The Hokkaido Linguistics Society
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 2001
President, Hideto Hamada, Sapporo University
Vice-President, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Sapporo Medical University
Secretary-Treasurer, Katsunobu Izutsu, Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The preceding and,
Satoshi Oku, Hokkaido University
Tatsuo Ogiwara, Hokkaido University
Osami Okuda, Sapporo Gakuin University
CONSULTING COMMITTEE
Kan Sasaki, Sapporo Gakuin University
Koichi Sawasaki, The Ohio State University
OFFICE
English Language and Literature Office #2 (Izutsu’s office)
Humanities
Faculty of Education
Hokkaido University of Education at Asahikawa
Hokumoncho 9 chome
Asahikawa city, Hokkaido
070-8621 JAPAN
The Hokkaido Linguistics Society was established in 2000 to encourage communication, discussion, and cooperation amongst linguists working in Hokkaido, the northernmost part of
Japan, as well as between them and linguists living and working in everywhere else. It also
intends to provide young linguists working in Hokkaido as well as in any other part of Japan
with more opportunities for publishing their studies. The society purposes, in the short run,
to provide students of different languages, in particular those working in Hokkaido, with as
many opportunities as possible to assemble in one place in the name of language studies. In
the long run, it aims to establish a nation-wide forum for the study of the languages native to
Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan, the Ainu language in particular, as well as any other language spoken there, and to do so from various theoretical perspectives.
Japan has a long-standing tradition of making a clear distinction between major-language studies—separately dubbed “Japanese Linguistics,” “English Linguistics,” etc.
—and minor-language studies, which are collectively termed “Linguistics.” Although the
former field has, to a greater or lesser extent, developed cross-linguistic perspectives as well
as theoretical investigations of particular languages, there has been little communication, discussion or cooperation between linguists with different language specialties. Scholars in the
latter field have tended to limit their tasks to grammatical and lexical descriptions of one particular language à la American Structuralism. Since the Ainu language has long been studied
under this latter rubric, the interest it may have and the contribution it can make both theoretically and cross-linguistically have not yet been properly evaluated. We are proud to describe the establishment of the Hokkaido Linguistics Society as the first step toward resolving
these discrepancies, so well preserved in the history of Japanese linguistic studies.
JOURNAL OF HOKKAIDO LINGUISTICS
An International Journal of Language Studies
The referent of “HOKKAIDO LINGUISTICS” is a doublet: the name is intended to refer to both
‘studies of languages native to Hokkaido’ and ‘linguistic studies conducted in Hokkaido.’
The name of the journal symbolizes what the Hokkaido Linguistics Society aims and purports
to carry out in the short and long runs.
Notes to contributors
Editorial policy: The Journal of Hokkaido Linguistics invites contributions in all areas of
theoretical and applied linguistics. For all contributions, high priority will be given to cognitive, functional and discourse-pragmatic perspectives, but articles on generative linguistics or
objective semantics will be welcome if they are able to make a significant contribution to the
description of language facts and if they are likely to lead to a better understanding of language use or human cognition. To fulfill the second purpose of the Hokkaido Linguistics
Society—that is, “to provide young linguists working in Hokkaido as well as in any other part
of Japan with more opportunities for publishing their studies”—we intend to use Notes and
Squibs as a forum for those young scholars whose studies are of great interest in themselves
and which contribute to the field of linguistics, although the studies may not necessarily have
been prepared for submission as articles. Contributions should be in the English language
only. Authors whose native language is not English are asked to have their articles carefully
checked by at least one native speaker. Articles previously published or under consideration
by another journal cannot be accepted.
Manuscript submission: Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate to one of the editors.
Manuscripts are not returnable and contributors are advised to keep a copy for reference.
Authors are asked to follow the Journal of Hokkaido Linguistics style sheet. For the complete style sheet, see the Hokkaido Linguistics Society web page at http://www.geocities.co.jp/
CollegeLife-Cafe/6294/index.html, or write to the editors. All correspondence concerning
editorial matters should be sent directly to one of the following editors:
KAZUHIKO YAMAGUCHI
Managing Editor
Sapporo Medical University
Minami 1 jo 17 chome
Chuo ward, Sapporo city,
Hokkaido 060-8556 JAPAN
yamak@sapmed.ac.jp
KATSUNOBU IZUTSU
Managing Editor
Hokkaido University of
Education at Asahikawa
Hokumoncho 9 chome
Asahikawa city, Hokkaido
070-8621 JAPAN
idutsu@asa.hokkyodai.ac.jp
HIDETO HAMADA
Style Editor
Sapporo University
Nishioka 3 chome 3-1
Toyohira ward, Sapporo city,
Hokkaido 062-8520 JAPAN
hamada@sapporo-u.ac.jp
Editorial and publication fees: Authors are required to receive ten copies of the issue including their own articles in exchange for a ¥30,000 editorial and publication fee. Contributors of articles, notes, and squibs of more than fourteen pages are asked to pay an extra publication fee ranging from ¥10,000 to ¥20,000 without receiving any extra copies.