期刊名称：LANGUAGE SCIENCES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Description
Language Sciences is a forum for debate, conducted so as to be of interest to the widest possible audience, on conceptual and theoretical issues in the various branches of general linguistics. The journal is also concerned with bringing to linguists' attention current thinking about language within disciplines other than linguistics itself; relevant contributions from anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists and sociologists, among others, will be warmly received. In addition, the Editor is particularly keen to encourage the submission of essays on topics in the history and philosophy of language studies, and review articles discussing the import of significant recent works on language and linguistics.
Instructions to Authors
Guide for Authors
Types of contribution
Language Sciences publishes original full-length research papers which have not been published previously, except in a preliminary form, as well as review articles, discussion papers and short reviews.
The Editor invites the submission of suitable material for publication, and will be pleased to advise intending contributors or discuss proposals for papers. The aims and scope of the journal are located at  http://www.elsevier.com/locate/langsci
Special Issues devoted to particular topics or themes are encouraged and the Editor will welcome suggestions.
Submission of Manuscripts
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher. As of January 2006, all new manuscripts must be submitted through the Language Sciences online submission and review Web site:
http://ees.elsevier.com/lsc/
Authors are requested to submit the text, tables, and artwork in electronic form to this address. In an accompanying letter, authors should state that the manuscript, or parts of it, have not been and will not be submitted elsewhere for publication.
Authors who are unable to provide an electronic version or have other circumstances that prevent online submission must contact the Editor by email at nlove@humanities.uct.ac.za prior to submission to discuss alternate options. The Publisher and Editor regret that they are not able to consider submissions that do not follow these procedures.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement" (for more information on this and copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An email (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of the agreement.
If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com. Requestes may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage ( http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Role of corresponding author
The corresponding author of a manuscript for Language Sciences has the duty to ensure that all the named authors have seen and approved the original and any revised version of the paper and are in agreement with its content before it is submitted to the Journal. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. The corresponding author should also ensure that all those who have contributed to the research are acknowledged appropriately either as a co-author or in the Acknowledgements.
In addition, the corresponding author has the prime responsibility for ensuring the paper is correctly prepared according to the Guide for Authors. Submitted manuscripts not complying with the Guide for Authors may be returned to the authors for possible revision and resubmission.
All manuscripts are peer-reviewed.
On receipt of the first decision letter authors should send their revised manuscript within three months in order to ensure that the scientific content of their manuscript is timely and up to date.
General points
The preferred format for submission is Word. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. No changes to the accepted version are permissible without the explicit approval of the Editor.
Manuscript Preparation
Authors should consult a recent issue of the journal for style if possible: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03880001
The text should be in single-column format with a font size of 10 or 12 point. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Below are some guidelines:
- Do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. - Do use bold face, italics, subscripts and superscripts etc.
- Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns.
- Do not import the figures into the text file, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section below on Preparation of electronic illustrations.
- To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spellchecker' function of your wordprocessor.
- The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also http://www.elsevier.com). The Editor reserves the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.
Text
Authors will be required to provide the following in the submission; Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions, Tables.
The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote.
Quotations
Quotations should include indications, where appropriate of any omission, added emphasis, or other alteration to the original. Short quotations should be given within single inverted commas, long quotations as an indented passage without inverted commas.
Keywords
Authors should supply with the original version of their article a list of up to six keywords,which will help to provide efficient indexing, search and retrieval mechanisms as articles become available through electronic systems. As far as possible, keywords should conform to those used in LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts).
Tables Authors should take notice of the limitations set by the size and lay-out of the journal. Large tables should be avoided unless submitted as a supplementary file. Supplementary files will be made available only online. The print and online articles are identical, therefore, authors should not make reference to the data in the supplementary files within their article since this will make the print version of their article incomprehensible. Reversing columns and rows will often reduce the dimensions of a table. If many data are to be presented, an attempt should be made to divide them over two or more tables.
Tables should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all tables (other than those included in the supplementary files).
Tables should never be included in the text.
Any explanation essential to the understanding of the table should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table. Tables and their footnotes should be typed using a readable uniform font of the same size as that used in the text. Each text should have a brief and self-explanatory title.
Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses.
Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.
Zero results must be represented by 0 and no determination by ND; the dash sign (-) is ambiguous. Report data in such a way that readers can assess the degree of experimental variation and estimate the variability or precision of the findings. Use the standard deviation SD and the mean to summarise data and to show the variability among individuals. Use the standard error of the mean SEM to show the precision of the sample mean. Always state the number of measurements on which means are based. In tables and figures use asterisks to indicate probability values P. In footnotes or text show the degree of significance of P, eg P 0.05 I
llustrations
Submitting your artwork in an electronic format helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail.
