ELSJ International Spring Forum 2016
日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム2016開催
The English Linguistic Society of Japan 9th International Spring Forum
- Dates: Saturday April 23―Sunday April 24, 2016
- Location: Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, 9-1 Gakuen Higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 651-2187, Japan
- Organizing Committee: Junya Morita (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
Program -Updated: March 16, 2016
Abstracts (Alphabetical order by last name of the authors)
*The 9th International Spring Forum was co-hosted by Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in commemoration of its 70th anniversary.
ELSJ International Spring Forum 2015
日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム2015開催
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ) 8th International Spring Forum 2015
Dates: Saturday April 18―Sunday April 19, 2015
Location: Seikei University (3-3-1 Kichijoji-Kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan)
Organizing Committee: Shungo Kanazawa (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
Program [updated April 3, 2015]
Abstracts (alphabetical order by last name of the authors)
– guest lectures
– general sessions
– poster session
Access map
Campus map
Floor map of the venue
ELSJ International Spring Forum 2014
日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム2014開催
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ)
7th International Spring Forum 2014
Program (final)
Abstracts
–guest lectures
–general session (alphabetical order by last name of the authors)
–poster session
–workshop
Dates: Saturday April 19 － Sunday April 20, 2014
Venue: Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus (Ryoshinkan Building 1F)
601 Genbu-cho, Imadegawa Doori Karasuma-higashi-iru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture 602-8580, JAPAN
Access map 1
Access map 2
Campus map
N.B. On the 19th, the underground entrance of Imadegawa campus is available, which is directly connected to Exit 1 of subway IMADEGAWA station. On the 20th, the underground entrance is closed, so that you need to go in through the West entrance of Imadegawa campus (again, Exit 1 is the closest).
Conference Venue (Ryoshinkan Building)
Organizing Committee: Akira Honda (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
ELSJ International Spring Forum 2013
日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム2013開催
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ)
6th International Spring Forum 2013
Dates: Saturday April 27―Sunday April 28, 2013
Venue: University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
113-8654, JAPAN
Transportation Guide: Access Map 1 Access Map 2
Contact: forum-elsj@kaitakusha.co.jp
Registration (on-site only):
ELSJ members: 2000 yen, Non-members: 5000 yen,
Non-member students: 3000 yen
Saturday, April 27th
Registration (13:00 – )
Opening Ceremony (13:30–13:40)
Guest Lectures (13:40–15:20) [Lecture Hall 1]
1 Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University):
Imaging Language Processing in the Brain [Chair: Etsuro Shima]
2 Gwang-Yoon Goh (Yonsei University):
On the Nature of the Meaning Difference between the English Tough-Construction and Its It-Analog Construction [Chair: Tsutomu Ohna]
Paper Presentations [Session 1] (15:35–17:15) [Room113]
1 Hideki Maki and Dónall P. Ó Baoill (Gifu University and Queen’s University Belfast):
The Cleft Construction in Irish [Chair: Fumikazu Niinuma]
2 Tomoya Kosuge (Tohoku University):
Japanese Reciprocal Anaphor Otagai with Split Antecedents in Disguise and Multi-Dominant Syntactic Structure [Chair: Fumikazu Niinuma]
3 Kwang-sup Kim (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies):
Movement and Labeling [Chair: Tomohiro Yanagi]
Paper Presentations [Session 2] (15:35–17:15) [Room 215]
1 Miyuki Nagatsuji (Nara Women’s University):
Japanese Clausal Coordination and Inferential Processing Units [Chair: Kimiko Nakanishi]
2 Toshiyuki Yamada and Yuki Hirose (University of Tokyo):
Japanese EFL Learners’ Native-like Parsing of PP Attachment Ambiguity [Chair: Akira Honda]
3 Shinya Hirasawa (University of Tokyo):
The‘step by slow step’Construction [Chair: Hidemitsu Takahashi]
Guest Lecture (17:30–18:15) [Room Dai 1]
Artemis Alexiadou (Universität Stuttgart):
The Causative Alternation Revisited: Constraints and Variation [Chair: Masumi Matsumoto]
After-Conference Reception (18:30–19:30) (Fee: 1,000 yen)
Sunday, April 28th
Registration (9:00 – )
Paper Presentations [Session 3] (9:30–10:35) [Room 113]
1 Mioko Miyama (University of Tokyo):
