linguistics Journals

The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics is an academic journal for articles in general and applied linguistics written within the descriptive tradition. It particularly favours work which offers an original contribution and an independent viewpoint. It does not impose limitations in terms of methodology or genre, neither does it support a specific linguistic school; instead, it welcomes new research which furthers the understanding of language. Articles are cutting-edge in their fields, but as far... Read more

The Journal of Language Contact: Evolution of languages, contact and discourse focuses on the study of language use and language change in accordance with a view of language contact whereby both, empirical data (the precise description of languages and how they are used) and the resulting theoretical elaborations (hence the statement and analysis of new problems) become the primary engines for advancing our understanding of the nature of language. This will also involve associating linguistic,... Read more

The Journal of Language and Politics (JLP) represents a forum for analysing and discussing the various dimensions in the interplay of language and politics. The basic assumption is that the language of politics cannot be separated from the politics of language. The notion of “Political Discourse” does not remain limited to the “institutional” field of politics (e.g. parliamentary discourse, election campaigns, party programmes, speeches, etc.) but opens to all linguistic manifestations that may be considered... Read more

The Journal of Greek Linguistics (JGL) is a newly established peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to the descriptive and theoretical study of the Greek language from its roots in Ancient Greek down to present-day dialects and varieties, including those spoken in Asia Minor, Cyprus, Tsakonia, and the Greek diaspora. It aims to offer a focused outlet for publication of first-class research in Greek Linguistics, broadly construed. JGL’s goal is not only to reach linguists interested in the... Read more

Journal of French Language Studies encourages and promotes theoretical, descriptive and applied studies of all aspects of the French language. The journal brings together research from the English- and French-speaking traditions, publishing significant work on French phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, sociolinguistics and variation studies. Most work is synchronic in orientation, but historical and comparative items are also included. Studies of the acquisition of the French language, where these take due account of current... Read more

The Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP) provides a forum for the dissemination of information and views which enables practitioners of and researchers in EAP to keep current with developments in their field and to contribute to its continued updating. JEAP publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges in the linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic description of English as it occurs in the contexts of academic study and scholarly exchange itself. A wide... Read more

Journal of English Studies (JES) is a periodical of the English Studies Division at the University of La Rioja. It accepts for their publication original scholarly contributions in all research areas related to the field of English studies (linguistics, literature and literary theory, cultural studies, film studies, etc.). JES only accepts for publication contributions written in English. Read more

Journal of Experimental Linguistics (JEL) is an interdisciplinary journal of reproducible research on topics related to speech and language. JEL is a linguistic “journal of reproducible research”, that is, a journal of reproducible computational experiments on topics related to speech and language. These experiments may involve the analysis of previously­ published corpus data, or of experiment­-specific data that is published for the occasion. Other relevant categories include computational simulations, implementations of diagnostic techniques or task... Read more

The journal Biosemiotics provides a platform for exceptional peer-reviewed papers that is as broad as the rapidly growing discipline for which it is named. Its coverage spans a range of disciplines, bridging biology, philosophy, linguistics and the communication sciences. Conceived in the insight that the genetic code is a language as old as life itself, and grounded in the study of signs, of communication and of information in organisms, biosemiotics is evolving today toward the challenge... Read more

The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC) is an international refereed journal whose academic mission is to bring together specialists from diverse scholarly disciplines to discuss and interpret language and communication issues as they pertain to the people of Asian Pacific regions and impact on their Diaspora immigrant communities worldwide. The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language and communication studies in the Asian Pacific. Read more