Lingua
Last updated ISSN 0024-3841
Lingua is published by Elsevier BV in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,640.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Lingua 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
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Lexicography and Language Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0024-3841, 1872-6135 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,640 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,025 |
| Publishing since | 1949 |
| Journal website | www.elsevier.com/locate/lingua |
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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