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Technical Committee on Thought and Language (TL)
Chair: Tadashi Nomoto (National Inst. of Japanese Literature) Vice Chair: Tadahisa Kondo (NTT)
Secretary: Masato Tokuhisa (Tottori Univ.), Masashi Saraki (Nihon Univ.)
Assistant: Tomonori Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo), Chiaki Kubomura (Yamano College of Aesthetics)
DATE:
Fri, Aug 8, 2008 09:30 - 17:45
Sat, Aug 9, 2008 09:30 - 17:30
PLACE:
Hotel Onikobe(26-17, Oshimizu, Narukoonsen-Onikobe, Osaki-city, Miyagi-pref. Shuttle bus service is available from Furukawa Sta. Please contact Dr. Tanaka.http://www.oni3800.com/. Dr. Mikihiro Tanaka, Tohoku Univ.0229-86-2011 *hotel)
TOPICS:
Human Sentence Processing and Production
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Fri, Aug 8 AM Registration and Opening (09:00 - 09:45)
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9:30- Opening Remarks
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Fri, Aug 8 AM (09:45 - 10:45)
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(1) 09:45 - 10:45
[Invited Talk]
On the relationship between language expression and language act
Cho Yongho (Dongeui Univ.)
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Fri, Aug 8 Talk 1 (in Japanese) (11:00 - 12:00)
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(2) 11:00 - 11:30
Neuronal relationship among sub-processes on sentence comprehension in the human brain
Satoru Yokoyama, Ryuta Kawashima (Tohoku Univ.)
(3) 11:30 - 12:00
Neural mechanism of information retrieval unique to sentence comprehension
Kei Takahashi (JSPS/Tohoku Univ.), Satoru Yokoyama, Toshimune Kambara, Kei Yoshimoto, Ryuta Kawashima (Tohoku Univ.)
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Fri, Aug 8 PM Talk 2 (in Japanese) (13:00 - 14:30)
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(4) 13:00 - 13:30
Processing Japanese simple sentences in a Self-paced Listening Paradigm
Takaaki Suzuki (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.)
(5) 13:30 - 14:00
The Semantic Inference in the Acquisition of Verbal Lexical Concept
-- In the case of an adult Japanese native speaker --
Kyoko Sakamoto, Tomoaki Sato, Naoko Kotake, Ying Deng, Rosalynn Chiu, Youngju Kim (Hiroshima Univ.), Hajime Ono (Kansai Gaidai Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Hiroshima Univ.)
(6) 14:00 - 14:30
Asymmetry between arguments and adjuncts in processing structurally ambiguous sentences
-- Comparing NPs and adverbs in Japanese --
Rosalynn Chiu (Hiroshima Univ.), Hajime Ono (Kansai Gaidai Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Hiroshima Univ.)
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Fri, Aug 8 PM Poster Short Presentations (14:45 - 16:15)
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Poster Presentations (8 min. each, 11 posters)
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Fri, Aug 8 PM Poster Session (16:15 - 17:45)
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(7) 16:15 - 17:45
Exploratory research for processing of verbal irony comprehension
-- Does ISI affect reaction time of meaningfulness-decision task? --
Yoritaka Akimoto (Tohoku Univ.)
(8) 16:15 - 17:45
A NIRS study investigating the effects of English experience on preschoolers' brain activities during listening to story narrations
Suguru Maruyama, Akitsugu Konno (Tohoku Univ./JST), Souta Hidaka (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroshi Shibata (Kyoto Univ.), Michiyo Kurihara (Kokushikan Univ.), Akihiro Tanaka (Tilburg Univ.), Masatoshi Koizumi, Jiro Gyoba (Tohoku Univ./JST), Hiroko Hagiwara (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
(9) 16:15 - 17:45
Effects of English experiences on preschoolers' brain activities in listening to /ra/ and /la/ contrast
-- A NIRS study --
Akitsugu Konno, Suguru Maruyama (Tohoku Univ./JST), Souta Hidaka (Tohoku Univ.), Akihiro Tanaka (Tilburg Univ.), Masatoshi Koizumi, Jiro Gyoba (Tohoku Univ./JST), Hiroko Hagiwara (JST/Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
(10) 16:15 - 17:45
Effects of development and foreign language activities on the semantic processing of native language in preschool children
-- A longitudinal ERP study --
Yuika Suzuki (Tohoku Univ./JST/JSPS), Hiroshi Shibata (Kyoto Univ.), Yuichiro Fukumitsu (JST/Niihama National College of Tech.), Masatoshi Koizumi, Jiro Gyoba (Tohoku Univ./JST), Hiroko Hagiwara (JST/Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
(11) 16:15 - 17:45
Priming effects in Japanese passive sentence production
-- Evidence from Picture-description task in dialogue --
Ying Deng (Hiroshima Univ.), Hajime Ono (Kansai Gaidai Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Hiroshima Univ.)
