Corpus linguistics Ishibe, Naoto
Field of research: Sociolinguistics, Belgian studies
Research theme: (History of) Language Policy in Belgium from a Dialectal Perspective
Research achievements:
Politique linguistique et "dialectes": l'histoire de la politique linguistique belge du point de vue dialectal, Doctoral Dissertation, Osaka: Osaka University. 2009.
"Linguistic Diversities in the French Community of Belgium: Regional "Endogenous" Languages and "Belgicisms" ", Tagengo Shakai Kenkyukai nenpou, 3, 2007，pp. 50-70．
"Application of Statistical Methods for the Corpus-based Sociolinguistics", in The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Statistics for English Collocation Studies, Cooperative Research Report 190, 2006，pp. 91-100.
"Belgicismes: critères de distinction et corrélation avec la classe sociale", Denshika Genngo-Shiryou bunnseki kennkyu 2004-5, 2005，pp. 43-50.
"Prescriptive Attitudes towards Belgicism: Prescriptivism as a Form of Linguistic Insecurity", Journal of Language and Culture, 14, 2005，pp. 5-18.
"Use of Term "Dialect" in Academic Literatures", Sociolinguistics (Shakai-Gengogaku, 2005，pp. 11-28.
Language policy and planning, Regional varieties of French
Research achievements:
Language Policy in Belgium: Dialects and Official Languages, Osaka: Osaka University Press. 2011. (in Japanese)
“Regional languages in schools: from a new effort of a municipality in Belgium”. Language and Society. Tokyo: Sangen-sya. (in press). 13. (in Japanes)
“Research into genesis and fixation of the Belgian political language border”. Annual Report of Research Group for Multilingual Societies. Tokyo. (in press). 6. (in Japanes)
“German-speaking people as ‘national minority’ in Belgium”. Sprachwissenschaft Kyoto. Kyoto. 2011. 19: 13-36. (in Japanes)