Chinese Language and Discourse | An International and Interdisciplinary Journal
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Impact Factor: 0.1 (5-year: 0.5)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.15
CiteScore: 0.7
SNIP: 0.306 SJR: 0.146
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Bibliography of Pragmatics Online (BoP ) ; CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; ERIH PLUS ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; WoS Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI )
A peer-reviewed journal which seeks to publish original work on Chinese and related languages, with a focus on current topics in Chinese discourse studies. The notion of discourse is a broad one, emphasizing an empirical orientation and encompassing such linguistic fields as language and society, language and culture, language and thought, language and social interaction, discourse and grammar, communication studies, and contact linguistics. Special emphasis is placed on systematic documentation of Chinese usage patterns and methodological innovations in explaining Chinese and related languages from a wide range of functional perspectives, including, but not limited to, those of conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, grammaticalization, cognitive linguistics, typological and comparative studies.
The journal also publishes review articles as well as extended comments on published articles. Exchanges of research views between authors and readers are also welcome.
CLD publishes its articles Online First.
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Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 17 (2026)
Volume 16 (2025)
Volume 15 (2024)
Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
Volume 9 (2018)
Volume 8 (2017)
Volume 7 (2016)
Volume 6 (2015)
Volume 5 (2014)
Volume 4 (2013)
Volume 3 (2012)
Volume 2 (2011)
Volume 1 (2010)
Editorial info
Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
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| Volume 17 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
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| Complete backset (Vols. 1‒16; 2010‒2025) | 32 issues; 5,120 pp. | EUR 3,170.00 | EUR 3,613.00 |
| Volume 16 (2025) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 15 (2024) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 14 (2023) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 11‒13 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 10 (2019) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 9 (2018) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 8 (2017) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 7 (2016) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 6 (2015) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 5 (2014) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 4 (2013) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 1‒3 (2010‒2012) | 2 issues; avg. 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Manuscripts can be submitted through the journal's online submission and manuscript tracking site. Please consult the guidelines and the Short Guide to EM for Authors before you submit your paper.
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors by e-mail: cld.editorsgmail.com
Articles under consideration are double-blind peer-reviewed and decisions on all published content are made by the editors.
Ethics
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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.
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Open Access
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Archiving
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