JWLLP-34 (2025/09) + IWLeL2025

JWLLP-34 (2025/09): The 34th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing

Announcements

Anstract Submission and/or Registration
- Please register for participation at:
  https://forms.gle/wWepqxG6ZVVmJ9zP6
- Please submit your abstract to the organizers by e-mail.

Dates and Venue

dates: September 5th Friday afternoon through noon of 7th Sunday, 2025
main venue: Minatojima Campus of Kobe Gakuin University
postal address: Port Island Campus (KPC1)
Faculty of Global Communication, Kobe Gakuin University
https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/english/faculty/global.html
Minatojima 1-1-3,Chuo-ku,Kobe 650-8586, JAPAN
〒650-8586 兵庫県神戸市中央区港島 1-1-3
transportation guide: https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/english/guide/
campus maps: https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/english/information/campus.html

details of workshop venues [subject to change]

day one:
2025/09/05
Friday

14:00-17:55	Anchor Kobe / アンカー神戸: Room #1 and Room #2 https://anchorkobe.com/ google maps 〒650-0001 兵庫県神戸市中央区加納町４丁目２?１神戸三宮阪急ビル 15階
18:00-19:30	informal reception at さけやしろ https://tabelog.com/hyogo/A2801/A280101/28035710/dtlmap/ 兵庫県神戸市中央区下山手通1-1-5 フジヤビルディング１Ｆ

day two:
2025/09/06
Saturday

10:15-12:30	Computer Classroom on 4th floor of building D, KPC1
12:45-13:45	Lunch at Joliport
14:00-18:00	Computer Classroom on 4th floor of building D, KPC1
18:45-20:30	Dynamic Kitchen & Bar San-SUN- Kobe branch

day three:
2025/09/07
Sunday

10:00-12:30

JWLLP-34 at Kobe Co-Creation Center: Room #1 and Room #2
https://kobeplatform.or.jp/organization/
一般社団法人大学都市神戸産官学プラットフォーム
〒650-0021　兵庫県神戸市中央区三宮町1丁目9番1号　センタープラザ9階

touristic tips for international visitors
- Take airport limousine buses from Kansai Internatioal Airport to Kobe-Sannomiya stations. Take Port Liner (monorail) from Kobe Airport.
- If you are coming from KIX (Kansai International Airport) to Kobe-Sannnomiya stations, it takes about an hour and 2,200 yen one way. The bus stops at some obscur area, though.
  Incoming trip: https://www.hanshin-bus.co.jp/limo/index_k_sannomiya2.html
  return trip: https://www.hanshin-bus.co.jp/limo/index_k_sannomiya1.html
  If you are coming from Kobe Airport, it taks 20 about minutes and 340 yen.
  https://www.knt-liner.co.jp/stationp09/ weekdays click on 平日
  https://www.knt-liner.co.jp/stationp09/ saturday and sunday click on 土日祝
  and your return:
  https://www.knt-liner.co.jp/stationp01/ weekdays click on 平日
  https://www.knt-liner.co.jp/stationp01/ saturday and sunday click on 土日祝
- Hotels near or around Kobe-Sannomiya stations 神戸三宮駅, JR Kobe Station 神戸駅 and JR Motomachi Station 元町駅 are recommended. Make your cancellable reservations early just in case.
  There are more hotels around Kobe-Sannomiya stations than I can begin to explain. The new ones tend to be better with good facilities. Hotels rooms around here tend to be somewhat small. You can also try to find hotels near Motomachi 元町 and/or 神戸 Kobe stations, which are three minutes to five minutes on JR trains.
  As I checked yesterday, the rates are "normal" at the moment but hey tend to go up as your arrival nears.
- Take Shinki 神姫 buses that arrives in campus or take Port Liner (monorail) from Kobe-Sannnomiya Station to Minatojima Campus of Kobe Gakuin University and walk for five minutes.
online resources:
- google maps: Kobe-Sannomiya Station
  https://www.google.com/maps/search/sannomiya+station/@34.6938413,135.1909086,17z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
- The World Clock --- Worldwide: Hong Kong
  https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/?query=hong+kong
- NICT: JST Clock
  https://www.nict.go.jp/JST/JST5.html
- AccuWeather Kobe City
  https://www.accuweather.com/en/jp/kobe-shi/1-224023_1_al/weather-forecast/1-224023_1_al?city=kobe
- tenki.jp: Kobe City Hourly Weather
  https://tenki.jp/forecast/6/31/6310/28100/1hour.html
- weather in Kobe:
  https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/forecast/#area_type=class20s&area_code=2810000&lang=en
- Convert Japanese Yen to Hong Kong Dollars
  https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=10000&From=JPY&To=HKD
- 時刻表・運賃計算
  http://www.jorudan.co.jp/
- Currency Exchange:
  - Daikokuya Kobe-Motomachi Kaitori center
    https://shop.e-daikoku.com/info/spot/detail?code=0000000380&lang=en
  - ゆうちょ銀行　大阪支店　神戸市営地下鉄三宮駅内出張所
    https://map.japanpost.jp/p/search/dtl/400228008500/
  - Japan Post Bank Kobe Central
    https://global.map.japanpost.jp/smt/en/search/inf/300143001000/
- JR West
  - Kansai Area : Train Status Information
    https://global.trafficinfo.westjr.co.jp/en/kansai/
  - What is ICOCA?:
    https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/howto/guide/movie03.html
  - JR-WEST Free Wi-Fi Service:
    https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/wifi/

