The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Arts and Science
Language and Information Sciences
日本語
English
Update date:2023/07/20
Associate Professor
MIURA AYUMI
My website is here.
Affiliation
The University of Tokyo
Department of Language and Information Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Research History
2006/04-2008/03
Musashino Institute of Foreign Languages
Part-time lecturer
2009/02-2009/06
The University of Manchester
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Teaching Assistant
2010/02-2010/07
The University of Manchester
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Teaching Assistant
2011/09-2012/01
The University of Manchester
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Teaching Assistant
2012/04-2013/03
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
School of Foreign Studies
Part-time lecturer
2013/04-2016/03
Kansai Gaidai University
College of Foreign Studies
Assistant Professor (Specially Appointed)
2016/04-2017/08
Kansai Gaidai University
College of International Professional Development
Associate Professor (Specially Appointed)
2017/09-2022/03
Osaka University
Studies in Language and Culture, Graduate School of Language and Culture
Associate Professor
2019/10-2020/03
The Open University of Japan
Osaka Centre
Part-time lecturer
2022/04-2023/03
Osaka University
Division of Language and Culture, Graduate School of Humanities
Associate Professor
2023/04-present
The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Language and Information Sciences
Associate Professor
2024/04-present
International Christian University
Graduate School, School of Arts and Sciences Master's Course, Education and Psychology Program
Part-time lecturer
Education
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2003/03
Faculty of Foreign Studies English
Department of European and American Studies I
The University of Tokyo
2008/03
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Field of Specialisation of Language and Information Sciences
The University of Manchester
2011/11
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
Linguistics and English Language
Degree
PhD (Linguistics)
The University of Manchester
2011/11
MA
The University of Tokyo
BA
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Research Areas
Humanities & Social Sciences
Linguistics
Humanities & Social Sciences
English linguistics
Research Interests
history of the English language
Middle English
Latin
Old English
syntax
semantics
lexicology
lexicography
Research Projects
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Latin-based vocabulary and grammar in the Wycliffite Bible and their historical development
2022/04-2025/03
Principal investigator
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists
Reception of Latin vocabulary and grammar in _An Alphabet of Tales_
2019/04-2022/03
Principal investigator
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Syntactic and semantic changes in the history of English with verbs derived from nouns expressing status, occupation or role
2014/04-2017/03
Principal investigator
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Books and Other Publications
Lighthouse English-Japanese Dictionary (7th edition)
Kaoru Akasu
Kenkyusha
2023/10
9784767415079
Categories, constructions, and change in English syntax
Nuria Yáñez-Bouza Emma Moore Linda van Bergen Willem B. Hollmann with the assistance of Ayumi Miura
Cambridge University Press
2019/10
9781108419567
URL
URL_2
Compass Rose English-Japanese Dictionary
Kaoru Akasu
Kenkyusha
2018/11
9784767415321
URL
URL_2
Dictionary of the latest terms of English linguistics and linguistics
Hirozo Nakano Yoshihiro Hattori Takahiro Ono Tetsuo Nishihara
Kaitakusha
2015/11
9784758922159
URL
Middle English verbs of emotion and impersonal constructions: Verb meaning and syntax in diachrony
Ayumi Miura
Oxford University Press
2014/12
9780199947157
URL
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Papers
Internet resources for the history of English
2024/12
Ayumi Miura
New Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume III: Change, transmission and ideology
Dissertations (books)
URL
Cambridge University Press
Manner/result complementarity: A view from _orphan_ verbs and _captain_ verbs
2024/06
Ayumi Miura
LEXICON
54, 1-19
Research paper (scientific journal)
URL
URL_2
Iwasaki Linguistic Circle
Reception of Latin among new English words in the _Wycliffite Bible_: Some case studies of synonyms
2024/05
Ayumi Miura
Comparison and Exchange of Language and Culture 11
37-44
Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
10.18910/97321
Division of Language and Culture, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
Reception of Latin vocabulary and introduction of new words in _An Alphabet of Tales_
2023/05
Ayumi Miura
Comparison and Exchange of Language and Culture 10
20-33
Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
10.18910/91553
Division of Language and Culture, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
Review of Castro-Chao, Noelia. 2021. Argument Structure in Flux: The Development of Impersonal Constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with Special Reference to Verbs of Desire. Bern: Peter Lang. ISBN: 978-3-0343-4189-9. https://doi.org/10.3726/b17694
2022/05
Ayumi Miura
Research in Corpus Linguistics
10/ 1, 213-227
(MISC) Book review and document introduction, etc.
10.32714/ricl.10.01.12
Spanish Association for Corpus Linguistics
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Presentations
EfAS in the age of AI
Symposium by Department of English Language, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, 'English education at the University of Tokyo in the age of AI'
2025/03/10
Symposium workshop panel(nominated)
How Are Middle English Studies in Japan Likely to Change?
