sociolinguistics Journals

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

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

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

The aim of the International Journal of Multilingualism (IJM) is to foster, present and spread research focused on psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of multilingual acquisition and multilingualism. The journal is interdisciplinary and seeks to go beyond bilingualism and second language acquisition by developing the understanding of the specific characteristics of acquiring, processing and using more than two languages. Read more

Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics (IJOAL) is a peer-reviewed international journal that has been publishing original research papers devoted to language and linguistics, for more than past three decades. It provides a forum for the discussion of language related problems faced by language learners, the various language teaching methodologies adopted, apart from dealing with the general linguistic theories, and the branches and sub branches of linguistics. Read more

International Journal of Communication (IJC) was started with a special focus on “communication across cultures”, “interpersonal communication” and “cognition”. It has grown to include later, the various related disciplines and sub-disciplines of communication such as marketing, electronic communication, artificial intelligence, media studies, mass communication, schizophrenia, communication disorder, identity transformation and communicative praxis etc. Read more

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism disseminates high-quality research, theoretical advances, international developments to foster international understanding, and to spread ideas about initiatives in bilingualism and bilingual education. The journal promotes theoretical and applied research into bilingual education and bilingualism, provides a truly international exchange, and encourages international debates and discussions on key issues in areas of controversy in bilingual education and bilingualism. It provides as well interdisciplinary perspectives for an international audience. Bilingualism,... Read more

The International Journal for the Semiotics of Law welcomes articles applying different forms of textual analysis to the discourses of the law. They include the semiotics of Greimas, Peirce and Lacan, rhetoric, philosophy of language, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and deconstructionism, as well as more traditional legal philosophical approaches to the language of the law. Articles are welcome in either English or French. Read more

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