JWLLP-34 (2025/09): The 34th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing

JWLLP-34 (2025/09) is the 34th installment of JWLLP, organized under the auspices of JWLLP Steering Committee. See the web page indicated below:
- http://www.decode.waseda.ac.jp/jwllp/
Topics include but are not limited to:
- theoretical analysis of linguistic data
- natural language and speech processing by computing machinery
- human sentence processing and brain imaging studies
- language aquisition and language learning
- computational psycolinguistics
- computational modeling of learner languages and language learning
- large language modelts and generative AI
- learner corpora and learning data
- interactions with linguistic and semiotic landscapes
Jointly hosted by:
- Institute for the Study of Language and Information, Waseda University
- Institute for Digital Enhancement of Cognitive Development, Waseda University
Co-sponsored by:
- JELES: The English Language Education Society of Japan
- JASLLI: Japanese Association for the Study of Logic, Language and Information (formerly known as Logico-Linguistic Society of Japan)
Organizing Committee:
- Yasunari Harada: Honorary Organizing Chair
- Akira Morita: Organizing Chair
- Ryo Otoguro: Organizing Co-Chair
- Miwa Morishita: Local Organizing Chair
- Yasushi Tsubota: Local Organizing Co-Chair
- Sachiko Shudo: Executive Organizing Chair

tentative workshop program outline [as of 2025/06/01: subject to change]

day one:
2025/09/05
Friday
JWLLP-34
Concurrently
with
NextEdu-207

14:00-14:05	preparations and registration
14:05-14:10	opening remarks for NextEdu-207 Yasushi Tsubota
14:10-14:45	Exploring Diverse Instructional Designs for Developing Non-Cognitive Skills Eriko Uematsu
14:45-15:20	Title TBA Yuya Akatsuka
15:20-15:55	LOGIGLISH: A new approach to concurrently acquire critical thinking and English fluency Kaho Fujikawa
15:55-16:05	opening remarks for JWLLP-34 Chu-Ren Huang, Jong-Bok Kim and Yasunari Harada
16:05-16:40	[Featured Talk] LLM, GenAI and Autonomous Mutual Learning of English Miwa Morishita, Yasunari Harada and Jason S. Chang
16:40-17:15	Does 'All' Mean 'Every'? Exploring Scope Preferences of Universal Quantifiers in Italian and Mandarin Chinese Lavinia Salicchi
17:20-17:55	Can GPT-4 Grasp Metaphors in Political Discourse? A Case Study on ELECTION Metaphors Jing Chen, Winnie Zeng, Emmanuele Chersoni, Kathleen Ahrens, & Chu-Ren Huang
18:30-20:00	informal reception [details to be announced]

day two:
2025/09/06
Saturday
JWLLP-34

10:10-10:30	preparations and registration
10:30-11:30	[Invited Talk on line] Revisiting the Complementizer 'that' in the Age of AI Xian Wang
11:30-12:30	[Invited Talk] Title TBA Jong-Bok Kim
12:30-14:00	lunch at faculty restaurant
14:00-15:00	[Invited Talk] From Sensory Modalities to Embodied Cognition: Sensory Lexicon and Corpus-Driven Studies Chu-Ren Huang
15:00-16:00	[Invited Talk] Title TBA Reiko Mazuka
16:00-16:10	break
16:10-16:50	[Featured Talk] Title TBA Hiroaki Yamada
16:50-17:50	[Invited Talk] Over-counting of number of times?: The vague image of modifying construction in Japanese and Taiwan Mandarin Toshiyuki Sadanobu and Ya-Yun Cheng
18:45-20:30	dinner at some local restaurant [details to be announced]

day three:
2025/09/07
Sunday
JWLLP-34

10:00-10:10	preparations and registration
10:10-10:45	TBA TBA
10:45-11:20	On the encoding of verb aspect in language models Emmanuele Chersoni
11:20-12:20	Title TBA Norihiro Sadato
12:20-12:30	closing remarks for JWLLP-34 Chu-Ren Huang, Jong-Bok Kim and Yasunari Harada

notices

First drafted September 8th, 2015. Last revised June 12th, 2025.
The meeting and talks announced in this web page are subject to change without prior notice. The organizers should not be held responsible for any purported or actual damages by prospective participants due to those changes.