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Call for Oral/Poster Presentations for the 34th General Meeting of PSJ

Dear Members of the Phonetics Society of Japan

The 34th General Meeting of PSJ scheduled to be held at Kobe Gakuin University on September 25th and 26th has been decided to be held online, due to the unpredictable future conditions related to the spread of the coronavirus infection. We will ask all participants to make a real-time presentation using Zoom. In addition, the presentation will be recorded and made available to PSJ members only for a certain period after the event.

In this way, you will also be able to participate from overseas or from remote areas if you can access the network on the days of the Meeting. Therefore, the deadline for presentation applications will be extended until Friday, July 10. It is a good opportunity for more members as well as non-members to participate than if it were held as a regular national convention. The 35th General Meeting in 2021 will be held at Kobe Gakuin University.

Chair of PSJ Planning Committee, Ryoko Hayashi



The information of the 34th General Meeting is as follows.
Date: Saturday, September 26 – Sunday, September 27, 2020
Venue: Online (Zoom)

Submission for oral/poster presentations (both to be held in the afternoon of Day 1) and workshop proposals (morning of Day 2) is now open. Please read the submission guidelines carefully and submit your oral/poster presentation proposals through the electronic submission page.

*Please note that some or all of the program may be held online depending on future conditions related to the spread of the coronavirus infection.

Call for oral/poster presentations

Please submit your proposals through the following website.
Submissions should be sent in both PDF and MS Word (or text file) formats.

◆Submission system website◆
https://iap-jp.org/psj/conf/login.html

Deadline: Friday, July 10th, 2020 (23:59 Japan Standard Time).
  • You should receive a confirmation e-mail after your submission.
  • If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, your submission may be incomplete or your registered e-mail address incorrect.
  • Please contact the Meeting Helpdesk before June 13th if you encounter any other problem.
◆Phonetic Society of Japan, General Meeting Helpdesk◆
E-mail:psj-desk@bunken.co.jp

Information necessary for submission

  • Name and affiliation of all the presenters (in Japanese and English)
    • Affiliation for graduate students should be “XX University, Graduate School of XX)
  • Preferred presentation type (oral/poster)
    • Oral presentations will be allocated approximately 30 minutes including time for discussion questions, while poster presentations will be allocated about 90 minutes (exact time allocation may be subject to change and will be confirmed later).
  • Target language (please choose from the following)
    • Japanese (standard/Tokyo dialect), Japanese (other dialects), Japanese education, English/English education, Korean/Korean education, Chinese/Chinese education, Others
  • Area of research (please choose from the following)
    • Vowels, consonants, accent/tone, intonation, rhythm, others
  • Language of presentation (Japanese/English)
  • Title of presentation in Japanese
  • Title of presentation in English
  • Abstract
    • Up to 800 Japanese characters or 400 English words
    • Please submit your abstract in MS-Word (or textfile or TeX) and PDF in A4 paper format, and upload both files through the online submission system.
    • Please download the MS-Word format from: http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/downloads
  • Whether you would like to be considered for an Outstanding Presentation Award.(Yes/No)

Guideline for submission

  1. The presenter must be a member of the Phonetic Society of Japan.
    Non-members may submit if the first author is a member.
    The first author must be a member of the society at the time of submission.
    Please check whether the first author has paid the annual membership fees for the current year at the time of submission.
    Submission may be cancelled if the membership fees of the first author remain unpaid by the submission deadline.

    Please see http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/membership for details.

