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.

　

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 (Lemon School) 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, 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.

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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. For any other inquiries, please contact the secretariat
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Method of payment

There are two possible methods of payment.

1. Giro Postal Transfer

• Account number：00180-6- 402077 (ゆうちょ銀行〇一九（Zero-Ichi-Kyuu）店 (019)当座 042077 by another bank)

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

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


　

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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 if the annual fee of the previous year was paid. If a member pays the fee of the previous year afterward, (s)he can get a copy of the number of the fee-paid year.

• Back issues of Phonological Studies (No.1-), Phonological Studies: Theory and Practice (1996), and The State of the Art of Phonology (2016) can be purchased by the special membership price. If you need some, please contact to the publisher Kaitakusha directly. In this case, you need to inform the following information: address, name, the number of issues, the number of copies. You need also tell them your membership of the Society. For other information, please contact the publisher Kaitakusha:
  Kaitakusha, Section of The Phonological Studies
  Futami Building 5F, 1-22-16, Otowa Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0013, Japan
  E-mail: kawata [at] kaitakusha [dot] co [dot] jp

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

• [Treasurer] Naoki Ueta (Hokuyo University)
  E-mail: n_ueta [at] hokuyo [dot] ac [dot] jp

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

• For joining the society, please contact Naoki Ueta (Tresurer).