About us

JSLS2026 is the 27th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences, a multidisciplinary event promoting theoretical and empirical research in language sciences. The conference covers areas including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language education, bilingualism, natural language processing, neurolinguistics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics.

Important Dates

Tue, Apr 7, 2026

Submission deadline

Wed, May 20, 2026

Notification of acceptance

Sun, May 31, 2026

Membership deadline for presenters

Fri, Jul 10, 2026

Deadline for conference handbook manuscript submission

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Language Education

Sociolinguistics

Morphology

Neurolinguistics

Psycholinguistics

Phonology

Natural Language Processing

Second language acquisition

Linguistics

Pragmatics

Semantics

Syntax

First language acquisition

Bilingualism

Discourse analysis

Call for Papers Description

The conference welcomes original research in two categories: oral presentations (25 minutes including Q&A) and poster presentations (70 minutes). Submissions must be original and not previously published or presented.