Language
Last updated ISSN 0097-8507
Language is published by Linguistic Society of America 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 Language concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Linguistic research and analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0097-8507, 1535-0665 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 15,302 |
| Publishing since | 1925 |
| Journal website | www.linguisticsociety.org/lsa-publications/language |
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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