language Journals

AILA Review is a refereed publication of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, an international federation of national associations for applied linguistics. As of volume 16, 2003, AILA Review is published with John Benjamins. Read more

Published in two issues per year, & Ampersand aims to provide information and news which will help the reader to navigate through the vast amount of published research in the field of linguistics. Ampersand includes information on a range of Elsevier linguistics publications, an extensive selection of journal abstracts, and a themed pullout section which focuses on a particular area of linguistics. Read more

International Journal of English Studies covers a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning linguistic issues related to English language. Read more

English World-Wide: A Journal of Varieties of English has established itself as the leading and most comprehensive journal dealing with varieties of English. The focus is on scholarly discussions of new findings in the dialectology and sociolinguistics of the English-speaking communities (native and second-language speakers), but general problems of sociolinguistics, creolistics, language planning, multilingualism and modern historical sociolinguistics are included if they have a direct bearing on modern varieties of English. Although teaching problems are... Read more

CONSTRUCTIONS offers a forum for linguistic research concerned with the structure, use, function, and development of “constructions” in language and linguistics. The journal aims at a balanced integration of both notional, informal approaches to constructions in general and more formal treatments, as for example, within the framework of construction grammar. One of the long-term goals is to establish contact between researchers from various perspectives. The term “construction” as understood in this journal is deliberately chosen... Read more

The Open Philosophy Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles addressing all aspects of philosophy. Research areas covered by the journal: include metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, science, psychology, mind, language and law, and ancient philosophy. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available to researchers worldwide. Read more

The LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY (LT) journal covers special needs of the typological community. Appearing in three issues a year, contains the following regular elements: <ul> <li>articles with peer commentary, complementary articles, and perhaps other interactive formats;</li> <li>independent articles;</li> <li>the implications register, documenting the implicational universals on record;</li> <li>language profiles and family records;</li> <li>basic topical bibliographies;</li> <li>highlights from the history of typology;</li> <li>reviews, multiple reviews, book notices, literature surveys</li> </ul> Read more

The Open Applied Linguistics Journal publishes original research articles, reviews and short articles in all areas of Applied Linguistics.The journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in all areas in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available to researchers worldwide. Read more

English for Specific Purposes: An International Research Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions from across the world. Authors are encouraged to submit articles and research/discussion notes on topics relevant to the teaching and learning of discourse for specific communities: academic, occupational, or otherwise specialized. Topics such as the following may be treated from the perspective of English for specific purposes: second language acquisition in specialized contexts, needs assessment, curriculum development and evaluation,... Read more

Acta Linguistica: An International Journal of Linguistics publishes papers on general linguistics with particular emphasis on discussions of theoretical issues concerning Hungarian and other Finno-Ugric languages. Papers presenting empirical material must have strong theoretical implications. The scope of the journal is not restricted to the traditional research areas of linguistics, it also covers areas such as socio- and psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, discourse analysis, the philosophy of language, language typology, and formal semantics. Read more