Semantics and Pragmatics
Last updated ISSN 1937-8912
Semantics and Pragmatics is published by Linguistic Society of America in arts and humanities. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Semantics and Pragmatics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Advanced Algebra and Logic
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
Key facts
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1937-8912 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 253 |
| Publishing since | 2007 |
| Journal website | semprag.org |
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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