On the “Long-Distance” Nature of the Polite Form of Japanese Locative Demonstratives [Chair: Masumi Matsumoto]
2 Lina Bao, Megumi Hasebe and Hideki Maki (Osaka University, Yokohama National University and Gifu University):
The Negation Markers in Modern Inner Mongolian [Chair: Shungo Kanazawa]
Paper Presentations [Session 4] (9:30–10:35) [Room 215]
1 Terue Nakato-Miyashita and Tom Roeper (Kitasato University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst):
Implicature for Plurals in Child Grammar [Chair: Hajime Ono]
2 Tomoe Arii (University of Tokyo):
Japanese-Speaking Children’s Absolute Interpretation of Differential Comparatives and Differential Verbal Expressions [Chair: Hajime Ono]
Paper Presentations [Session 5] (10:45–11:50) [Room 113]
1 Norio Suzuki (Kobe Shinwa Women’s University):
Structure-Building via Merging Economy: The Scope of Indefinites [Chair: Kimiko Nakanishi]
2 Victor Junnan Pan (University Paris Diderot-Paris 7):
Resumptive Chains: Relativization vs. Left-Dislocation [Chair: Hajime Ono]
Paper Presentations [Session 6] (10:45–11:50)[Room 215]
1 Hideo Kobayashi (Kwansei Gakuin University):
Schwa Epenthesis and R-sound Lengthening for Emphasis within Optimal Theory [Chair: Yoshihito Dobashi]
2 Liu Sha (Fukuoka University):
The Motive for Stress Assignment Rule in the Positional Function Theory [Chair: Yoshihito Dobashi]
Lunch Break (11:50–13:10)
Paper Presentations [Session 7] (13:10–14:50) [Room 113]
1 Wenwen Ding (University of Tsukuba):
Scrambling in Double Complement Constructions in Chinese [Chair: Shungo Kanazawa]
2 Hisashi Morita (Aichi Prefectural University):
The Derivation of Japanese Relative Clauses with Scrambling and Quantifier Float [Chair: Fumikazu Niinuma]
3 Pamela Hsiaowen Peng (University of Tokyo):
An Analysis on the English Prefix Un- from a Scalar Semantics Point of View [Chair: Tadao Maruta]
Paper Presentations [Session 8] (13:10–14:50) [Room 215]
1 Kiyomi Kumazawa (Gakushuin University):
The Semantics of the English Have a Construction [Chair: Hidemitsu Takahashi]
2 Shawn M. Clankie (Otaru University of Commerce):
The Linguistics of the Brand Name: Creation, Genericization, Obsolescence [Chair: Kazuyo Murata]
3 Elena Kulikova (Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod):
The Role of Modified Language Units in Advertising [Chair: Miki Hanazaki]
Guest Lecture (15:05–15:50) [Lecture Hall 2]
Timothy J. Vance (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics):
Benjamin Smith Lyman’s Native Variety of English [Chair: Mariko Sugahara]
Poster Session (11:00–13:00) [Hallway between Lecture Hall 1 and Lecture Hall 2]
1 Akiko Kobayashi (Shimane University):
Subject as a Probe
2 Ryosuke Hattori (University of Tokyo):
A Phrasal Analysis of English, Japanese and Chinese Comparative Constructions
3 Tomonori Otsuka (Kyushu University):
On a Weak-Phases Paradox
4 Masayuki Ishizuka (University of Tokyo):
External Possession and Nominative Subject in Basque
5 Munira Tasnim (Tohoku University):
The Process of Polysemization of English Verb Rise and its Bengali Counterpart Uttha
6 Fuminori Nakamura (Keio University):
The Development and (De-)Subjectification of the English Copulative Perception Verbs with Special Reference to Modern American English
7 Eiki Ono (Takushoku University):
A Functional and Pragmatic Approach to NQ-Scrambling in Japanese
ELSJ International Spring Forum 2012
日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム2012開催
The English Linguistic Society of Japan (ELSJ)
5th International Spring Forum 2012
Dates: Saturday April 21―Sunday April 22, 2012
Venue: Konan University
1-9-8 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
658-8501, JAPAN
Transportation Guide: http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/access/
http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/english/location/index.html
Contact: forum-elsj@kaitakusha.co.jp
Registration (on-site only):
ELSJ members: 2000 yen, Non-members: 5000 yen,
Non-member students: 3000 yen
Saturday, April 21st
Registration (13:15 – )
Opening Ceremony (13:45 – 14:00)
Guest Lectures (14:05–15:20) [Room 131]
Pil-Hwan Lee (Keimyung University) [Chair: Etsuro Shima]
On Less and Amount Used with a Plural Count Noun
Koji Sugisaki (Mie University) [Chair: Akira Honda]
The Acquisition of Argument Ellipsis and its Constraints in Japanese
Paper Presentations [Session 1] (15:35–16:35) [Chair: Tadao Maruta] [Room333]
1 Shiro Takeuchi (University of Tsukuba):
The (Un)passivizability of Have, Own, and Possess
2 Shinya Hirasawa (University of Tokyo):
The Meaning of By Now
Paper Presentations [Session 2] (15:35–16:35) [Chair: Fumikazu Niinuma] [Room334]
1 Kaori Miura (Kyushu Sangyo University):
