation. Building on an initial discussion of the research methods employed in previous studies, this project aims to propose a methodology which enables comparisons between the various language situations faced by immigrant communities in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas.

Members

Coordinator

• Mayumi ADACHI

ILCAA Staff

• Norikazu KOGURA

Joint Researchers

• Yasuhiro ARAI
• Tooru HAYASI
• Junko HIBIYA
• Fumiya HIRATAKA
• Jae Ho LEE
• John C. Maher
• Kazuko MATSUMOTO
• Naoki OGOSHI
• Akiko OKUMURA
• Daniel Quintero García
• Mizuki SAKURAMA
• Rei SUGIURA
• Joy TANIGUCHI
• Rika YAMASHITA
• Sachi YOSHIDA

Outputs

Meetings

The 7th meeting/ The 32nd Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sun 28 May 2023 10:00–16:45
• Venue: Hongo Satellite 8F, Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 10:00–11:30 All participants

  Business meeting

  11:30–13:00

  Break

  13:00–13:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  13:10–14:30 Junko SARUHASHI (Aoyama Gakuin Univerity)

  “The circulation of semiotic resources in nation-specific festivals and space creation: The case of Thai Festival in metropolitan areas in Japan”

  14:30–14:40

  Break

  14:40–15:20 Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University)

  ““Who wants to see the City Hall in green and white?” A report on fieldwork in March 2023”

  15:20–15:30

  Break

  15:30–16:45

  All participants Workshop+Discussion, Facilitator: Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University), Speaker: Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University), Rei SUGIURA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, The University of Tokyo/JSPS), Commentator: Takaya HAYASHI (Mukogawa Women's University)

The 6th meeting/ The 31th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Fri 17 Feb 2023 14:00–16:45
• Venue: 303, Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 14:00–14:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  14:10–15:00 Junko HIBIYA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Sacred Heart School Corporation)

  “Review of the Heritage Language Variation and Change Project (HLVC)”

  15:00–15:15 All participants

  Discussion

  15:25–16:45 All participants

  Business meeting

The 5th meeting/ The 30th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages ：Report (Japanese)

• Date/Time: Sat 7 Jan 2023 13:00–15:30
• Venue: Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 13:00–13:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  13:10–14:00 Fumiya HIRATAKA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Aichi University, Keio University)

  “Acquisition, Education and Policy of German as a Second Language: through the Introduction of a Monograph”

  14:10–15:00 Rei SUGIURA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)

  “How do Alsatian people use and inherit the regional language?”

  15:00–15:30 All participants

  Discussion

The 4th meeting/ The 29th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• Date/Time: Sat 24 Sep 2022 13:00–17:00
• Venue: Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing)
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 13:00–13:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  13:10–14:00 Norikazu KOGURA (ILCAA)

  “On the development of online community of Sibe speakers and learners”

  14:10–15:00 John C. Maher (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Professor Emeritus at International Christian University)

  “Learning Irish Online”

  15:00–15:30 All participants

  Discussion

  15:40–17:00 All participants

  Business meeting

The 3rd meeting/ The 28th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages ：Report (Japanese)(411KB)

• Date/Time: Sat 8 Jan 2022 13:00–17:00
• Venue: Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 13:00–13:10 Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University)

  Introduction

  13:10–14:00 Naoki OGOSHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo)

  “Language use of Korean residents in Japan: Changes in quantitative research”

  14:10–15:00 Yasuhiro ARAI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Bunkyo Gakuin University)

  “A New Challenge for Mobility and Language of Koreans in China”

  15:00–15:30 All participants

  Discussion

  15:40–17:00 All participants

  Business meeting

The 2nd meeting/ The 27th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages ：Report (Japanese)(427KB)

• Date/Time: Thu 2 Sep 2021 9:00–12:30
• Venue: Online meeting
• Organized by Core Project “Linguistic Dynamics Science3 (LingDy3)”
• Cooperated by Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

• 09:00–09:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  09:10–10:00 Mizuki SAKURAMA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow/Waseda University)

  “The Process of Language Choice in a Multi-Lingual Environment: A Qualitative Analysis Using a Grounded Theory Approach”

  10:10–11:00 Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University)

  “From linguistic landscape to semiotic landscape: Exploring cases of Pakistanis abroad”

  11:10–12:00 Joy TANIGUCHI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology)

  “A qualitative method for children's languages in multilingual environments”

  12:00–12:30 All participants

  Discussion

The 1st meeting ：Report (Japanese)(511KB)

• Date/Time: Sun 9 May 2021 14:00–17:30
• Venue: Online meeting

• 14:00–14:10 Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)

  Introduction

  14:10–15:00 Junko HIBIYA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Sacred Heart School Corporation)

  “Heritage Language Variation and Change Project (HLVC)”

  15:10-16:00 Kazuko MATSUMOTO (ILCAA Joint Researcher, The University of Tokyo), Sachi YOSHIDA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Atomi University), Akiko OKUMURA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, The University of Tokyo)

  “On the role of ethnicity in linguistic variation: Four diaspora case studies from the Greater Tokyo Area and Sakhalin in the Russian Far East”

  16:10–17:00 Tooru HAYASI (ILCAA Joint Researcher, The Open University of Japan)

  “Rethinking the value of indecisive respondents for questionnaire surveys”

  17:00–17:30 All participants

  Discussion

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