Studies in the History of the English Language

Studies in the History of the English Language is a booklet series of the Japanese Association for Studies in the History of the English Language, which was founded in 1999 by Professor Matsuji Tajima at Kyushu University. Yoko Iyeiri is currently the president of this society. The booklets are published by Kaitakusha for the society.

General editors: Yoshiyuki Nakao, Yoko Iyeiri, and Hideshi Ohno

List of the booklets

  1. Japanese Association for Studies in the History of the English Language (ed.) 2010. Studies in the History of the English Language, 2006-2009. Suita: Osaka Books. (in Japanese)
  2. Tani, Akinobu & Hisao Osaki (eds.) 2013. Fifteenth-Century English: From Grammar to Text. Suita: Osaka Books. (in Japanese)
  3. Nakao, Yoshiyuki & Yoko Iyeiri (eds.) 2013. Chaucer’s Language: Cognitive Perspectives. Suita: Osaka Books.
  4. Iyeiri, Yoko & Jennifer Smith (eds.) 2014. Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Change. Suita: Osaka Books.
  5. Iyeiri, Yoko (ed.) 2016. Can Knowing the History of English Help in the Teaching of English? Suita: Osaka Books. (in Japanese)
  6. Tani, Akinobu & Jennifer Smith (eds.) 2017. Studies in Middle and Modern English: Historical Variation. Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
  7. Uchida, Mitsumi, Yoko Iyeiri & Lawrence Schourup (eds.) 2017. Language Contact and Variation in the History of English. Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
  8. Hori, Masahiro, Yuko Ikeda & Keisuke Koguchi (eds.) 2018. A Chronological and Comparative Study of Body Language. Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
  9. Yoko Iyeiri, Hiroshi Yadomi, David Selfe & Jeremy Smith (eds.). 2022. Variational Studies on Pronominal Forms in the History of English. Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
  10. Watanabe, Takuto & Reishiro Shibasaki (eds.) 2023. Formulaic Expressions and Formulaicity in the History of English.Tokyo: Kaitakusha. (in Japanese)
  11. Hideshi Ohno (ed.). 2023. The Absolute Infinitive: From Historical and Stylistic Perspectives. Tokyo: Kaitakusha.