Call for Papers

[Kiyoshi Otomo]

	Japanese Society of Language Science (tentative name)
	   First Conference (August 7-8, 1999, Tokyo, Japan)
	        Seconod Announcement and Call for Papers

CONFERENCE DATES & LOCATION
The dates of the conference are August 7 (Sat.) and August 8 (Sun.).  The
conference will be held in Sophia University in Yotsuya, Tokyo.

INVITED SPEAKER & SYMPOSIUM
Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University) will be our invited speaker.
The contents of the symposium will beannounced in our third announcement
(conference program).

PRESENTATIONS, SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT, LENGTH OF PRESENTATIONS
We will only accept research which has not been previously presented
elsewhere, or which has not been scheduled to be presented elsewhere.
We are currently accepting submissions which are broadly related to the
field of language sciences.  The research areas covered include:
bilingualism, pragmatics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, first and
second language acquisition, socioliguistics, syntax, semantics, phonology,
morphology, lexicon, phonetics, neurolinguistics, Japanese language
education, Japanese language research.
Each presentation should be a total of thirty minutes (20 minutes for the
presentation, 10 minutes for discussion).  The official languages of the
conference are Japanese and English.

SUBMISSION & SELECTION OF PRESENTATIONS
The deadline for submissions for presentations has been extended to April 24
(Sat.), 1999.  Submissions should be made in the following format, and
mailed to Kiyoshi Otomo of the organizing committee:

Necessary documents
1. A completed copy of FORM #1 "Application form for submissions" on A4 or
letter size paper
2. 3 copies of your presentation title and abstract (maximum 500 words) on
A4 or letter size paper.  Keep the abstract anonymous.    Up to two
tables/figures will be accepted (please include them with your abstract on
one sheet of A4 or letter size paper).
3. 2 mailing labels with your name and address (unnecessary for those making
submissions via email)

Please send all submissions to :
  Kiyoshi Otomo
  Research Institute for the Education of Exceptional Children
  Tokyo Gakugei University
  4-1-1 Nukui-Kitamachi
  Koganei-shi, Tokyo  184-0015
  JAPAN

We will also accept submissions by email.  Please mail all email submissions
to:
  siwatate at qu2.so-net.ne.jp

Please send your email submission as an attachment in an MS-WORD, Ichitaro,
or TEX format.

All abstracts will be peer-reviewed anonymously.  Notification of acceptance
or rejection will be sent out by the end of May.  Those who have been
selected for presentation will be requested to submit a camera-ready 4-page
(A4 size) version of their presentation by the end of June for the
conference Handbook on a floppy disc.  Finally, proceedings of the
conference will be published.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Registration fees:
 Preregistration by June 30:
      Full participants  3,000 yen
      Students   2,000 yen
 Regular registration (7/1/99-on-site registration):
     Full participants  3,500 yen
     Students   2,500 yen
   Payment from overseas:
     Full participants  US$25 or Can$40
     Students   US$17 or Can$27

Conference Handbook:  2,000 yen
 Payment from overseas:  US$17 or Can$27

Reception:  1,500 yen
 (Overseas participants will be asked to pay on-site)

This conference is open to all interested persons.  The reception will be
held on the evening of August 7th.
The conference handbook will consist of summaries and relevant information
necessary for following each presentation, and therefore, we strongly
recommend that each participant purchase a copy, as additional handouts for
the individual presentations will not prepared (unless the individual
presenter decides to provide additional handouts at the last minute).

REGISTRATION
(All participants, including those making presentations, must complete the
following registration procedure) All conference participants must submit
FORM #2 :Registration Form by June 30, 1999 via email to Shizuo Iwatate
(email: siwatate at qa2.so-net.ne.jp).

In the case that you do not have access to email, you may fax or mail your
participation form to:
Kiyoshi Otomo
Research Institute for the Education of Exceptional Children
Tokyo Gakugei University
4-1-1 Nukui-Kitamachi
Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-0015   Japan
Fax: 042-329-7675  (From overseas: +81-42-329-7675)

For domestic participants, registration fees, fees for the conference
handbook and the reception must be deposited in the following account:
Bank/branch: Asahi Bank/Kodaira branch
Type of account: Futsu
Account number: 3778638
Name of account: Iwatate Shizuo

On-site registration will also be possible; however, copies of the
conference handbook will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Overseas participants must either pay on-site or by mailing funds to Yuriko
Oshima-Takane.  Note that the pre-registration fee is  US$ 25.00 (students
US$17.00)  or Canadian $ 40.00 (students Canadian $ 27.00)  if registered
early, by June 30, 1999.  Participants who register later than July 1, 1999
must pay the regular registration fee of  3,500 yen (students 2,500 yen)
on-site.

Overseas members can send their registration fees by check or money order to:
JCHAT ' 99
Yuriko Oshima-Takane
Dept. of Psychology
McGill University
1205 Dr. Penfield Ave.
Montreal, PQ H3A 1B1
Canada

A check or money order must be made payable to Yuriko Oshima-Takane in trust
of JCHAT. Only US or Canadian dollar will be accepted. The following
information as well as a copy of the registration form must be attached.

Name:
Affiliation:
Mailing address(home/work):
TEL:
FAX:
Email:

Method of payment:   (    ) check    (    ) money order
Total amount enclosed:   (     ) US dollars   (     ) Canadian dollars

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT (CONFERENCE PROGRAM) AND MAILING OF CONFERENCE HANDBOOK
The third announcement (conference program) will be mailed to all
participants who have deposited their registration fees by mid-July. The
conference handbook will also be mailed by mid-July to all
participants who have deposited the conference handbook fee.  However, the
third announcement (conference program) and conference handbook will not be
mailed to overseas participants (they will be given to you at registration
on-site).  Those domestic participants who prefer to receive these items at
the conference, instead of in the mail, are requested to indicate their
preference on the Registration Form.

The conference program will be announced through the JCHAT mailing list and
on the JCHAT homepage.  The presentation summaries will also be made
available on the JCHAT homepage, which is
http://jchat.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/JCHAT/
Please direct all questions to Shizuo Iwatate at :
siwatate at qa2.so-net.ne.jp
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FORM #1: APPLICATION FORM FOR SUBMISSIONS
Japanese title (if applicable):
English title:
Name:
Affiliation:
Mailing address (home or work):
Phone number:
Email address:
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FORM #2: REGISTRATION FORM
Note: (1) please submit one registration form for each author
 (2) please write "JCHAT99 Conference Application" in the subject area
 (3) please do not send your form using the return key (while viewing the
first announcement)

I would like to participate in the First Conference of the Japanese Society
of Language Science (tentative name):
Name:
Affiliation:
Mailing address(home/work):
TEL:
FAX:
Email:
Conference handbook:
    Yes, I would like to reserve one (       )
    No, I do not need one   (        )
On-site pick-up of conference handbook (for domestic participants; please
note that all overseas participants must pick their handbooks up at the
conference):
    Yes, I would like to receive my handbook at the conference  (       )
    No, I would like to have my handbook mailed to me  (       )
Reception:
    Yes, I would like to participate  (        )
    No, I will not participate  (         )
Please indicate your method of payment:
    Send check or money order to Yuriko Oshima-Takane  (       )
    Pay on-site at the conference  (       )
    Deposit funds in the bank account of Iwatate Shizuo
	(for domestic participants only)  (      )


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Shizuo Iwatate, Japan Women's University, Japan
email: siwatate at qa2.so-net.ne.jp