Symposium 'The Future Past: JSMES and Medieval English Studies in the Coming Ages', The 40th Congress of The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies
2024/12/08
Symposium workshop panel(nominated)
Reassessing foreign influence in the rise and spread of the combining form _-in-law_ in Middle English
34th International Conference of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM 34)
2024/09/19
Oral presentation(general)
URL
Manner/result complementarity: A view from orphan verbs and captain verbs
Symposium 'Manner/result complementarity', The 75th Congress of The Regional District of Chubu Branch, The English Literary Society of Japan
2023/10/28
Symposium workshop panel(nominated)
URL
Unveiling EfAS (and UoT students): My agony and findings in the 2023 S semester
FD seminar for English for Arts and Sciences
2023/09/13
Public discourse, seminar, tutorial, course, lecture and others
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Works
HEL on the Web
Web Service
2009/08-present
A Gateway to Studying HEL
Web Service
2008/08-present
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Awards
2021/11
Osaka University Prize (Junior Researchers)
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/guide/honors/campus-award/ouprize/ouprize_r3
Winner of the 17th JSPS Prize and the 17th Japan Academy Medal
2021/03
President's Special Prize
https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/news/topics/2021/3/20210329001
2021/01
17th Japan Academy Medal
https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/japanese/news/2021/011201.html
2020/12
17th (FY2020) JSPS Prize
https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-jsps-prize/ichiran.html
2008/04
Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Research_Scholarship
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Social Activities
Intermediate English: Giving a Speech in English
2020/01/11-2020/01/12
Relearning English through its history
2018/08/08-2018/08/08
Tracing the history of the English language
2007/11/19-2007/11/19
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Academic_Activities
FD workshop for EfAS, 2024 autumn semester
Planning,management,etc.,Panel moderator,session chair,etc.,Supervision(editorial)
EfAS organisers, Department of English Language, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2024/09/27-2024/09/27
The University of Tokyo, Komaba
FD workshop for EfAS, 2024 spring semester
Planning,management,etc.,Panel moderator,session chair,etc.,Supervision(editorial)
EfAS organisers, Department of English Language, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2024/03/27-2024/03/27
The University of Tokyo, Komaba
Seminar 'Publishing in international journals of linguistics'
Planning,management,etc.,Panel moderator,session chair,etc.,Supervision(editorial)
Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University
2021/08/06-2021/08/06
Zoom
Professor George Walkden (University of Konstanz; editor-in-chief of Journal of Historical Syntax) 'Open Access and changes in the linguistics publishing landscape' Dr Paula Rodríguez-Puente (University of Oviedo; editor-in-chief of Research in Corpus Linguistics) 'Publish or perish: An author's and editor's perspective'
Seminar 'Publishing a (linguistics) book with an international publisher'
Planning,management,etc.,Panel moderator,session chair,etc.,Supervision(editorial)
Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University
2021/08/05-2021/08/05
Zoom
Helen Barton (Senior Commissioning Editor, Cambridge University Press)
FD Workshop 'Integrated English (Academic Skills): Teaching Practices'
Planning,management,etc.,Panel moderator,session chair,etc.,Supervision(editorial)
Department of English, Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University
2021/03/25-2021/03/25
Zoom
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Media Coverage
<時に沿って> 新しいチャプターの始まり
Promotional material
東京大学教養学部
教養学部報
2023/06/01
人文・社会科学の知
Promotional material
大阪大学 研究推進本部
社会課題の理解と解決を目指して 大阪大学若手研究者の取組・ビジョン2022
2022/03
Researchers' Words
Promotional material
Osaka University
Prospectus 2022
2022/02/04
"A lifelong love of the English language fuels a relentless pursuit of knowledge"
Promotional material
Osaka University
Global Outlook
2021/12/22
大阪大学総長特別表彰について
Internet
大阪大学大学院言語文化研究科言語文化専攻
2021/03/30
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Professional Memberships
2023/09-present
The University of Tokyo Language Variation and Change @ Komaba (UTLVC@Komaba)
http://phiz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~utlvc/index.html
2021/10-2023/03
SAKIGAKE Club, Osaka University
https://www.ura.osaka-u.ac.jp/uramagazine/vol_071.html
2009/04-present
ISLE (The International Society for the Linguistics of English)
https://www.isle-linguistics.org/
2007/05-present
Modern English Association
http://www.modernenglish.jp/
2003/09-present
The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies
http://www.jsmes.jp/
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Committee Memberships
2024/07-2025/05
CBDA-8 (Colloque Bisannuel de la Diachronie de l’Anglais)
Scientific Committee
2024/06-2025/04
HEART 2025 Conference (Historical English Analysis and Research Tradition)
Scientific Committee
2021/04-2024/03
The English Literary Society of Japan
Member of the Editorial Committee
2019/09-2019/10
Research in Corpus Linguistics
Manuscript Reviewer
2018/06-2018/08
Proceedings of CBDA-5 (Tours, July 2017)
Manuscript Reviewer
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