On the Syntax of Causative Constructions with the Accusative Path in Japanese
2 Natsuno Aoki and Kentaro Nakatani (Konan University):
Process, Telicity and Event Cancellability in Japanese: A Questionnaire Study
Paper Presentations [Session 3] (16:45–17:45) [Chair: Hiroyuki Nawata] [Room 333]
1 Masaki Yasuhara (University of Tsukuba):
A Modification of the Unique Path Constraint
2 Kazuya Kudo (Kwansei Gakuin University):
The ‘N after N’ Construction and Its Theoretical Implications
Paper Presentations [Session 4] (16:45–17:45) [Chair: Masumi Matsumoto] [Room334]
1 Hisashi Morita (Aichi Prefectural University):
Ultimate Pied-Piping in Japanese
2 Yohei Takahashi (Aoyama Gakuin University):
Some Gapless Relatives in Japanese Ａre Ｎot Ｇapless
Guest Lecture (18:00–18:45) [Chair: Koji Fujita] [Room131]
Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University)
The English Binominal NP: A Construciton-Based Perspective
After-Conference Reception (19:00– 20:00) (Fee: 1,000 yen)
[Building 5, 1st Floor, Galerie Pensee]
Sunday, April 22nd
Registration (9:15 – )
Paper Presentations [Session 5] (9:45–10:45) [Chair: Yukiko Ueda] [Room333]
1 Hiroko Kimura (North Asia University)
Max Elide and Derivational Economy
2 Rumi Takaki (Kyushu University):
A Syntactic Analysis of Gapping and Multiple Sluicing
Paper Presentations [Session 6] (10:55–11:55) [Chair: Kimiko Nakanishi] [Room334]
1 Keisuke Yoshimoto (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies):
Variable Binding and Scrambling out of Control Clauses
2 Yusuke Yoda (Osaka University):
LF Symmetry in Coordination
Paper Presentations [Session 7] (11:25–11:55) [Chair: Kazuyo Murata] [Room333]
1 Junichi Toyota (LundUniversity/ University of Belgrade):
Linguistic Supertype and the English Grammar: A Historical Perspective
Lunch Break (11:55 – 13:15)
Paper Presentations [Session 8] (13:15–14:15) [Chair: Mariko Sugahara] [Room334]
1 Hafiz Ahmad Bilal (University of Sargodha, Pakistan):
Acoustic Analysis of Central Vowels of Pakistan English
2 Tetyana Sayenko (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business):
Rhythmic Patterns of Voice Register Fluctuations in the Dynamics of an Inspirational Speech
Paper Presentations [Session 9] (13:15–14:15) [Chair: Kuniyoshi Kataoka] [Room333]
1 Chihiro Fujimori (Hirosaki University):
Goal-Ｄriven Movement in Japanese: Verb-Verb Compounds
2 Noël Christe (The University of Hong Kong):
“Do you speak global? “ An Enquiry into the Theories of English as an International Language
Paper Presentations [Session 10] (14:25–15:25) [Chair: Tsutomu Ohna] [Room334]
1 Toshio Ohori and Shin Haku (University of Tokyo):
Metaphor as Two-way Synecdoche: A Critical Assessment
2 Norio Suzuki (Kobe Shinwa Women’s University):
English Imperatives as a Discourse-Configurational Language
Paper Presentations [Session 11] (14:25–15:25) [Chair: Yoshihito Dobashi] {Room333]
1 Kanyu Yeh (National Chengchi University, Taiwan):
The Use of suoyi ‘so’ and jieguo ‘as a result of’ in Mandarin-Speaking Children’s Narrative
2 Jason Ginsburg (University of Aizu):
Qu-morpheme Agreement and Wh-question Interpretations
Guest Lecture (15:40–16:25) [Chair: Toshio Ohori] [Room131]
Kaoru Horie (Nagoya University)
A Comparative Typological Study of “Convergent” Grammaticalization Pathways between Japanese and Korean: With English as a Neutral Bystander
Poster Session (11:00–13:00) [Lounge]
1 Yuta Tatsumi (Kyoto University of Foreign Studies):
A Smuggling Approach to Japanese Cleft Construction
2 Tomonori Otsuka (Kyushu University):
On the Asymmetric Behavior of Movements
3 Hideki Maki and Amanullah Bhutto (Gifu University and Islamabad College for Boys G-6/3):
Relative Pronoun-Ｌess Relative Clauses in Modern Urdu
4 Mioko Miyama (University of Tokyo):
On the Two Contracted Forms of the Japanese Copula: Da and the Zero Form
5 Lina Bao, Hideki Maki and Megumi Hasebe (Osaka University, Gifu University and Yokohama National University):
Three Case Alternation Mysteries in Modern Mongolian
See ELSJ Homepage for updated information.
The abstracts of four invited speakers in the 5th International Spring Forum are uploaded.
We ELSJ invite two scholars in the English Linguistic Society of Korea (ELSOK).
１ Jong-Bok Kim (Kyung Hee University):
The English Binominal NP: A Construciton-Based Perspective
２ Pil-Hwan Lee (Keimyung University)
On Less and Amount Used with a Plural Count Noun
３ Kaoru Horie (Nagoya University):
A Comparative Typological Study of “Convergent” Grammaticalization Pathways between Japanese and Korean: With English as a Neutral Bystander
４ Koji Sugisaki (Mie University):
The Acquisition of Argument Ellipsis and its Constraints in Japanese