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Stephen Mark Howe

Faculty of Humanities
Professor

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), University of London
■ Research Keyword
  • Historical linguistics
  • Pacific languages
  • Australian languages
  • African languages
  • Personal pronouns
  • Yes and no
  • Universals
  • Language variation and change
  • Linguistics
  • English
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Germanic languages
  • Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Universals of human language
  • Humanities & social sciences, English linguistics, Historical linguistics

Career

■ Educational Background
  • 1987 - 1995
    University of London, Royal Holloway, PhD
  • 1992 - 1993
    University of Lund, Sweden, Department of Scandinavian Languages
  • 1991 - 1991
    University of Freiburg, Institute of Comparative Germanic Philology and Scandinavian Studies
  • 1989 - 1989
    University of Freiburg, Institute of Comparative Germanic Philology and Scandinavian Studies
  • 1984 - 1987
    University of Newcastle, BA Honours (First class)
  • 1985 - 1986
    University of Würzburg, Germany
  • 1982 - 1984
    University of Newcastle, Pre-Med, Medicine
■ Member History
  • 2016 - Present
    Editorial board, Japanese Society for Historical Linguistics

Research activity information

■ Award
  • 1992
    Royal Holloway College, University of London, Edna Purdie Scholarship
    Howe;Stephen Mark
  • 1992
    Institute of Germanic Studies, Robson-Scott Travelling Scholarship
    Howe;Stephen Mark
  • 1992
    Belgian Government, Flemish Community, Department of Education Scholarship
    Howe;Stephen Mark
  • 1987
    British Academy, Three-year studentship for PhD research
    Howe;Stephen Mark
■ Paper
  • East Anglian English and the Langue de jearse and dow
    Stephen Howe
    NOWELE / North-Western European Language Evolution, 19 Jun. 2023, 76(1):112 - 125, Refereed
  • Aye–aey: An Anglo-Frisian parallel
    Howe, Stephen
    Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, Jun. 2017, 77(1-2):210 - 242, Refereed
  • ‘Learning English in Sweden and Japan, Part 2: Obstacles to fluency’.
    Howe, Stephen
    The Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, 01 Feb. 2016, series A, 15(5):77 - 84
  • Learning English in Sweden and Japan: An Overview
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, 01 Jul. 2015, XLVII(I (no. 184))
  • North Sea Germanic Pronouns
    Howe Stephen
    Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, 2013, 12(4):5 - 18
  • A re-examination of Greenberg's universals
    Howe Stephen
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Jun. 2012, XLIV(I (172)):209 - 253
  • Reanalysis in pronouns
    Howe Stephen
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Jun. 2011, XLIII(I (168)):97 - 126
  • Pronouns and politeness in English and Japanese
    Howe Stephen
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Mar. 2011, vol. XLII(no. IV (no. 167)):1161 - 1201
  • New pronouns and loss of pronouns in English and Japanese
    Howe Stephen
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Dec. 2010, vol. XLII(no. III (no. 166)):1 - 37
  • Personal pronouns in English and Japanese: A preliminary comparison
    Howe Stephen
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Mar. 2010, vol. XLI(no. IV (no. 163)):1473 - 1504
  • Pronoun morphology
    Howe Stephen
    The Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, Fukuoka University, Dec. 2009, series A, vol. 9(no. 7):1 - 13
■ Books and other publications
  • Concise PhraseBook for Writing Academic English
    Stephen Howe, Single work
    The Whole World Company Press, 01 Oct. 2022
    1903384095
  • Emphatic “yes” and “no” in Eastern English: Jearse and dow
    Stephen Howe, Single work, 148–187
    De Gruyter Mouton, Jun. 2018
  • Old Frisian personal pronouns: morphology and change
    Stephen Howe, Single work, 201-242
    Brill/Rodopi (= Amsterdamer Beitraege zur aelteren Germanistik 73), Jan. 2014
    9789042039094
  • PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English (4th edition) (paperback)
    Stephen Howe; Kristina Henriksson, Joint work
    EnglishforResearch.com, Cambridge, England, Oct. 2007
    9781492959793
  • PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English (4th edition) (digital)
    Stephen Howe; Kristina Henriksson, Joint work
    EnglishforResearch.com, Cambridge, England, 2006
  • PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research (3rd edition)
    Stephen Howe; Kristina Henriksson, Joint work
    EnglishforResearch.com, Cambridge, England, 2002
  • PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research (2nd edition)
    Stephen Howe; Kristina Henriksson, Joint work
    EnglishforResearch.com, Cambridge, England, 2001
  • PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research (1st edition)
    Stephen Howe; Kristina Henriksson, Joint work
    EnglishforResearch.com, Cambridge, England, 2000
  • The Personal Pronouns in the Germanic Languages
    Single work
    De Gruyter, Berlin and New York, Aug. 1996
    3110146363
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • ‘Eastern English in America: ‘dow’ and ‘jearse’ in New England’
    Howe, Stephen
    3rd Southern Englishes Workshop, University College London, 19 Feb. 2016
  • ‘The forms of “yes” and “no” in English: origin and development’.
    Howe, Stephen
    5th conference of the Japan Society for Historical Linguistics, 20 Dec. 2015
  • Studio guest on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, talking about research on jearse and dow, emphatic words for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the East of England.
    Howe, Stephen
    BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Melvyn in the Morning, 21 Aug. 2015
  • Studio guest on BBC Radio Norfolk, talking about research on jearse and dow, emphatic words for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the East of England.
    Howe, Stephen
    BBC Radio Norfolk, Nicky Price Breakfast Show, 19 Aug. 2015
  • Studio guest on BBC Radio Suffolk, talking about research on jearse and dow, emphatic words for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the East of England
    Howe, Stephen
    BBC Radio Suffolk, Lesley Dolphin Show, 17 Aug. 2015
  • BBC radio interview about research on jearse and dow, emphatic words for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in East Anglia
    Stephen Howe
    BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Lunchtime Live (28:00-45:00), 29 Jul. 2015
  • The origin and meaning of “yes” and “no”
    Stephen Howe
    Fukuoka Linguistic Circle, 18 Jul. 2015, Fukuoka Linguistic Circle
  • Are “yes” and “no” universal?
    Language Variation and Change Research Forum, 30 May 2015
  • Emphatic yes and no in East Anglian dialect: jearse and dow
    Second Southern Englishes Workshop, University of Cambridge, 23 Mar. 2015
  • The etymologies of Old Frisian iemma(n) and himmen
    20th Frisian Philologists' Conference, Dec. 2014
  • Language variation and change: What varies and what never changes
    Language Variation and Change Research Forum, May 2014
  • Origins, development and loss of personal pronouns
    3rd conference of the Japan Society for Historical Linguistics, Nov. 2013
  • Irregularity in pronouns
    Irregularity in Morphology (and Beyond), 01 Oct. 2009
  • Looking in, looking out: Best and worst practice
    JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching), 23 Nov. 2007
■ Affiliated academic society
  • Linguistics Association of Great Britain
  • Japan Society for Historical Linguistics
■ Media Coverage
  • 日本歴史言語学会

    Dec. 2016
  • Stephen Howe's mission from Japan: Is that a 'jearse' or a 'dow'?

    BBC News, Stephen Howe's mission from Japan: Is that a 'jearse' or a 'dow'?, BBC News, 20 Aug. 2015, Internet
■ Others
  • Visiting researcher, Section for African Languages, University of Cape Town

    Oct. 2018 - Oct. 2018
  • Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge University

    Apr. 2018 - Apr. 2018