linguistics Journals

The Journal of English Linguistics is your premier resource for original linguistic research based on data drawn from the English language,encompassing a broad theoretical and methodological scope. Highlighting theoretically and technologically innovative scholarship, the Journal provides in-depth research and analysis in a variety of areas, including history of English, English grammar, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and dialectology. The Journal also includes articles written on topics such as language contact, pidgins/creoles, and stylistics provided that one primary... Read more

Language Testing is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes original research on language testing and assessment. The journal’s wide scope encompasses first and second language testing and assessment of English and other languages, and the use of tests and assessments as research and evaluation tools. Many articles also contribute to methodological innovation and the practical improvement of testing and assessment internationally. In addition, the journal publishes submissions that deal with policy issues, including the... Read more

The International Journal of Lexicography (IJL) was launched in 1988. Interdisciplinary as well as international, it is concerned with all aspects of lexicography, including issues of design, compilation and use, and with dictionaries of all languages, though the chief focus is on dictionaries of the major European languages - monolingual and bilingual, synchronic and diachronic, pedagogical and encyclopedic. The Journal recognizes the vital role of lexicographical theory and research, and of developments in related fields... Read more

Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics publishes articles in the traditional disciplines of linguistics and other fields of natural language studies. Read more

Himalayan Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal specializing in the languages of the Himalayan region. The term “Himalayan” is used in its broad sense to include north-western and north-eastern India, where languages of Indo- Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, and Austro-Asiatic linguistic stocks are spoken; the languages of Nepal, Bhutan and the Tibetan Plateau; the languages of northern Burma, Yunnan and Sichuan; and the languages of Nuristan, Baltistan and the Burushaski speaking area in the west. Read more

Heritage Language Journal focuses on advancing the knowledge about educating heritage speakers, the journal seeks submissions from researchers and practitioners in linguistics & applied linguistics, psychology, sociology, language education, language policy, and other related and relevant fields. Read more

The Linguistics Journal is a refereed publication which aims at providing free access to all those involved in the research, teaching and learning of linguistics. This is a wide-ranging field examining how languages are structured, how meanings and ideas are formed and encoded, how they are communicated and represented, and how they are decoded and interpreted. It is a discipline which is increasingly reaching across into other disciplinary areas to mutual benefit, and is,... Read more

Syntax publishes a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural languages and closely related fields. The journal promotes work on formal syntactic theory and theoretically-oriented descriptive work on particular languages and comparative grammar. Syntax also publishes research on the interfaces between syntax and related fields such as semantics, morphology, and phonology, as well as theoretical and experimental studies in sentence processing, language acquisition, and other areas of psycholinguistics that bear on syntactic theories. Read more

Studia Linguistica is committed to the publication of high quality, original papers and provides an international forum for the discussion of theoretical linguistic research, primarily within the fields of grammar, cognitive semantics and language typology. The principal aim is to open a channel of communication between researchers operating in traditionally diverse fields while continuing to focus on natural language data. Read more

Journal of East Asian Linguistics is a unique publication that focuses on linguistic issues as they pertain to East Asian languages. It bridges the gap between traditional description and current theoretical research and encourages research that allows these languages to play a significant role in shaping general linguistic theory. Read more