  2. Only one submission (oral or poster) is permitted as first author.
  3. If the first author is eligible for consideration for an Outstanding Presentation Award (either he/she is a graduate student or 40 years old or younger before March 31st, 2020), please let us know whether you would like to be considered for this award.
  4. Papers submitted to or scheduled to be submitted to other conferences will not be accepted.
  5. The abstract should include results available at the time of submission.
    Papers with only experiment plans will not be accepted.
  6. Applicants may choose the presentation type (oral or poster), but if you put a check mark on the “open to change”, the final decision will be made by the committee.
  7. Notification of acceptance will be sent around July 21th, 2020.
    If accepted, please submit the full paper in PDF format by August 17th, 2020 via the online submission system.
    Late submission may not be published on the website.
    Please note that the papers will be uploaded to the website the way they are submitted (i.e., they will not be edited).
  8. The paper format is the same for oral and poster presentations (less than 6 pages on A4 paper).
  9. Languages which can be used for the presentation are limited to Japanese and English. If accepted, please write the paper in the language specified at the time of submission, and give your presentation in that language.
  10. Distribution of additional materials on the day of the presentation is not permitted.
  11. The proceedings will be made public on the PSJ website prior to the conference venue. No hard copies will be provided.
  12. Abstracts will be published in the Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan after the conference venue.
  13. Details for poster presentations, including poster size, will be announced shortly.
  14. Revisions to abstracts and papers will not be accepted after submission.
(Planning Committee) 

Cancellation of the event on March 21st

The event on March 21st (a seminar on Japanese phonetics) has been cancelled to prevent the possible spread of the new coronavirus.

Thank you for your understanding and collaboration.

Cancellation of the event on March 7th

The event on March 7th (a seminar on English phonetics) has been cancelled to prevent the possible spread of the new coronavirus.

Thank you for your understanding and collaboration.

Possible cancellation of events due to the spread of the coronavirus

Some events held by the society may be cancelled to prevent the possible spread of the new coronavirus. The relevant information will be announced on the website of the society the day before each event.

In case you attend one of the events, you are strongly advised to wear a mask and wash your hands regularly. If you have any symptoms, such as a fever, please avoid attending any event.

Thank you for your understanding and collaboration.

Talk by Dr. Volker Dellwo

Dr. Volker Dellwo (University of Zurich, Switzerland) will give a talk at Sophia University.
  • Date: Jan. 20th (Mon.), 2020
  • Time: 15:30-17:00
  • Place: Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, room 3-347 (Campus map
  • Language: English
You can find a poster of the talk here.

The 340th regular meeting

Date: Saturday, November 30th, 2019
Venue: Room 201, Tamatsukuri Campus, Osaka Jogakuin University
(2-26-54, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0004 Japan)
http://www.wilmina.ac.jp/oj/?english=access
7-minute walk from Tamatsukuri Station of the JR Osaka Loop Line
3-minute walk from Tamatsukuri Station of the Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Subway Line
Organizer: Tomomi Otsuka (Osaka Jogakuin University)
Support: Research Institute of International Collaboration and Coexistence, Osaka Jogakuin University
Registration: No registration required. Free admission.
Contact information: Planning Committee psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp
Program:

Welcoming speech (13:00-13:05)

Oral presentations(13:05-17:25)

  1. 13:05-13:45
    “The low-back merger in south-central-Pennsylvania English: Diachronic changes in the range of vowel formants”
    (Presentation in Japanese)
    KIMURA Kimihiko (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  2. 13:45-14:25
    “Continuing recordings of children’s English speech at Doshisha elementary school and acoustic analysis of their pronunciation of English monophthongs”
    (Presentation in Japanese)
    Tsuneo Kato, Fumika Mizutani, Seiichi Yamamoto (Doshisha University)
<14:25-14:35 Break>
  1. 14:35-15:15
    “Acoustic characteristics of social laughter during virtual interaction”
    (Presentation in English)
    Takaaki Shochi (CLLE-ERSSàB UMR5263 & LaBRI CNRS UMR 5800, Bordeaux, France), Marine Guerry (CLLE-ERSSàB CNRS UMR5263, Bordeaux, France), Jean-Luc Rouas (LaBRI, CNRS UMR 5800, Talence, France)
  2. 15:15-15:55
    “Tonal System of Bisyllabic Neutral Tone Words in Wuhan Dialect”
    (Presentation in Japanese)
    Duanchi ZHOU (Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Social Sciences)
<15:55-16:05 Break>
  1. 16:05-16:45
    “Perception of word-initial stops in Japanese”
    (Presentation in Japanese)
    Byun, Hi-Gyung (Akita International University)
  2. 16:45-17:25
    “Generational differences in acoustic parameters for voicing of word-initial plosives by Tohoku speakers”
    (Presentation in Japanese)
    TAKADA, Mieko (Aichi Gakuin University)
<17:30 Closing>

