SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION

We aim to keep these guidelines as simple as possible. The notes below are for general guidance only – we have not tried to foresee every possible presentational or formatting issue. Typographic issues will be resolved by our typographers – the intent of these guidelines is to make their work as simple as possible by you submitting your article in a format which can be handled quickly and easily. Many articles will have typographic changes either made by our typographers or made by authors on the advice of our typographers.

All papers must be submitted in electronic format in MS Word (.doc) format. In view of the large number of submissions which have been presented to the JLL Project using pirated copies of MS Word we point out that you must ensure that you use a legal copy of MS Word. Pirated software is frequently faulty and causes problems.

Submission should be to the e-mail address: info@jllonline.org. In the subject line put “Lingua et Linguistica” followed by your SURNAME in capitals (or the surname of the lead author.)

The length of papers should usually be within the range 3,000-9,000 words. If your paper is outside these parameters you should contact to discuss with the editors, in the first instance on the e-mail mail@graemedavis.com. Shorter papers can usually be accommodated if their length is adequate for the ideas they set out. Longer papers must have a robust rationale for their length.

Files should be set up in 11 point Times New Roman, justified, single-spaced. Formatting of the text should be minimised. Do not use headers, footers or page numbers. There should be no indentations, including no paragraph indentations. Please ensure that your file is free from locked or password-protected features. Please set up margins as:

Top 6.3cm
Bottom 6.4cm
Inside 5cm
Outside 5cm

The article title should be in 15 point Times New Roman, bold, centred.

On the line after next your name in 13 point bold, centred. If your name is ordinarily expressed in the form first name + family name, use this order. If your name is ordinarily expressed as family name + other name use this order, but in this case underline your surname (so that we index correctly). You should not use job titles or academic qualifications with your name. Where there is more than one author all names should be listed. The order of the names is the decision of the authors – we will index under the first name.

On the next line the name of your institution in 13 point, centred (not bold). This should usually be in the format University name + country. Do not provide a faculty or departmental designation, or a postal address. Where two or more authors are from the same University please list them in adjacent positions with the University name presented just once.

On the line after next in 13 point bold, left justified the word Abstract, and on the line following the abstract start the abstract (not bold.) All papers should have an abstract of 100-200 words. The abstract should be indented one centimetre both right and left.

Please note that we cannot usually accommodate dedications or acknowledgements. In the event that an article has received funding which requires acknowledgement as a condition of that funding we will make an exception.

Sub-headings (if required) should be in 13 point bold, left justified. We cannot accommodate sub-sub-headings. Section numbers are discouraged, though may be used if you regard them as essential (we are aware that they are the convention in some disciplines.)

Tables and diagrams should be kept as simple as possible. We cannot handle complex formatting. We cannot at present handle pictures, maps or similar. All tables and diagrams should be formatted in black and white. We cannot accommodate colour here, or indeed anywhere else.

Footnotes are discouraged, but if essential may be created using the “Insert-Footnote” command on MS Word. Do not use endnotes.

We are an English language publisher. Work in other European languages may exceptionally be considered (with an abstract in English). We cannot accommodate any text (for example quotations) in non-European scripts. If such material is essential authors should transliterate.

Papers should have a bibliography at the end. The heading “Bibliography” should be 13 point bold, left justified. The bibliography should include all items referred to in the paper, and may if the writer wishes includes other publications which the writer feels will be of interest to the reader. In view of the multiplicity of bibliographic conventions available we are requesting only that a consistent style should be used. The bibliography should be of an appropriate (short) length – typically around a page. Papers should not have a list of references. You may refer in your paper in parenthesis to author and date, and if necessary or appropriate you may add page references there.

LANGUAGE AND STYLE

We expect articles to conform to the conventions of academic style. This includes a high quality of English from both native and non-native speakers. It is your responsibility to ensure that your English is of an appropriate standard. In exceptional circumstances we are able to provide proof reading or English language correction (for a fee) – should this be required please contact.

STATEMENT ABOUT PLAGIARISM, AUTHOR OWNERSHIP AND PUBLICATION FRAMEWORK

We require authors to cut and paste the following statement, fill in as appropriate, and send it back to us within the body of the e-mail to which their formatted article is attached. If an article has two or more authors then the statement must be e-mailed to us with all authors specified in the cc field of the e-mail.


I/we FULL NAME/s of NAME OF UNIVERSITY/UNIVERSITIES/OTHER AFFILIATION confirm that the article attached is my/our own work, and that no parts of it are plagiarised. Where I/we have used the ideas of others I/we have acknowledged according to academic conventions through quotation and reference as appropriate. I/we confirm that I/we have the right to offer this article for publication, and that either it has not been previously published, or the previous publisher has consented to republication. I/we acknowledge that the editors of the JLL Project will seek to present my article within the periodical Lingua et Linguistica in an appropriate manner, but that they cannot accept responsibility for any errors whatsoever that may occur, or any consequences from those errors.


OTHER MATTERS

Should you wish to republish your article elsewhere we request that you contact us to inform us of this. We will respect your wish to republish.

We have received many requests from authors for references, certification of acceptance for publication, or similar documents in order to meet the requirements of their national academic assessment systems. We will be sympathetic to individuals’ requests. It is usually straightforward for us to confirm by e-mail to a university representative that an article has been accepted for publication, or to complete an electronic form from a university. We will seek to help individual authors who work in the more complex systems which exist around the world, but do not guarantee to meet all requirements. We do not at present offer certificates of acceptance for publication. We cannot guarantee publication before or after a specific date.

These notes have not tried to be comprehensive. If you have a presentational issue which is not covered here please in the first instance resolve it as seems best to you, and draw our attention to it in the e-mail to which your article is submitted.