JSLS2025

JSLS2025

The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS) hopes to encourage research in the language sciences through theoretical and experimental research, in a wide range of areas including linguistic theory (e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language education, bilingualism, natural language processing, neurolinguistics, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. We hope to provide a forum for the active exchange of ideas between researchers in related fields, transcending their respective research areas.

JSLS will hold our 26th Annual International Conference (JSLS2025) as follows:

Dates:  July 12 (Sat) – 13 (Sun), 2025

Venue: Ehime University, Matsuyama 

Plenary Lecture: 
　L2-Japanese Speakers and the Sociolinguistics of Ehime Dialects.
　Dr. Jae DiBello Takeuchi (Indiana University)   

Special Open Lecture (in Japanese):
　From Crocodilian Growls to Primate Calls: Evolutionary Morphology Behind Language
　Dr. Takeshi Nishimura (Osaka University)

Registration Fee:

Early bird rate
(By June 13, 2025)		Regular rate
Student (Member/Non-member)2,000 yen3,000 yen
Member4,000 yen5,000 yen
Non-member7,000 yen8,000 yen

Annual membership fee for 2025 is 6,000 yen for non-students, and 3,000 yen for students. For membership application details, see the following website: https://jslsweb.sakura.ne.jp/wp/?page_id=1686&lang=en

Important Dates

  • Abstract Submission Open:  December 18   
    EasyChair:  https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jsls2025
  • Abstract Submission Closed: February 5 (Wed), 2025, by 23:59 JST
  • Notification of Acceptance: By March 25 (Tue), 2025, by 23:59 JST
  • Handbook Manuscript Submission Deadline: May 16 (Fri), 2025, by 23:59 JST
  • Registration Open: TBA
  • Registration Closed: TBA

JSLS2025 invite (oral and poster) presentations as follows:

1. How to Apply:

Apply through Easychair. Please prepare an EasyChair account in advance.

2. Qualifications for Presenters:

All first authors and all presenters on site (not all co-authors) should be members of JSLS by May 31 (Sat), 2025.

3. Languages of Presentation:

English or Japanese.

4. Forms of Presentation:

Oral or Poster (Applicants choose one or the other at the time of application, but may be accepted in a different form).

5. Times for Presentation:

25 minutes for oral presentations (including 5 minutes for Q&A session), and 70 minutes for poster presentations.

6. Conditions for Presentation Content:

The presentation content must be original and not have been presented or published at the time of submission and presentation. Any violation of this rule may result in disqualification after review. Changes to the names of authors, the order of authors, and the title of the paper at the time of submission will not be permitted after acceptance.

7. Limitation on the Number of Applications:

Each author is only allowed to submit one proposal as the first author.

8. Abstract Format:

  1. File Format: PDF only
  2. Paper Size and Number of Pages (including title, tables, figures, and references):
    • Oral:      2 pages of A4 or letter-size paper
    • Poster:   1 page of A4 or letter-size paper
  3. Margins:
    • A4 size: Top and Bottom: 30mm, Left and Right: 25mm
    • Letter-size: all margins: 1 inch
  4. Font type: Times New Roman (or similar fonts)
  5. Font size: 12 point for text, 10 point for references/footnotes
  6. Please do not leave any identifying information about the author(s) in the file. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by several reviewers.

9. Submission Deadline:       

February 5 (23:59 JST), 2025

10. Notification of Acceptance:

By March 25, 2025

11. Conference Handbook:

Accepted presenters will be asked to submit a manuscript for the conference handbook by May 16, 2025. Manuscripts for oral presentations should be no more than 4 pages (A4 size) and those for poster presentations should be no more than 2 pages (A4 size). For more details, please follow the instructions after acceptance.

For Inquiries:

Ayaka Sugawara, JSLS2025 Review Committee Chairperson jsls-conf@googlegroups.com

Conference Chair: Yui Miura (Ehime University)
Conference Vice Chair: Kyoko Yamakoshi (Ochanomizu University)