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Sophia University & Phonetic Society of Japan: Joint lectures

Sophia University and the Phonetic Society of Japan will hold two joint lectures.
  • Contact information: Takayuki ARAI
    Department of Information and Communication Sciences Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University
    e-mail: arai@sophia.ac.jp

Extension of Phonetic Society of Japan New Member’s Campaign (until October 31st, 2014)

Phonetic Society of Japan New Member’s Campaign has now been extended to October 31st, 2014. No admission fee is required during the campaign (1000 yen after October 31st). New members joining the Society during the campaign will receive the 80th anniversary DVD. The 80th anniversary DVD is a two-DVD set including the first to the 213rd issues of the Society newsletters. Please see the “Membership” page of the PSJ website for further details.
http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/membership

2013 Phonetic Society of Japan Encouragement Award Report

2013 Phonetic Society of Japan
Encouragement Award Selection Committee
Yukari TANAKA, Chair


We received four applications in the fiscal year 2013. The following research was selected with unanimous decision from the five committee members.
  • Research accomplishment: Development and promotion of Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
        http://www.gavo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ojad/
  • Recipients: Nobuaki MINEMATSU (University of Tokyo) +9 members
  • Research group members:
    • Hiroko HIRANO (Northeast Normal University)
    • Chieko NAKAGAWA (Waseda University)
    • Noriko NAKAMURA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
    • Yukinori TAGAWA (Waseda University)
    • Ibuki NAKAMURA (University of Tokyo)
    • Keikichi HIROSE (University of Tokyo)
    • Hiroya HASHIMOTO (University of Tokyo)
    • Tomoyuki MIZUKAMI (University of Tokyo)
    • Masayuki SUZUKI (Previously: University of Tokyo, Presently: IBM Research-Tokyo)
  • Resons:
    1. The development of “Online Japanese Accent Dictionary” is an application of speech synthesis to education. The system is of great value to the educational field. OJAD is a research outcome that brings together the basic studies of accent and its application.
    2. OJAD has continued to improve after its release based on teachers and learners’ feedback.
    3. OJAD group proposes its manner of utilization in classrooms, promotes learners’ autonomous learning, and organizes workshops.
    4. OJAD can be accessed freely by Japanese learners. Learners are able to listen to accent immediately with a user-friendly interface. The system is expected to have a significant effect on the society.
    5. OJAD has launched its operation on multilingual environment.
The Selection Committee in the fiscal year 2013 consists of:
  • Yukari TANAKA (Chair)
  • Akiko MATSUMORI (Alternate chair)
  • Mariko KUNO, Junko SUGIMOTO, Seiya FUNATSU (members)
  • Naoki HAYASHI (Organizer)

Tama Plaza Science Festival

  • Date: 9:30am-4:00pm, Saturday, November 16th
    (free, no reservation needed, rain-or-shine event)
  • Location: Yokohama Tama Plaza campus, Kokugakuin University
  • URL: http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/human/nin03_00470.html
  • Intended audience: elementary school students
    (younger children can participate in some activities)
  • *There are no parking spaces available on campus. Please use public transportation such as trains, buses, etc.
Phonetics Promotion Committee will run a booth this year at science experiment festival aimed for elementary school students. We will provide experiments to record voices, extract sound waves and spectrogram, compare with other people’s voices, and learn about how speech is produced. We will also have many other scientific experiments. Come and enjoy the fun experiments!

[Recommended] Party pre-registration and lunch information for the 27th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan:

Please see below for the party and lunch information.
Pre-registration for the party is strongly recommended.

[Party]

The convention party will be held on Day 1 (6pm, Saturday, September 28th) at first floor of the North Campus Store and Restaurant. Participation fee is 5000 yen for members, 3000 yen for students. Please make a reservation by preferably September 20th by sending your name and membership status (student member, non-student member, non-member) to psj.party2013@gmail.com. Participation without reservation will only be accepted when there is vacancy. Pre-registration is strongly recommended.
http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/annual-convention/27th_2013#party

[Lunch]

The venue will not provide lunches on the two days. The cafeteria (located on the second floor of Student Union Hall, open from 11:00am-1:30pm) and convenience store (located on the first floor, open from 9:00am-2:00pm) will be available only on Day 1. There are no restaurants or stores near the campus, so please bring your lunch to the venue on Day 2.
http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/annual-convention/27th_2013#lunch

Announcement of lectures from the International Exchange Committee

1) Lectures at the Phonological Forum 2013 co-hosted by the Phonological Society of Japan

  • Venue: Sapporo Gakuin University, (Shakai Renkei Center) Community College, Room 301 (http://www.sgu.ac.jp/rcc)
  • Date: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
  • Lecturer: Bert Botma (Leiden University)
    “Crossing the great divide: The phonological status of voiced fricatives”
  • Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
  • Lecturer: Michael Hammond (University of Arizona)
    “Phonological complexity and input optimization”
Participation fee for the lectures is free. No pre-registration necessary. Participation fee for the rest of the forum is 1000 yen for members of the Phonological Society of Japan, and 500 yen for student members. Please see http://sils.shoin.ac.jp/PhonWeb/ for further details.

2) Lecture on the day before the Annual Convention co-hosted by NINJAL

  • Date: Friday, September 27th, 2013, 3:30pm-5:00pm
  • Venue: Seminar Room, Shiinoki Cultural Complex (Kanazawa city)
    http://www.shiinoki-geihinkan.jp/about/access.html
  • Lecturer: Bob Ladd (University of Edinburgh)
    “Individual differences in pitch perception, and their possible relevance for language typology”
Participation is free, and no pre-registration is necessary.

A nursery room will be provided during the annual convention.

The Phonetics Society of Japan will provide a nursery room during the conference with the cooperation of the venue. The fee is at a reasonable price (500 yen / hour for one child). Participants with small children are encouraged to use this system. Please make a reservation in advance if you wish to use this system. The deadline for making reservations is 5pm, Tuesday, September 10th. We will consider the number of babysitters to hire after we receive reservation emails. You will not be able to use this system if you do not make a reservation. Please send an email to psj-hoiku@nacos.com if you would like to make a reservation or ask for further information.

Call for Exhibition (The 27th Annual Convention)

We are looking for companies and associations that would like to sponser the annual convention. The information for application is as follows:
Date September 29th (Sat), 30th (Sun), 2013
Place Kanazawa University, Kakuma Campus, North area, Human and Social Science Lecture Hall 1
Kakumamachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, 920-1192
http://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/university/access/index.html
Fee 5000 yen / day (tax included) (10000 yen for two conference days)
Space 1 booth, about the size of a long table
Installation information to be announced
Deadline August 31st (Sat), 2013 (about one month prior to conference)
How to apply Please email the information below with the email subject “PSJ convention exhibit”
  1. E-mail address of contact personnel
  2. Address to which convention program will be mailed
  3. Telephone and FAX number
Convention Exhibition Desk General Affairs Committee, Phonetic Society of Japan
Takayuki KAGOMIYA (t-kagomiya@ninjal.ac.jp)

Announcement for our overseas members: You will be receiving the Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan earlier.

From the next issue (Vol. 16 No. 3), we will send you our Journal by air mail or SAL (Surface Air Lifted), depending on the area, instead of by sea mail. It will be delivered within one to two weeks. Due to this change, you will be receiving our Journal much earlier than previously. Please take this opportunity to recommend your friends to join the Phonetic Society of Japan. (No admission fee is required until March 31, 2013.)

A multilingual menu of information on the earthquake and tsunami damage and current situation

Click here to access a multilingual menu of information on the earthquake and tsunami damage and current situation.
http://www.nacos.com/gengoren/index.html
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