CONSTITUTION and ORGANIZATION

CONSTITUTION AND REGULATIONS (admission)

• PhSJ constitution and regulations (in Japanese)

PhSJ OBJECTIVES

• The goal of the Phonological Society of Japan is to contribute to the development of research in the field of phonology.
• All with an interest in phonology are welcome to join the society.
• For more information, please refer to the constitution or contact the secretariat.
• The Phonological Society of Japan is affiliated with the United Association of Language Studies (UALS). Please refer to the UALS website for more information.

ORGANIZATION

Number of members

157 individuals and groups (including those abroad; as of May 1, 2024)

Exectives

• President： Hisao TOKIZAKI
• Vice-president： Kuniya NASUKAWA
• Advisors：
  • Kunihiko IMAI
  • Haruo KUBOZONO
  • Masanori SUIKO
  • Toshiyuki TABATA
  • Shin-Ichi TANAKA
  • Isao UEDA [In alphabetical order]
• Honorary Advisors：
  • Kazuo ARAKI
  • Shosuke HARAGUCHI
  • Hisao KAKEHI [In alphabetical order]
• Board of Directors：
  • Tomoko ANDO
  • Daiki HASHIMOTO
  • Gakuji KUMAGAI
  • Toshio MATSUURA
  • Akitsugu NOGITA
  • Mariko SUGAHARA
  • Tomoaki TAKAYAMA
  • Naoya WATABE [until Mar-2025, In alphabetical order]
  • Seunghun LEE
  • Ai MIZOGUCHI
  • Changyun MOON
  • Maho MORIMOTO
  • Tomomasa SASA
  • Maëlys SALINGRE
  • Hajime TAKEYASU
  • Akira UTSUGI [until Mar-2027, In alphabetical order]
• Auditor：Michinao F. MATSUI
• Executive director： Yuji KUWAMOTO

PhSJ ACTIVITIES

• Spring Meeting: once every year, usually in June, the previous day of a conference of the Linguistic Society of Japan.
• Phonology Forum: a 2-3 day meeting consisting of research papers presentations and lectures. Held once every year, usually in the second half of August.
• We also hold an annual general meeting usually at a Spring Meeting (a financial report of the previous year, an activity report of the previous year, and a activity planning of the current year).
• Publications：From 1997 onwards, the society publishes the journal Phonological Studies. The journal mainly contains papers presented at Spring Meeting and Phonology Forum.
  (A volume with the title Phonological Theory: Theory and Practice (1996, Kaitakusha) was also published by the Phonology Research Group, the antecedent of the society.)
• Other events or projects proposed by members.

PhSJ SECRETARIAT

• [Director] Yuji KUWAMOTO
  E-mail: ykuwamoto [at] icloud [dot] com
• [Treasurer] Naoki Ueta
  E-mail: ueta_naoki [at] aa [dot] tufs [dot] ac [dot] jp
• [Assistant] Chuyu HUANG
  E-mail: huang [at] ngu [dot] ac [dot] jp
• For joining the society, please contact Naoki Ueta (Tresurer).