language Journals

Linguistic Discovery is dedicated to the description and analysis of primary linguistic data. The amazing linguistic diversity of our planet poses a great intellectual challenge to linguists as we attempt to define what aspects of language and language use are universal versus those which are particular to subsets of the world’s languages. Linguistic Discovery provides a platform for linguists to explore these issues and to inform others about linguistic phenomena that deepen our understanding of... Read more

Languages and Linguistics is a world forum for the study of natural languages, with a special focus on the languages in use in Africa and the Middle East. The journal brings together research from English, French and Arabic traditions, publishing significant work on phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics and variation and comparative studies. Read more

Language@Internet focuses on all aspects of language and language use in digital media. Submissions are welcomed that make use of analytical methods from linguistics and other language-related disciplines, as well as language-focused studies of digitally-mediated communication from other disciplines. Research methods may be qualitative or quantitative, and corpus studies making use of computational tools are encouraged. To submit a manuscript, follow the Submission Guidelines in the left sidebar. Read more

Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa focuses on multilingualism in Africa and a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa. The journal also endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcome contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts and engineers anyone who has a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. We hope to... Read more

Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) publishes papers on all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including, but not limited to, the goals of language documentation, data management, fieldwork methods, ethical issues, orthography design, reference grammar design, lexicography, methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality, archiving matters, language planning, areal survey reports, short field reports on endangered or underdocumented languages, reports on language maintenance, preservation, and revitalization efforts, plus software, hardware, and book reviews. Read more

The Language Archives Newsletter provides news and informative articles about topics in endangered languages, especially archiving, fieldwork, language documentation, data and media management, computer tools, and developments in relevant technologies. LAN warmly welcomes submissions of news, reviews, and articles from anyone working in these areas. The journal addresses interested linguistics, ethnologists, and other researchers working with linguistic and cultural data. The journal especially offers contributions to the following disciplines: linguistic data processing and archiving, speech... Read more

The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is dedicated to the issues and concerns related to the teaching and learning of Less Commonly Taught Languages (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese,Yoruba, Russian, Swahili). The Journal primarily seeks to address the interests of language teachers, administrators, and researchers. Arti­cles that describe in­novative and successful teaching methods that are relevant to the con­cerns or problems of the profession, or that report educational research or experimentation... Read more

Journal of Turkish Linguistics is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute for Research of Turkish Language. Papers from all areas of Turkish linguistics are welcomed. Read more

Turkic Languages is a journal devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genetic, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects and thus welcomes contributions on all aspects of Turkic linguistics. It contains articles, review articles, reviews, discussions, reports, and surveys of publications. Read more

The Journal of South Asian Linguistics is devoted to work pursuing formal approaches to the study of South Asian Languages. We conceive of South Asian Languages broadly to cover the languages of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet and that of the South Asian diasporas. The journal covers the areas of computational linguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, morphology, phonology, phonetics, psycholinguistics, semantics, and syntax as well as work on other areas... Read more