CONSTITUTION and ORGANIZATION

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

184 individuals and groups (including abroad)

　

Exectives

•President：	Shin-Ichi TANAKA (University of Tokyo)
•Vice-president：	Eiji YAMADA（Fukuoka University）
•Advisors：	Kunihiko IMAI (Gakushuin University)
	Haruo KUBOZONO (NINJAL) Masanori SUIKO (Kyoto University) Toshiyuki TABATA（Chiba University) Isao UEDA (Osaka University) ［In alphabetical order］
•Honorary Advisors：	Kazuo ARAKI
	Shosuke HARAGUCHI Hisao KAKEHI [In alphabetical order］
•Board of Directors：	Mark IRWIN (Yamagata University)
	Chiyuki ITO (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Yasuo IWAI（Osaka University） Yuji KUWAMOTO（Tottori University of Enviromental Study） Masahiko MUTSUKAWA (Nanzan University) Kuniya NASUKAWA（Tohoku Gakuin University） Shinji OGAWA (Prefectural University of Kumamoto) Masao OKAZAKI (Ibaraki University) Clemens POPPE（Waseda University） Shin-ichiro SANO (Keio University) Tomoaki TAKAYAMA (Kanazawa University) Hajime TAKEYASU（Fukuoka University） Hisao TOKIZAKI（Sapporo University） Noriko YAMANE（Hiroshima University） Seiko YONEYAMA（Daito Bunka University） ［In alphabetic order］

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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 \5,000

• Student members \4,000

• Sustaining members \10,000 (Executives, volunteers)

• Supporting members \10,000（Publishers etc.）

• Supporting members may place advertisements in Phonological Studies for an additional \10,000 (one page) or \5,000 (half page). Please contact the secretariat for more information. までお問い合わせ下さい。
• The accounting period is from April 1st ~ 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 secretariat treasurer (Nishimura) 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 secretariat treasurer (Sakamoto).

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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 PhSC!

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PhSJ SECRETARIAT

• ［Director］Kohei NISHIMURA（Iwaki Meisei University）
  E-mail: kohei(dot)nishimura(at)iwakimu(dot)ac(dot)jp

• ［Treasurer］Yoko SAKAMOTO（Dokkyo Medical University）
  E-mail: sakamotoyoko(at)hotmail(dot)com

• For information about membership, please contact the treasurer （Sakamoto）

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