- Illustrations should not be included in the text, instead they should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. References should be made in the text to each illustration.
- Illustrations should be camera ready
- Lettering should be in English, use the same kind of lettering throughout Only use the following fonts: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
- Save text in illustrations as 'graphics' or enclose the font.
- If a scale should be given, use bar scales on all illustrations instead of numerical scales that must be changed with reduction.
- Each illustration should have a caption.
- Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
- Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please 'save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below).
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as 'graphics'.
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply 'as is'.
Please do NOT:
- Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
- Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
- Supply fileles that are too low in resolution;
- Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Colour reproduction of illustrations
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
References
Authors are strongly encouraged to check the accuracy of each reference against its original source.
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.
In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication, followed--if necessary--by a short reference to appropriate pages. Examples:
'Since Peterson (1988) has shown that ...'. 'This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1989, pp.12-16)'.
If reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used followed by 'et al.'. This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list names of first author and co-authors should be mentioned.
References cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically.
The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on authors' names and chronologically per author. If an author's name in the list is also mentioned with co-authors the following order should be used:
1. publications of the single author, arranged according to publication dates
2. publications of the same author with one co-author
3. publications of the author with more than one co-author.
Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1974a, 1974b, etc.
Use the following system for arranging your references, please note the proper position of the punctuation: Abaglo, P., Archangeli, D., 1989. Language-Particular Under Specification: Genbe /e/ and Yoruba /I/. Linguistic Inquiry 20 (3), 456-480.
Piget, J., Inhelder, B., 1969. The Psychology of the child. Basic Books, New York.
Suleiman, M.F., 1993. A Study of Arab Students' Motivations and Attitudes for Learning English as A Foreign Language, Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University at Tempe. Tucker, G.R., Saro.m, N., 1979.
Investing Linguistic Acceptability with Egyptian EFL Students.
ERIC Document Reproducing Service, ED-152106.
Wordsworth, W., 1974. Essays on Epitaphs. In: Owen, W.J.B., Smyser,
J.W. (Eds.), The Prose Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 1-40.
In the case of publications in any language other than English, the original title is to be retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Roman alphabets should be transliterated, and anotation such as(in Russian) or (in Greek,with English abstract) should be added.
Work accepted for publication but not yet published should be referred to as 'in press'.Authors should provide evidence (such as a copy of the letter of acceptance).
References concerning unpublished data, theses, and 'personal communications' should not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.
Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used to provide addresses of authors or to provide explanations essential to the understanding of Tables.
Supplementary data
Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our Author Gateway at http://authors.elsevier.com
Author Enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit the journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/journals. From here you can also track accepted articles ( http://elsevier.com/trackarticle and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as detailed artworkn guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions and more.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after registration of an article for publication.
Proofs
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an email address then paper proofs will be sent by post).
Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win. If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail, or by post. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with publication of your article if no response is received.
Electronic Offprints (e-offprints)
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free paper offprints. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.
Information about Language Sciences is available on the Web at the following addresses: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/langsci
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Editorial Board
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Editor:
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| N. Love |
Department of Linguistics, University of Cape Town, 7701 Rondebosch, South Africa, Email: nlove@humanities.uct.ac.za
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Associate Editors:
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| K. Allan |
Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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| N.S. Baron |
American University, DC, USA
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| L. Campbell |
University of Utah, USA
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| P. Carr |
Universite Paul Valery, France
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| S.J. Cowley |
University of Hertfordshire, UK
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| A. Deumert |
Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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| N.J. Enfield |
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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| E.J. Francis |
Purdue University, Indiana
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| C. Goddard |
University of New England, Australia
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| B. Heine |
Universität Köln, Germany
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| P. Hopper |
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
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| C.M. Hutton |
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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| B. Johnstone |
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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| P.E. Jones |
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
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| J.E. Joseph |
Edinburgh, UK
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| R. Mesthrie |
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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| P. Ramat |
Istituto di Glottologia, Pavia, Italy
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| D.J. Schalkwyk |
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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| P.A.M. Seuren |
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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| J.C. Smith |
University of Oxford, U.K.
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| T.J. Taylor |
College of William and Mary, USA
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| J.R. Taylor |
University of Otago, New Zealand
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| M. Toolan |
University of Birmingham, UK
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| E. Traugott |
Stanford University, USA
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