Journal of Historical Linguistics
Last updated ISSN 2210-2116
Journal of Historical Linguistics is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Historical Linguistics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
- Language and cultural evolution
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Key facts
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2210-2116, 2210-2124 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 304 |
| Publishing since | 2011 |
| Journal website | www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jbp/jhl |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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