The 340th Regular Meeting -Call for Oral Presentations and Symposium Organization-

 Submission for oral presentations and symposium is now open. Submission is limited to members who have paid the annual membership fee for 2019.
Date: Saturday, November 30th, 2019
Venue: Osaka Jogakuin University, Tamatsukuri Campus
 (2-26-54 Tamatsukuri, Osaka-shi, Osaka)
http://www.wilmina.ac.jp/oj/?english=access
Organizer: Associate Professor Tomomi Otsuka

―Call for oral presentations―

 Submission for oral presentations (40 minutes, including Q&A. Submission should be original research that has not been published elsewhere) is now open. Please send the information below by email by Friday, October 18th, 2019 to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp in both PDF and MSWord formats. Please insert “Submission for 340th Regular Meeting” in the email subject and “340th Regular Meeting (Presenter’s name)” as the file name. Please embed all fonts in the PDF file. Notification of acceptance will be sent around October 25th after the reviewing process.
  1. Names of presenters in Japanese
  2. Names of presenters in English
  3. Affiliations of presenters in Japanese
  4. Affiliations of presenters in English
  5. Names and contact information (email) of persons in charge of receiving notification of acceptance
  6. Title of presentation (Japanese title not needed if presentation is to be given in English)
  7. Abstract (about 400 Japanese characters, or about 200 English words)
  8. Equipment necessary for presentation (laptop and projector excluded)

―Call for symposium organization―

 Symposiums at Regular Meetings are to offer opportunities for presenters and audience to have discussions on a particular topic after the talks by several presenters. The report at the symposium does not have to be completed work; rather it is aimed for research projects in progress. Submission for symposium presentations is now open. Please send the information below by email in both PDF and MSWord formats by Friday, October 11th, 2018 to psj2016k@yahoo.co.jp Please insert “Submission for symposium at 340th Regular Meeting” in the email subject and “340th Regular Meeting (Presenter’s name)” as the file name. Please embed all fonts when preparing PDF files. Notification of acceptance will be sent around October 18th after the reviewing process.。
  1. Title of symposium in Japanese (less than 50 letters)
  2. Title of symposium in English (less than 25 words)
  3. Organizer’s name, affiliation, and contact information (email, telephone, address)
  4. Names and affiliations of presenters in Japanese
  5. Names and affiliations of presenters in English
  6. Abstract of workshop (less than 1000 Japanese characters, or less than 500 English words. Please indicate time allocations.)
  7. Others (Necessary equipment or material)
  <Guidelines for preparing symposium proposal>
  • Time allocation: The symposium should be at least two hours but should not go over three hours. 20% of the time should be provided for Q&A including the audience.
  • Presenters: There should be more than two presenters, and more than half of them should be members of the Phonetic Society of Japan. The symposium may have a chairperson and panel members (members or non-members).
  • Topic: should be suitable as presentations at the Phonetic Society of Japan.
  • Preparation: PR activities and operations on the symposium day will be supported by the Planning Committee. However, the organizer is fully responsible for any preparation before the symposium day. The Phonetic Society of Japan will not provide travelling expenses or rewards for presenters.
(Planning Committee)

Proceedings of the 33rd general meeting

Dear members,

The proceedings of the 33rd general meeting is now available online. Please access “PSJ my page.”

To all participants for the 33rd general meeting

To all participants

Program for the 33rd general meeting

The Thirty-Third General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
Date: Saturday, September 28 – Sunday, September 29, 2019
Host: The Phonetic Society of Japan
Venue: Seisen University
3-16-21 Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8642
(https://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/eng/access/index.php)
Organizer: Takuya Kimura (Seisen University)

The program

(2019/09/24 updated: The program has been slightly updated including changes of the session chair etc.)

The program where the presentations done in English are highlighted in yellow

(2019/09/24 updated: The program has been slightly updated including changes of the session chair etc.)

To all participants

(2019/09/24 updated: Fixed the schedule of poster session.)

Registration for the reception


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