(12) 16:15 - 17:45
Monitoring Metrical Information in Internally Generated Speech
-- An Investigation of Pitch-Accent Assignment using a Default Rule --
Yoichi Kureta (Showa Univ.), Takao Fushimi (Kitasato Univ.), Naoko Sakuma (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Gerontology), Itaru F. Tatsumi (LD/Dyslexia Center)
(13) 16:15 - 17:45
The Signal Processing in a Brain and a Programmable Voice Recognition System
Shinji Karasawa (Sendai-shi Aoba Boys and Girls Invention Club), Masatoshi Iwamoto (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.)
(14) 16:15 - 17:45
Children's Word-Order Preferences in Japanese Ditransitive Constructions
Shin-Ichi Tamura, Masatoshi Koizumi (Tohoku Univ./JST), Takuya Goro (Ibaraki Univ./JST), Natsuko Katsura, Yoshiaki Kaneko (Tohoku Univ./JST), Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Women's Univ./JST), Hiroko Hagiwara (Tokyo Metoropolitan Univ./JST)
(15) 16:15 - 17:45
The Development of Metalinguistic Awareness in Japanese Children:Effects of Early English Education
Natsuko Katsura, Masatoshi Koizumi (Tohoku Univ.), Takuya Gouro (Ibaraki Univ.), Shin-Ichi Tamura (Tohoku Univ.), Noriaki Yusa (Miyagi Gakuin Univ.), Hiroko Hagiwara (Tokyo Metropolotan Univ.)
(16) 16:15 - 17:45
Effect of Sentential Contexts on Word-Action Associations in 12-to 18-month-old Japanese Infants
Tessei Kobayashi, Ryoko Mugitani, Franklin Chang, Shigeaki Amano (NTT)
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Sat, Aug 9 AM Registration and Opening (09:00 - 09:45)
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9:30- Opening Remarks
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Sat, Aug 9 AM (09:45 - 10:45)
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(17) 09:45 - 10:45
[Invited Talk]
Formal Features:Their Uniformity and Variation in Phonological Manifestation
Yeun-Jin Jung (Dongeui Univ.)
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Sat, Aug 9 AM Talk 1 (11:00 - 12:00)
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(18) 11:00 - 11:30
Raising-to-Object in Japanese and the Role of Topic/Nominative Case Markers in the Cognitive Processing
Naoki Kimura (Tohoku Univ.)
(19) 11:30 - 12:00
Processing Object Relative Clauses in the Context
-- Another Support for the Discourse Function Account for the Processing Load Asymmetry --
Atsushi Sato, Baris Kahraman, Hiromu Sakai (Hiroshima Univ.)
----- Lunch Break ( 60 min. ) -----
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Sat, Aug 9 PM (13:00 - 14:00)
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(20) 13:00 - 14:00
[Invited Talk]
Mapping between Form and meaning
-- A Case of Imperfect L2 Acquisition --
Alison Gabriele (Univ. of Kansas)
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Sat, Aug 9 PM Talk 2 (14:15 - 15:15)
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(21) 14:15 - 14:45
Prediction Using Verb-Specific Syntactic Information in Sentence Processing
Manabu Arai, Frank Keller (Univ. of Edinburgh)
(22) 14:45 - 15:15
A Connectionist Account of Japanese and English Syntax Acquisition and Sentence Production
-- Application to Heavy NP Shift and Conceptual Accessibility --
Franklin Chang (NTT)
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Sat, Aug 9 PM Talk 3 (15:30 - 16:30)
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(23) 15:30 - 16:00
Message Planning and Lexical Encoding in Sentence Production
-- A View from Japanese Existential Construction --
Hajime Ono (Kansai Gaidai Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Hiroshima Univ.)
(24) 16:00 - 16:30
Effects of Phrase Length and Referentiality in the Word-Order in Japanese Production
-- A Corpus Analysis --
Hiroko Yamashita (Rochester Inst. of Tech.), Tadahisa Kondo (NTT)
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Sat, Aug 9 PM Free Discussion/Free time (16:30 - 17:30)
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16:30 - Closing Address
# Information for speakers
General Talk will have 25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.
Invited Talk will have 50 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
Poster Presentation will have 8 minutes for presentation and 0 minutes for discussion.
# CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
- This conference is co-sponsored by the Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language (MAPLL). http://www.sal.tohoku.ac.jp/~tanaka/tl_mapll2008_eng.htm
=== Technical Committee on Thought and Language (TL) ===
# FUTURE SCHEDULE:
Sat, Nov 15, 2008: Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg. [Fri, Sep 12], Topics: language and learning
# SECRETARY:
Yuki Hirose (Univ. of Tokyo) hirose[at]boz.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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