期刊名称：LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO BILINGUALISM
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
LAB provides an outlet for cutting-edge, contemporary studies on bilingualism. LAB assumes a broad definition of bilingualism, including: adult L2 acquisition, simultaneous child bilingualism, child L2 acquisition, adult heritage speaker competence, L1 attrition in L2/Ln environments, and adult L3/Ln acquisition. LAB solicits high quality articles of original research assuming any cognitive science approach to understanding the mental representation of bilingual language competence and performance, including cognitive linguistics, emergentism/connectionism, generative theories, psycholinguistic and processing accounts, and covering typical and atypical populations.
Instructions to Authors
The default review policy for LAB is double blind review. While the authors names and affiliations will always remain anonymous for the first round of review, reviewers can choose to sign their reviews. In such a case, authors can then choose to make their identity known before the second round of review and get in touch with the signed reviewer to discuss comments. The editors of LAB will be responsible for screening submissions for quality as well as screening reviews for tone (and quality). We will adopt a strict policy of ‘constructive civility.’ Guidelines for reviewers will be sent to them with the invitation for review.
Guidelines for Contributors
Types of articles:
General Research articles: 8,000-10,000 word articles that present original empirical research pertinent to the study of cognitive-linguistic bilingualism.
Squibs and Research Reports: These small articles should not exceed 5,000 words and should present research on ongoing theoretical projects or subsets of data sets making significant contributions that are time sensitive. Accelerated review will be conducted.
Epistemological Topics: these articles on topics of general epistemological interest in the sub-disciplines that contribute research to the journal will be between 8,000 and 12,000 words and will be by invitation only.
Spotlight issue: Annually, one Spotlight issue will be published focusing on research of one particular language, language family or a cohort of articles addressing the same theoretical questions within the remit of the journal. Proposals for guest editing this issue should be sent to the editors and not exceed 3 pages.
1. All inquiries should be directed towards the editors by e-mailing the journal at editorial labjournal.org
2. Contributions must be in English and spelling should be either American English or British English and should be consistent throughout the paper. If not written by a native speaker, it is advisable to have the paper checked by a native speaker prior to submission.
3. All articles published in LAB are double-blind peer reviewed. For initial submission, authors should therefore deliver their MANUSCRIPT in electronic form (Word or rtf, accompanied by an identical PDF file), double-spaced with 3 cm/1 inch margins.
4. Upon acceptance, the author will be requested to furnish the FINAL VERSION in electronic form (Word or rtf), accompanied by an identical PDF file. For the final accepted version the following standards MUST be followed:
5. Authors are responsible for observing copyright laws when quoting or reproducing material. The copyright of articles published in LAB is held by the publisher. Permission for the author to use the article elsewhere will be granted by the publisher provided full acknowledgement is given to the source.
6. Papers should be reasonably divided into sections and, if appropriate subsections. The headings of these subsections should be numbered in Arabic numerals (1.; 1.1.; 1.1.1.).
7. Line drawings (FIGURES) should be submitted as reproducible originals. They should be numbered consecutively, and appropriate captions should be provided. Reference to any FIGURES should be given in the appropriate place where they should appear.
8. TABLES should be numbered consecutively and should be referred to in the main text.
9. NOTES should appear as FOOTNOTES and should be concise, kept to a minimum, and numbered consecutively throughout the paper.
10. REFERENCES and all formatting in general, including for the reporting of STATISTICS, should follow the guidelines set out by the APA (see www.apastyle.org). Please consult this document for a summary of the main points to which you should pay particular attention.
11. Authors are kindly requested to check their manuscripts very carefully before submission in order to avoid delays in publication. The first author will receive a PDF file with page proofs for final correction. One set must be returned with corrections by the dates determined by the publication schedule. Any author’s alterations other than typographical corrections in the page proofs may be charged to the author.
12. Authors of main articles as well as reviews will receive a complementary copy of the issue in which their paper appears.
13. Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission and manuscript tracking site: www.editorialmanager.com/lab.
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors: editoriallabjournal.org.
Editorial Board
Editors
Jason Rothman | University of Reading & UiT, the Artic University of Norway
Assistant Editor
Editorial Board
Tania Ionin | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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