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The Proceedings of the Ninth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics

Edited by Yukio Otsu（大津由紀雄 編）
9800 yen + tax
ISBN978-4-89476-428-6
C3081 Y9800E
Hituzi Publishing Company（ひつじ書房）
Amazon.co.jp

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Did We Really Solve Plato's Problem (Abstractly)
Cedric Boeckx
The Acquisition of Preposition Stranding and its Theoretical Implications
Koji Sugisaki
Processing of Gapless Dependency without Thematic Cues: A Study on Negative Adverbs in Japanese
Rosalynn S. Chiu, Hajime Ono and Hiromu Sakai
The Development of the Vowel System in 5 Year-Old Simultaneous French/Japanese Bilingual Children
Mami Fukushi, Marie Labelle and Lucie Ménard
Across-the-Board and Parasitic Gap Constructions: Cross-Linguistic Generalization
Masayuki Komachi
A Probe-Goal Approach to Parametric Variation in English, French and Mandarin Nominal Phrases
Yi-An Lin
Strength and Weakness of Children’s Interpretation of Modals
Vincenzo Moscati
Two Ways of Pronouncing "Unpronounceable" QR
Hiroki Narita
Rare: Two Types of Root Modals in Japanese
Kaori Takamine
Effects of Pitch Accent on Ambiguous Sentence Processing by Second Language Learners of English
Aya Takeda
String-Vacuous Scrambling and Cyclic Linearization
Kensuke Takita
Clitin Omission in Early Italian: Testing the "Informativeness Hypothesis"
Roberta Tedeschi
The Early Stages of Universal Quantification
Anna Notley, Britta Jensen and Francesco-Alessio Ursini
Detailed Phonetic Memory for Multi-Word Sequences
Travis Wade
Children’s Acquisition of Passives in Chinese
Ting Xu and Xiaolu Yang
Scope Assignment in Chinese: Why Children and Adults Differ
Peng Zhou and Stephen Crain
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- Celestine Hotel
7 minutes from Tamachi Station (JR Yamanote Line)
access: map
3-23-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-5441-4111
Facsimile: 03-5411-4114


- Toyoko Inn Shinagawa
2 minutes from Shinagawa Station (JR Yamanote Line)
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Single: 6,800- (per person)
Twin: 8,800- (per person)

4-23-2 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3280-1045
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- Toyoko Prince Hotel
2 minutes from Onarimon Station (Subway Mita Line)
Airport shuttle bus (called "Friendly Limousine Bus") available from/to Narita Airport

Single: 19,000-(per person; including breakfast, high-speed internet circuit rent, service charge)
Twin: 12,000-(per person; including breakfast, high-speed internet circuit rent, service charge )

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- Shinagawa Prince Hotel
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- Takanawa Tobu Hotel
5 minutes from Shinagawa Station (JR Lines)

Single: 10,500- (room rate; including breakfast, service charge, tax)
Twin: 15,750- (room rate; including breakfast, service charge, tax)

4-7-6 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3447-0111
Facsimile: 03-3447-0117
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- Mielparque Tokyo
2 minutes from Shibakoen Station (Subway Mita Line)
4 minutes from Daimon Station (Subway Asakusa Line)
8 minutes from Hamamatsucho Station (JR Lines)

Single: 7,200-7,600 (room rate)
Twin: 13,100- 21,200 (room rate)

2-5-20 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3433-7211
Facsimile: 03-3433-3895
E-mail: tokyo-miel@mtj.biglobe.ne.jp
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- Tokyo Grand Hotel
20 minutes walk from Keio University
3 minutes from Shibakoen Station (Subway Mita Line)
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TCP 2009 Conference Information

The 10th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics [TCP 2009]

- Invited Speakers:
Nina Hyams (UCLA)
Akira Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)

- Program NEW!!

- Date: March 13-14, 2009

- Place: Keio University Mita Campus Kita-kan hall


- Registration Fee (TCP 2009 Handbook): 1,000yen
Pre-registration is not necessary.

- Reception (March 13):
Students--1,000yen
Non-students--2,000yen

- Access Information:
Direction to Keio University

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