(1) accent and tone
(2) geminate consonants
(3) rendaku or similar voicing phenomena in other languages.
Both oral presentations (30 minutes total, including 10 minutes for questions and discussion) and poster presentations are planned. Please specify the category for which you would like to have your abstract considered:
(a) oral presentation only
(b) oral presentation as first preference; poster presentation as second preference
(c) poster presentation only
Abstracts should be on A4 (or letter) size paper, typed on one side of the page only. Leave margins of 2.5cm (1 inch) on all four sides of the page. Type in 12-point font. Abstracts must not exceed 1 page, inclusive of figures, tables, and references.
Please submit your abstract to phonology AT ninjal.ac.jp (Please replace AT with @ and remove spaces before and after AT) by August 10, 2011.
For graduate students, the organizers anticipate being able to cover transportation expenses within Japan and lodging expenses, at least in part, but please understand that all public institutions in Japan are facing budget reductions.