Request for submitting manuscripts for the Proceedings of the 21st
Annual Conference of the Pragmatics Society of Japan (PSJ) (Vol. 14)[For participants who presented papers in English]
Since 2005, the Pragmatics Society of Japan has been publishing presentations given at
its Annual Conference for publication in a volume of proceedings. The following are
instructions for use in preparation of manuscripts by those who have presented their workat the Conference as lecture presentations, in workshops, or poster sessions and are willingto submit your manuscripts to the proceedings. It is not necessary to submit yourmanuscript if you are not considering contributing to the proceedings.

Instructions for Preparing Manuscripts
1. Writing requirements

1. Paper and length:
All manuscripts should be submitted on A4 size. Manuscripts for lecture
presentations should be no more than eight pages, and for workshops or poster
sessions should be no more than four pages in length. Please note that these length
restrictions include the abstract and the reference list. There is no restriction on thenumber of words or characters per page.
2. Format:
a. Margins: top and bottom, 3 cm; right and left, 2.5 cm. Number of lines per page,number of characters per line, and line spacing are not restricted (however,extremely small characters should not be used).
b. The first page of the manuscript should begin with the title, the authorʼs name,and the authorʼs affiliation (e-mail address optional), followed, after two blanklines, by the abstract and the main text.
c. The introductory section or prefatory remarks should be numbered from 1, not 0.
d. Examples should be preceded and followed by one blank line. Each new section
should be preceded by one blank line.
e. If notes are included, they should be placed at the end, between the main text andthe reference list.
f. References should follow the style sheet of Goyoron Kenkyu (Studies inPragmatics）（see the homepage of PSJ
http://www.pragmatics.gr.jp/publications.html）

3. Abstracts:
a. All abstracts should be written in English and should be about 100 words inlength.
b. The abstract should appear on the first page of the manuscript, after the title,
author’s name, and author’s affiliation. The abstract should begin with the word‘<Abstract>’ in the upper left corner.
4. Keywords:
a. A maximum of 5 keywords should be given below the abstract, preceded by‘【Keywords】’. [Refer to the figure below.]b. Main text should be preceded by two blank lines.

Title
Author’s nameAuthor’s affiliation＜Abstract＞
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・【Keywords】：１、２、３、Main Text
2. Other important points

a. Aside from necessary corrections, manuscript contents should be faithful to thecontent of the presentation actually given at the Annual Meeting.
b. Manuscripts should be written in English (the same language you used at thepresentation).
c. Papers on the proceedings can be submitted to Goyoron Kenkyu (Studies inPragmatics [S/P]) with an appropriate revision.
3. Method of submission

a. Your manuscript (Microsoft Word [doc /docx]) should be uploaded through“LOG IN (Mypage)”, which will be open in February, 2019, on the conference
homepage. In case you are an organizer of a workshop, you are required to collectand submit manuscripts of all the contributors.

b. According to the instruction of submission on “Mypage”, you are asked to giveinformation on the manuscript as well as author’s name and e-mail address.
4. Deadline of submission
Due no later than 23:59 (JST) on March 31st, Sunday, 2019

＊Please note that the submission page will be closed after the above deadline and you
cannot submit any paper after that. The Conference Division Committee will consider thatnot submitting your manuscript by the deadline is equal to you not willing to contribute tothe proceedings. We appreciate your kind understanding.
＊If you have any inquiries or concerns, please contact us at the following address by
no later than March 25th, Monday, 2019:
proceedings@pragmatics.gr.jp (Lala Uchida TAKEDA)