About the ELSJ Spring Forum

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:

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”

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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 7, 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 Methods (3 Options):

1) [ELSJ Members, Credit Card Payment]*

For ELSJ members paying the registration fee by credit card, please proceed to the following payment input screen:

https://asas-sys.jp/seminar/login/baf3c354c33c57cab0c17975ef8e3a9a17424f1b

2) [Non-Members/Non-Member Students, Credit Card Payment]*

If you are a non-member or a non-member student paying the registration fee by credit card, please proceed to the following payment input screen:

https://asas-sys.jp/seminar/register/bafd952e827854604a251ab246a47c4a2a49ebf8

3) [Cash Payment at Conference Venue]**

You can pay the registration fee in cash at the conference venue. If you prefer this option, please fill out the Google Forms below:

https://forms.gle/8cFG8k4b5N1uqZKN8

*A password for accessing the handouts will be included in an email delivered after the payment is confirmed.

**We will send you a password for accessing the handouts after May 10, 2025. If you cancel your conference attendance after you complete the Google Forms, please ensure to contact registration@kaitakusha.co.jp by May 7, 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.