Evolutionary Linguistic Theory
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This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Dimensions
Evolutionary Linguistic Theory (ELT) is an international peer-reviewed journal intended as a platform for discussing the question of the origin and development of the language faculty understood as a specifically dedicated part of the human mind/brain and its connection with the human cognition. The specificity of the journal is to contribute to the ongoing debate on language origin from an explicitly linguistic viewpoint which examines its complex subject from a well-grounded knowledge in theoretical linguistics (with its subsystems, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, language acquisition and language change, historical linguistics and philosophy of language), and reaching out into the contiguous scientific disciplines, as psychology, philosophy and cognitive neuroscience.
In the following we give a not exhaustive list of matters ELT is concerned with:
- The design of the language faculty
- The role of the lexicon in the architecture of the language faculty
- The role of categorization and features for the origin of language
- The question of protolanguage
- Language and thought
- Language, music and action from an evolutionary perspective
- Language and other cognitive domains like vision and spatiality from an evolutionary perspective
- The connection between the internal reality molded by language and the external world
- Language and the origin of consciousness and subjectness
- Language and shared intentionality
- Historical perspectives on the question about the origin of language
ELT publishes its articles Online First.
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Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 6 (2024)
Volume 5 (2023)
Volume 4 (2022)
Volume 3 (2021)
Volume 2 (2020)
Volume 1 (2019)
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Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 8 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 200 pp. | EUR | EUR | |
| Volume 7 (2025): 2 issues; ca. 200 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
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 1‒6; 2019‒2024) | 12 issues; 1,200 pp. | EUR 914.00 | EUR 1,028.00 |
| Volume 6 (2024) | 2 issues; 200 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 5 (2023) | 2 issues; 200 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 2‒4 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 200 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 1 (2019) | 2 issues; 200 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Authors are invited to submit their contribution 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: evlinth1gmail.com
Articles under consideration are double-blind peer-reviewed and decisions on all published content are made by the editors.
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Please also note the guidance on (the declaration of) the use of Artificial Intelligence.
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