The International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (IJCL) publishes original research covering methodological, applied and theoretical work in any area of corpus linguistics. Through its focus on empirical language research, IJCL provides a forum for the presentation of new findings and innovative approaches in any area of linguistics (e.g. lexicology, grammar, discourse analysis, stylistics, sociolinguistics, morphology, contrastive linguistics), applied linguistics (e.g. language teaching, forensic linguistics), and translation studies. Based on its interest in corpus methodology, IJCL also invites contributions on the interface between corpus and computational linguistics. The journal has a major reviews section publishing book reviews as well as corpus and software reviews. The language of the journal is English, but contributions are also invited on studies of languages other than English. IJCL occasionally publishes special issues (for details please contact the editor). All contributions are peer-reviewed.
IJCL offers authors the option to publish articles as Open Access, click here for an example.
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Instructions to Authors
The lengths of full research papers should normally be between 7,000 and 10,000 words. Shorter notes on new corpora or technical descriptions of tools and annotation schemes can be published as articles of an extent between 2,000 and 4,000 words. For further details on the format of a submission please take a look at the guidelines below.
The IJCL is a peer-reviewed jounal and referees will be looking at a paper with regard to its originality, significance, academic rigour, and presentation of the argument. A MS submitted for publication in the IJCL should not at the same time be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
1. Contributions are to be in English. If not written by a native speaker, it is strongly advised to have the paper checked by a native speaker. Spelling should be British English or American English and should be consistent throughout the paper.
2. Authors should submit their manuscript in electronic form (saved as a Word document). The MANUSCRIPT should be double spaced with 3cm margins, font 12 pt Times New Roman with as little formatting as possible. Articles will be reviewed double blind, so please make sure to anonimize your manuscript.
3. Every submission must contain a self-contained abstract in English (no more than 100-150 words) and a short list of key words.
4. Papers should be reasonably divided into sections and, if necessary, subsections. The headings of these subsections should be numbered in Arabic numerals (1.; 1.1; 1.1.1).
5. Pages should be numbered.
6. TABLES should be numbered consecutively and should be referred to in the main text.
7. NOTES should be kept to a minimum. They should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper and be listed in a NOTES section following the main text (endnotes).
8. Once a MS is accepted for publication, FIGURES and PLATES should be submitted as reproducible originals in a separate file. They should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper, and appropriate captions should be provided. When you first submit your MS please include figures and plates in the text and only submit one document.
9. Authors must seek permission for all copyrighted material that they seek to use in their work. Authors are responsible for observing copyright laws when quoting or reproducing material. Every work quoted from or mentioned in the text must be included in the REFERENCES section. The copyright of articles published in IJCL is held by the publishers. Permission for the author to use the article elsewhere will be granted by the publisher provided full acknowledgment is given to the source.
10. REFERENCES in the text should follow the style (Brown 1989:224-256). The REFERENCES section should follow the NOTES and should list all references cited in the main text. References should be listed (1) alphabetically and (2) chronologically in the case of more than one publication by an author. Names of journals should be given in full with page references. Examples:
Books Sinclair, J. McH. 1991. Corpus, Concordance, Collocation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Article in book Halliday, M. A. K. 1991. "Corpus studies and probabilistic grammar". In K. Aijmer & B. Altenberg (Eds.), English Corpus Linguistics. London: Longman, 8-29.
Article in journal Biber, D. 1996. "Investigating language use through corpus-based analyses of association patterns". International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1 (2), 171-197.
Dictionaries Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary. 1987. Sinclair, J., P. Hanks, G. Fox, R. Moon, & P. Stock (Eds.). London and Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
Web page Scott, M. 2008: online. WordSmith Tools. Version 5. Online manual. Available at: http://www.lexically.net/downloads/version5/HTML/index.html (accessed August 2008).
11. Upon acceptance for publication the first author will receive a copy of proofs for final correction. The proofs with corrections must be returned to the Assistant Editor by the dates determined by the publication schedule in order to avoid publication delays. Any author’s alterations other than typographical corrections in the proofs may be charged to the author, therefore authors are kindly requested to check their manuscripts very carefully before final submission.
12. Authors of main articles will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which their paper appears plus an electronic offprint (PDF).
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