CONSTITUTION and ORGANIZATION

CONSTITUTION AND REGULATIONS

• 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.

　

CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• I Organization

• II PhSJ activities

• III Membership

• IV Benefits

• Secretariat (contact information)

　

I ORGANIZATION

Number of members

175 individuals and groups (including those abroad; as of May 31, 2021)

　

Exectives

•President：	Hisao TOKIZAKI (Sapporo University)
•Vice-president：	Kuniya NASUKAWA (Tohoku Gakuin University)
•Advisors：	Kunihiko IMAI (Gakushuin University)
	Haruo KUBOZONO (NINJAL) Masanori SUIKO (Kyoto University) Toshiyuki TABATA (Chiba University) Shin-Ichi TANAKA (University of Tokyo) Isao UEDA (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies) [In alphabetical order]
•Honorary Advisors：	Kazuo ARAKI
	Shosuke HARAGUCHI Hisao KAKEHI [In alphabetical order]
•Board of Directors：	Tomoko ANDO (University of Toyama)
	Daiki HASHIMOTO (Joetsu University of Education) Manami HIRAYAMA (Seikei University) Takeru HOMMA (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Gakuji KUMAGAI (Kansai University) Toshio MATSUURA (Hokusei Gakuen University) Tatsuyuki MIMURA (Muroran Institute of Technology) Akitsugu NOGITA (University of Aizu) Satoshi OTA (Yamaguchi University) Mariko SUGAHARA (Doshisha University) Keiichi TAJIMA (Hosei University) Tomoaki TAKAYAMA (Kanazawa University) Katsuo TAMAOKA (Nagoya University, Emeritus Professor) Shin'ichi TANAKA (Kobe University) Yu TANAKA (Doshisha University) Naoya WATABE (University of Tokyo) [In alphabetical order]
•Auditor：	Michinao F. MATSUI (Osaka Health Science University)
•Executive director：	Yuji KUWAMOTO (National Institute of Technology, Matsue College)

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II PhSJ ACTIVITIES

• Spring Meeting: once every year, before or after a meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan or the Linguistic Society of Japan.

• Lectures by phonologists from abroad.

• Phonology Forum: a 2-3 day meeting consisting of research papers presentations and lectures. Held once every year in the last week of August or the first week of September.

• Publications：From 1997 onwards, the society publishes the journal Phonological Studies. The journal mainly contains papers presented at one of the meetings.
  (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.

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III MEMBERSHIP

Qualifications

All with an interest in phonology are welcome to join the society.

　

Procedures for joining the PhSJ

If you wish to join the society, please provide the secretariat with the following information.

1. Annual fee：

• Regular members JPY5,000

• Student members JPY4,000

• Sustaining members JPY10,000

• Supporting members JPY10,000 (Publishers)

• Supporting members may place advertisements in Phonological Studies for an additional JPY10,000 (one page) or JPY5,000 (half page). Please contact the secretariat for more information.
• The fiscal year is from April 1st to March 31st.

2. Personal details：

1. Name

2. Name(romanization)

3. Postal code and address (＝mailing address.)

4. Affiliation

• The name of the university to which you are affiliated.

5. Status

• E.g. lecturer, graduate student, undergraduate student.

6. Telephone number

7. (FAX number)

8. E-mail address

• Please indicate if you cannot read Japanese.

9. Specialization (keywords)

• Your personal information will be included in the society’s member list.
• Please indicate if the telephone/fax number (f, g) does not correspond to the address in c. (e.g. ...-0616 (university)).
• Please indicate if you do not wish your telephone/fax number/ email (f, g, h) to be included in the member directory.

　

Method of payment

There are two possible methods of payment.

1. Giro Postal Transfer

• Account number：00180-6- 402077

• Phonological Society of Japan (Please write“new member”)

2. On site payment at a meeting. (A receipt will be issued.)

　

Personal details

You can provide us with your personal details in one of the following three ways.

1. Fill in your personal details on the money-transfer form.

2. Fill out the designated form available at research meetings.

3. Send it to the treasurer by mail or E-mail. For the E-mail address, see below.

• Registration as a member is completed after the secretariat has received both (1) the annual fee and (2) your personal details.

• Registrated members periodically receive the newsletter (see below) and the member directory.
  Please inform the secretariat if you do not receive the newsletter or the member list. From the second year on you will receive a notice of payment along with the newsletter.

• For any other inquiries about membership, please contact the treasurer.

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IV MEMBER BENEFITS

• Members of the society will receive a copy of the journal Phonological Studies for free. (Note that members can only get a free copy of the number published in the year in which the annual fee was paid. Back issues can be purchased with discount.

• Members receive the newsletter, which contains information about events related to phonology, several times a year.

• Members may present at meetings organized by the society. However, note that abstracts are subject to review.

• Members can attend meetings and lectures by foreign linguists for free.

We are looking forward to welcome you as a member of the PhSJ!

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PhSJ SECRETARIAT

• [Director, acting Treasurer] Yuji KUWAMOTO (National Institute of Technology, Matsue College) Yuji KUWAMOTO
  E-mail: ykuwamoto [at] icloud [dot] com

• [Treasurer] Shu HIRATA (Musashino University)
  

• [Assistant] Chuyu HUANG (Nagoya Gakuin University)
  E-mail: huang [at] ngu [dot] ac [dot] jp

• For joining the society, please contact Yuji Kuwamoto (Director).