Constructions and Frames

Volume 18 (2026)

Volume 17 (2025)

Volume 16 (2024)

Volume 15 (2023)

Volume 14 (2022)

Volume 13 (2021)

Volume 12 (2020)

Volume 11 (2019)

Volume 10 (2018)

Volume 9 (2017)

Volume 8 (2016)

Volume 7 (2015)

Volume 6 (2014)

Volume 5 (2013)

Volume 4 (2012)

Volume 3 (2011)

Volume 2 (2010)

Volume 1 (2009)

Constructions and Frames welcomes submissions on construction-based approaches to language analysis. Constructional models emphasize the role of constructions, as conventional pairings of meaning and form, in stating language-specific and cross-linguistic generalizations and in accounting equally for regular and semi-regular patterns. The journal promotes innovative research that extends constructional approaches in new directions and along interdisciplinary paths.

Initial editorial screening determines whether manuscripts will proceed to double-blind peer review. Papers may be desk rejected if they do not align with the journal's constructional linguistics focus. Authors are encouraged to send the editors a summary of their paper prior to formal submission by email as regular text or attachment to ensure the paper fits the scope and goals of the journal.

Constructions and Frames offers online submission through the journal's EM submission portal. 
Please consult this Short Guide to EM for Authors.
Initial submissions must take into account these Requirements for submissions.
If and when your paper is accepted, you will be asked to submit a final version that should be formatted according to our detailed Formatting guidelines for accepted manuscripts.

Accepted manuscripts are published Online First to ensure rapid dissemination of research; the Version of Record, with full citation details, will be available online while awaiting inclusion in a next available issue.

If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail: constructionsandframesgmail.com.

Ethics

John Benjamins journals are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to supporting ethical research practices.

Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.

Please also note the guidance on (the declaration of) the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Rights and Permissions

Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format.

For information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information page.

Open Access

Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (excl. tax). To arrange this, please contact openaccessbenjamins.nl as soon as your paper has been accepted for publication. More information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.

Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee. Please consult this list of institutions for up-to-date information on which articles qualify.

For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.

If the article is not (to be made) Open Access, there is no fee for the author to publish in this journal.

Archiving

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