Greetings Yukio Otsu The 2nd Chairperson of JSLS Dear Member, I have been elected chairperson of the Japanese Society for Linguistic Sciences, succeeding Yuriko Oshima-Takane, the first Chairperson, who has been instrumental in bringing JSLS to its present form. As many of you are well-aware, JSLS started as a society closely related to the JCHAT activities. In the course of time, as the number of members grew, the scope of activities expanded well beyond JCHAT. Thus, we changed our name to its present form, hoping that JSLS will become a useful forum among researchers of diverse fields including linguistics, psychology, education, computer science, brain science, and philosophy, among others. One … Continue reading Greeting from Yukio Otsu, the 2nd President →

The Japanese Society for Language Sciences held its inaugural conference in 1999, and in 2008, its 10th conference. During the first decade, through trial and error, we have achieved a unique position in the area of language sciences in Japan and in the world. The past plenary speakers include: 1999 Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University) Sophia University 2000 Michael Tomasello (Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) Coop-in, Kyoto 2001 William O’Grady (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Japan Women’s University 2002 Andrew Radford (University of Essex) Japan Women’s University 2003 Catherine Snow (Harvard University) Kobe University 2004 Bonnie Schwartz (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Aichi Shukutoku University 2005 Dan Slobin (University … Continue reading Greeting from Yasuhiro Shirai, the 3rd President →