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Japanese writing system, Grapholinguistics, Writing systems research, Writing systems typology, Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, 表記体系, 文字論, 表記体系研究, 日本語表記体系, 漢字, 平仮名, 片仮名
United Kingdom, Japan

Biography

Keisuke Honda is a Research Assistant in Multilingualism in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) at Dublin City University, Ireland. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and specialises in the linguistic and pedagogical aspects of the Japanese writing system. Keisuke teaches Japanese as a foreign language in the Language and Culture Programme as part of the DCU Futures project.

Keisuke's expertise is in grapholinguistics, the linguistic study of scripts and writing systems. He has published and presented widely on the linguistic aspects of the Japanese writing system as well as the contrastive analysis of Japanese and other typologically related writing systems. He is an active contributor and reviewer for the journal Association for Written Language and Literacy. He is also currently serving as a programme committee member for the Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century conference.

Japanese language education also occupies a central place in Keisuke's academic career. Before coming to DCU in 2022, he worked in UK higher education for 10 years, teaching the language at Oxford Brookes University, Imperial College London, and the University of Oxford. In recognition of his engaging teaching, he was nominated for a Student Academic Choice Award by the Imperial College Students Union in 2019 and was presented with an Oxford University Recognition Award in 2022.

Activities

Employment (8)

Dublin City University: Dublin, IE

2022-10-24 to present | Research Assistant in Multilingualism (School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2019-01 to 2022-07 | Japanese Language Tutor (Language Centre)
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2014-10 to 2022-07 | Evening Class Teacher & Japanese Lecturer (Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication)
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Faculty of 1000 (United Kingdom): London, GB

2020 to 2021 | Japanese translator and editor
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Ivona Software: Gdansk, PL

2015 to 2019 | Japanese Linguistic Consultant
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St. John's College, University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

2015 to 2016 | Tutor in Japanese Kanji
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Oxford Brookes University: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2012-10 to 2015-01 | Associate Lecturer (Department of Modern Languages)
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The Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe: Bochum, DE

2012 to 2013
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Tsukuba: Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP

2012-03 | Ph.D. in Linguistics (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
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University of Tsukuba: Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP

2005-03 | M.A. in Linguistics (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
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Dokkyo University: Saitama, JP

2002-03 | B.A. in Foreign Languages (Department of English)
Education
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Professional activities (2)

Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century: Brest, FR

2019 to present | Program Committee member
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Association for Written Language and Literacy: Tokyo, JP

2013 to present
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Funding (2)

How Alphabetic is Japanese romaji? Implications for the Description and Classification of Writing Systems

2023-11 to 2024-08 | Grant
Dublin City University (Dublin, IE)
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Modelling Kanji as a Subsignary of the Current Japanese Writing System

2019-04 to 2019-05 | Grant
Imperial College London Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication (London, GB)
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Works (27)

How alphabetic is Japanese Romaji?

Association for Written Language & Literacy 14 th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy
2023-11-11 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Keisuke Honda

Lexically valued signs in the current Japanese writing sytsem

Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2022
2022-06-09 | Conference paper
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Keisuke Honda

Types of 'logography' in the Japanese writing system

13th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy
2021-10-23 | Conference paper
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Keisuke Honda

A Modular Theoretic approach to the Japanese writing system

Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century /gʁafematik/ June 15–17, 2020
2021-03 | Conference paper
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978­2­9570549­7­8

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A Modular Theoretic Approach to the Japanese Writing System: Possibilities and Challenges

2020-07-19 | Conference paper
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Keisuke Honda

Modelling kanji as a ‘subsignary’ of the current Japanese writing system

The 12th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy
2019 | Conference poster
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Keisuke Honda

What do kanji graphs represent in the current Japanese writing system?

Graphemics in the 21st Century
2019-11-29 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 9782957054909
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Keisuke Honda

What do kanji graphs represent in Japanese?

Graphemics in the 21st century: From graphemes to knowledge
2018 | Conference paper
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Keisuke Honda

The Japanese writing system: Some facts and fantasies

2018-11-28 | Lecture
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Keisuke Honda

Phonetic complementation in the Japanese writing system: Insights from a comparative perspective

The 11th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy. 29-31 August 2017. Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan)
2017-08-30 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Keisuke Honda

Brief report about the Idea of Writing 2016

Association for Written Language and Literacy (AWLL) Newsletter 3
2016 | Newsletter article
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Keisuke Honda

Introducing writing systems: Japanese

Association for Written Language and Literacy (AWLL) Newsletter 3 onwards (continuing)
2016 | Newsletter article
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Rethinking morphography in Japanese kanji writing: Synchronic and diachronic perspectives

Idea of Writing 2016 “Writing as a System: Emergence, Variation, Performance”
2016-07-22 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Rethinking logography in Japanese kanji writing

The 10th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy “Understanding writing systems: From core issues to implications for written language acquisition”
2016-05-13 | Conference poster
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Japanese language education in UK higher education: A report on the J-GAP Higher Education research project

The Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Europe
2014 | Report
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Keisuke Honda

J-GAP UK: A Report on Japanese Language Education at UK Universities / J-GAP欧州 英国の高等教育調査報告

BATJ Seminar 7
2013-12-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda; Suzuko Anai
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Kanji instruction at Oxford Brookes University / オックスフォード・ブルックス大学における漢字指導

BATJ Forum 2013, Bridge 3 “Discussion on Kanji Teaching / Learning”
2013-08-31 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda; Suzuko Anai; Sumire Hori
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Japanese language education in UK higher education

Engaging with Japanese Studies: Revisiting the question of 'why Japan matters'
2013-03-14 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda; Suzuko Anai
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Semantically opaque graphs in Japanese kanji writing: Implications for the morphographic principle

The 8th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy “The Architecture of Writing Systems”
2012-10-04 | Conference paper
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On the moraic nature of hiragana and katakana

Tsukuba Journal of Applied Linguistics / 筑波応用言語学研究 (Tsukuba Ōyōgengogaku Kenkyū)
2011 | Journal article
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Keisuke Honda

Ambiguity in homographic kanji and disambiguation through okurigana

International Congress of Linguists
2009 | Conference paper
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Homographic kanji, their ambiguity and the effectiveness of okurigana as a device for disambiguation

Written Language and Literacy
2009-12-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1387-6732
Part of ISSN: 1570-6001
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Okurigana : An Analysis from the Viewpoint of Decoding

Tsukuba Journal of Applied Linguistics / 筑波応用言語学研究 (Tsukuba Ōyōgengogaku Kenkyū)
2008 | Journal article
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Kanji and okurigana: A case of typologically different scripts in interaction

The 6th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy “Typology of Writing Systems”
2008-09-19 | Conference poster
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Ambiguity in homographic kanji and disambiguation through okurigana

The 18th International Congress of Linguists (CIL18), Workshop "Writing Systems and the Linguistic Structure"
2008-07-22 | Conference paper
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Homography-induced ambiguity in Japanese kanji and the lexical disambiguating function of okurigana

Tsukuba Working Papers in Linguistics / 言語学論叢
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Keisuke Honda
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Kana digraphs and morae

Written Language and Literacy
2007 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1387-6732
Part of ISSN: 1570-6001
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