Dear PSJ members,

The Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan, Vol. 19, Issue 1, has been sent to our members. The bank information for Membership Application on page 90 is incorrect. The correct information is as follows:




Japan Post Bank (Yucho), using bank transfer

• Account number: 00120-6-360838
• Account holder: 日本音声学会 (Phonetic Society of Japan)

Bank transfer from other banks

• Bank name: Japan Post Bank (Yucho)
• Branch name: 019
• Account number: 0360838
• Account holder: 日本音声学会 (Phonetic Society of Japan)

Please contact the administrative office if you have any questions.

Administrative Office, The Phonetic Society of Japan

The Academic Research Incentive Award was established in FY2012 by the Phonetic Society of Japan to encourage research and development in phonetics. This award consists of a certificate recognizing excellent work or activity contributing to the development and dissemination of phonetics by members of the Society and an additional prize of 50,000 yen

We are accepting applications for FY2015 as described below. You are cordially invited to apply.

Applications are no longer required to be submitted by postal mail, but are to be submitted to the dedicated e-mail address listed below. (However, postal mail should be used in combination if submission of physical supporting materials relevant to the applicant’s work is necessary. For details, see the guidelines for application below.)

http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/psj_awards/application

The Phonetic Society of Japan will co-host an international seminar “Adventures in Speech Science” on July 22nd-23rd at Sanjo Conference Hall, University of Tokyo, as part of enhancing international information communication. If you wish to participate in the seminar, please send your name, affiliation, and contact information to imagawa@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp by July 12th.

Participation fee is 10000 yen (for two days), and the banquet is 8000 yen (July 22nd, early evening at Capo PELLICANO, 13th floor, Faculty of Medicine Experimental Research Building). Please let us know if you wish to attend 1) seminar only, 2) seminar and banquet, or 3) banquet only. Please pay the fees at the registration. Registration will be closed when the venue is full. Please see here for the program.

We received four applications in the fiscal year 2013. The following research was selected with unanimous decision from the five committee members.

• Research accomplishment: Development and promotion of Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
      http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/
• Recipients: Nobuaki MINEMATSU (University of Tokyo) +9 members
• Research group members:
  • Hiroko HIRANO (Northeast Normal University)
  • Chieko NAKAGAWA (Waseda University)
  • Noriko NAKAMURA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
  • Yukinori TAGAWA (Waseda University)
  • Ibuki NAKAMURA (University of Tokyo)
  • Keikichi HIROSE (University of Tokyo)
  • Hiroya HASHIMOTO (University of Tokyo)
  • Tomoyuki MIZUKAMI (University of Tokyo)
  • Masayuki SUZUKI (Previously: University of Tokyo, Presently: IBM Research-Tokyo)
• Resons:
  
  1. The development of “Online Japanese Accent Dictionary” is an application of speech synthesis to education. The system is of great value to the educational field. OJAD is a research outcome that brings together the basic studies of accent and its application.
  2. OJAD has continued to improve after its release based on teachers and learners’ feedback.
  3. OJAD group proposes its manner of utilization in classrooms, promotes learners’ autonomous learning, and organizes workshops.
  4. OJAD can be accessed freely by Japanese learners. Learners are able to listen to accent immediately with a user-friendly interface. The system is expected to have a significant effect on the society.
  5. OJAD has launched its operation on multilingual environment.

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The Selection Committee in the fiscal year 2013 consists of:

• Yukari TANAKA (Chair)
• Akiko MATSUMORI (Alternate chair)
• Mariko KUNO, Junko SUGIMOTO, Seiya FUNATSU (members)
• Naoki HAYASHI (Organizer)

• Date: 9:30am-4:00pm, Saturday, November 16th
  (free, no reservation needed, rain-or-shine event)
• Location: Yokohama Tama Plaza campus, Kokugakuin University
• URL: http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/human/nin03_00470.html
• Intended audience: elementary school students
  (younger children can participate in some activities)
• *There are no parking spaces available on campus. Please use public transportation such as trains, buses, etc.

Phonetics Promotion Committee will run a booth this year at science experiment festival aimed for elementary school students. We will provide experiments to record voices, extract sound waves and spectrogram, compare with other people’s voices, and learn about how speech is produced. We will also have many other scientific experiments. Come and enjoy the fun experiments!

1) Lectures at the Phonological Forum 2013 co-hosted by the Phonological Society of Japan

• Venue: Sapporo Gakuin University, (Shakai Renkei Center) Community College, Room 301 (http://www.sgu.ac.jp/rcc)
• Date: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
• Lecturer: Bert Botma (Leiden University)
  “Crossing the great divide: The phonological status of voiced fricatives”

• Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
• Lecturer: Michael Hammond (University of Arizona)
  “Phonological complexity and input optimization”

Participation fee for the lectures is free. No pre-registration necessary. Participation fee for the rest of the forum is 1000 yen for members of the Phonological Society of Japan, and 500 yen for student members. Please see http://sils.shoin.ac.jp/PhonWeb/ for further details.

2) Lecture on the day before the Annual Convention co-hosted by NINJAL

• Date: Friday, September 27th, 2013, 3:30pm-5:00pm
• Venue: Seminar Room, Shiinoki Cultural Complex (Kanazawa city)
  http://www.shiinoki-geihinkan.jp/about/access.html
• Lecturer: Bob Ladd (University of Edinburgh)
  “Individual differences in pitch perception, and their possible relevance for language typology”

Participation is free, and no pre-registration is necessary.

Click here to access a multilingual menu of information on the earthquake and tsunami damage and current situation.

http://www.nacos.com/gengoren/index.html