linguistics Journals

Dialectologia et Geolinguistica is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope. The journal publishes contributions on the variation of languages world-wide, systematic and inherent, diachronic and synchronic, regional and social, based on either oral or written data. It is open to all theoretical and methodological approaches. The journal also furthers interdisciplinary research. Moreover,  Dialectologia et Geolinguistica carries reports on the scholarly activities of national language research institutes, reviews, and conference reports. Dialectologia et Geolinguistica is the official... Read more

Dialectologia is a peer-reviewed biannual journal that complies with the norms of the Spanish Foundation for the Science and the Technology (FECYT). The scope of the journal Dialectologia is to join the experiences of researchers working in different fields of Dialectology (linguistic variation, geolinguistics, methodology, synchronic and diachronic dialectal data, new technologies, social dialectology, etc). Dialectologia has four main aims: <ol> <li>to provide dialectologists from all over the world with a forum for the exchange of ideas and... Read more

When the world is seen as a global village, understanding of the complex and subtle relationship between language, society and culture becomes an essential condition for peaceful co-existence among its villagers. On the basis of this assumption,the journal of Language, Society and Culture (LSC) is produced. It is a refereed international journal publishing articles and reports dealing with theoretical as well as practical issues focusing on the link between language, society and culture within a... Read more

Language, Culture and Curriculum provides a forum for the discussion of the many factors, social, cultural, cognitive and organisational, which are relevant to the formulation and implementation of language curricula. Second languages, minority and heritage languages are a special concern. First-language and foreign language studies are also welcomed when they have implications for multiculturalism. Read more

Language & Intercultural Communication promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of the interplay between language and intercultural communication. It therefore welcomes research into intercultural communication, particularly where it explores the importance of linguistic aspects; and research into language, especially the learning of foreign languages, where it explores the importance of intercultural perspectives. The journal is alert to the implications for education, especially higher education, and for language learning and teaching. It is also receptive to research on... Read more

Discours is an international and interdisciplinary e-journal, which publishes non-thematic issues twice a year, and occasional special issues. The journal focuses on the following topics: discourse structure, cohesion, co-reference, linearization, indexation, information structure, word order, segmentation markers, integration markers, discourse relations, cognitive processes involved in discourse comprehension and production, and other related topics. It is intended as a forum for exchanging and comparing data, analyses and opinions for all linguists, psycholinguists and computer linguists working in... Read more

Perspectives: Studies in Translatology encourages studies of all types of interlingual transmission, such as translation, interpreting, subtitling etc. The emphasis lies on analyses of authentic translation work, translation practices, procedures and strategies. Based on real-life examples, studies in the journal place their findings in an international perspective from a practical, theoretical or pedagogical angle in order to address important issues in the craft, the methods and the results of translation studies worldwide. Read more

Journal of Multicultural Discourses publishes scholarship that (1) looks into intellectual traditions on language, discourse and communication especially grounded in Asian, African and Latin American cultures; (2) examines language and communication practices especially in developing societies or otherwise disadvantaged communities; and/or (3) explores cross-cultural, multiculturalist dialogue on language, communication and discourse research. Read more

The journal Current Issues in Language Planning provides major summative and thematic review studies spanning and focusing the disparate language policy and language planning literature related to: 1) polities and language planning and 2) issues in language planning. The journal publishes four issues per year, two on each subject area. The polity issues describe language policy and planning in various countries/regions/areas around the world, while the issues numbers are thematically based. Read more

Brill’s Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics is a new peer-reviewed international forum devoted to the descriptive and theoretical study of Afroasiatic languages. The territory of the Afroasiatic family spans a vast area to the South of the Mediterranean, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Middle East and reaching deep into the heart of Africa. Some of the Afroasiatic languages have been studied for centuries, while others still remain partially or entirely undocumented. In... Read more