Language, Discourse, & Society is a new e-journal to be launched in June 2011 as a professional journal for scholars in the field.
Language, Discourse, & Society is an international peer reviewed journal with a scientific board composed by the members of the International Sociological Association-Research Committee 25, ―Language and Society‖ executive board. It is published twice annually in electronic form, and it will be open to articles dedicated to all aspects of sociological analyses of language, discourse and representation. The journal has its ISSN code and it is listed in the most important databases of Open Access Journals.
Language, Discourse, & Society accepts articles in English, French and Spanish—the official languages of the ISA. Electronic submissions are accepted year round. Please send your papers to: journal@language-and-society.org
Guidelines for Contributors
1. Articles and Book reviews may be submitted in English, French and Spanish.
2. Contributions must be original articles, not published, nor considered simultaneously for publication in any other journal or publisher.
3. There is no standard length: 6,000–8,000 words (1000-1500 in the case of book reviews) is a useful working target but where it is justified, longer or shorter pieces can be considered.
4. Title, author or authors name, affiliations, full address (including telephone, fax number and e-mail address) and brief biographical note should be typed on a separate sheet.
5. Include an abstract of 200-300 words summarizing the findings and at most five keywords.
6. Use New Times Roman, 12 point font, 1.5 space, and page numbers.
7. Submissions should use as little formatting as possible. Do not use bold, italic or titles with capital letters.
8. Tables must be numbered (Table 1, Table 2, etc.). Number figures and photographs consecutively (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). Each one must include a descriptive title.
9. Minimize the number of footnotes. Do not include endnotes.
10. Minimize the length of quotations. In case of quotations, referencing in the text should appear in this format: (Brunet, 2007:15).
11. References should appear in the following format: (Brunet, 1995), (Brunet & Spener, 2008) and (Brunet et al., 2006) if the reference concern three or more names. Use letters (a, b, etc.) to differentiate publications from the same author in the same year, (Brunet, 1995a).
12. Bibliography section: all references cited in the text must be listed in this section, and vice versa. List the references in alphabetical order by authors’ last names. If the same author has more than one entry list the publications in order of the year of publication. Follow this citation system:
Call for articles for e-journal
Language, Discourse and Society
– Journals: García, I. (2000): ―Language and Call Centers in Pakistan‖, International Journal of Globalization & Languages 205(3): 51-63.
– Book Chapters: Brunet, I. & Smith, A. (1998): ―Languages and Economic Integration‖, in P.P. Kholer & P.A. Jenkins (eds): Linguistic diversity in Europe. Madrid: Publicaciones Universitarias: 101-123.
– Books: Barry, A. S. (1999): Borders and Languages. Dallas: Dallas University Press.
– In the case of electronic publications, include the electronic address of the references.
13. Use a recent version of Microsoft Word for submitting your article.
Peer Review Process
Language, Discourse & Society selects its articles following a double blind, peer review process. Once the Editor has checked that the contribution follows the author guidelines, it is sent to two anonymous reviewers with expertise in the contribution’s field. The editor will communicate the results (rejected, accepted or accepted with modifications) of the evaluation to the corresponding author. If the article has been accepted with modifications, authors should return back a new version of the article with the modifications and/or their reasons for not doing so. The name of the referees and acknowledgement of their work will appear in the last issue of each year.
Publication Frequency
Language, Discourse & Society is published twice annually (June and December). Language, Discourse & Society can publish special issues about specific research themes. For these special issues, specific calls for papers will be announced. If you are interested in editing a special issue, contact the Journal Editor: journal@language-and-society.org
Section Policies
Articles: Open submissions; Peer Reviewed
Monographic Issues: Open submissions; Peer Reviewed
Bibliographical reviews: Open submissions; Board Reviewed
Editing & Hosting
Language, Discourse & Society is edited by the Language & Society, Research Committee 25 of the International Sociological Association, and is hosted by the Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia.