The ELSJ holds the International Spring Forum every spring.

Those who wish to submit abstracts for oral presentations, poster presentations and proposals for workshops, please see this page for the following information:

• Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals
• Guidelines for Submission of Abstracts and Workshop Proposals for the ELSJ International Spring Forum
• Visa Applications for Participants from Abroad

For the upcoming and the past Forums, please see this page.

The English Linguistic Society of Japan 18th International Spring Forum

• Dates: Saturday May 17―Sunday May 18, 2025
• Location: Seijo University, Tokyo, 6-1-20 Seijo, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo-to, 157-8511, Japan
• Organizing Committee: Hiroyuki Nawata (Chair)
• Contact: forum-elsj@kaitakusha.co.jp
• Registration Fee:
  ELSJ members: 2,000 yen
  Non-members: 5,000 yen
  Non-member students: 3,000 yen
• GUEST SPEAKERS
  Yo Matsumoto (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies / National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) “A Typological Study of Change-of-State Expressions in English and Japanese: a Corpus-Based Comparison”
  Eri Tanaka (Osaka University) “The Semantics of Superlatives in English and Japanese”
  Yosuke Sato (Tsuda University) “A Tale of Two Japaneses: Anti-reconstruction and String-Vacuous Head Movement”

SF18 Program

Oral presentations

Poster presentations

Guest Lectures

Access Map

Lunch Map

Handouts (password-protected)

*The password is in the e-mail which confirms your registration and payment.

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Here you can register for participation in SF 18, the English Linguistic Society of Japan 18th International Spring Forum 2025.

Deadline:

Until May 14, 2025, 12:00p.m. JST

Registration Fee:

・ELSJ members             JPY 2,000

・Non-members   JPY 5,000

・Non-member students  JPY 3,000

Handouts:

Handouts for the conference presentations will be available on the ELSJ website by May 10, 2025.

Payment Method:

[Cash Payment at Conference Venue]*

You can pay the registration fee in cash at the conference venue. Please fill out the Google Forms below:

https://forms.gle/8cFG8k4b5N1uqZKN8

*We will send you a password for accessing the handouts after May 10, 2025.

Fees for the Conference Reception:

・General   JPY 3,000

・Student   JPY 2,000

Please note that payment for the Conference Reception should be made in cash at the conference venue.