Journal of Linguistics
Last updated ISSN 0022-2267
Journal of Linguistics is published by Cambridge University Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Linguistics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-2267, 1469-7742 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,043 |
| Publishing since | 1965 |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org/jid_LIN |
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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