Japanese Society for Language Sciences Public Announcement Regarding Elections June 29, 2022 Takaaki Suzuki Elections Committee Chairperson As the current officers will complete their 3-year terms in June, 2022, according to Article 4 of the “Detailed Rules regarding the Election of Officers of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences,” we will conduct elections for the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and Steering Committee officer positions as follows: We would like to ask for your cooperation in this matter. 1. Positions open for election Chairperson (3-year term: July, 2022-June, 2025)…1 person Vice Chairperson (3-year term: July, 2022-June, 2025)…1 person Steering committee members (3-year term: July, 2022-June, 2025)…23 persons Internal auditor (3-year term: July, 2022-June,…

We are pleased to announce the winners of the eleventh JCHAT Award. Best paper: Chuxin Liu (Tohoku University), Jessie Wanner Kawahara (Tohoku University), Mariko Nakayama (Tohoku University) Visual Word Recognition in L2 Japanese for Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals: Does Phonological Similarity Modulate Cognate Priming Effects in a Naming Task? The paper was presented at the previous conference, JSLS2019. Best paper utilizing JCHAT/CHILDES: None We plan to have the award ceremony at JSLS2021 ( June 5-6, 2021), online virtual conference, Okinawa International University. Congratulations! Harumi Kobayashi, Chairperson of Japanese Society for Language Sciences