Language and Linguistics | 語言暨語言學
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Impact Factor: 0.2 (5-year: 0.5)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.21
CiteScore: 3.1
SNIP: 1.356 SJR: 0.896
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; Glottolog ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; Taiwan Humanities Citation Index – Level 1 (THCI ) ; WoS Arts & Humanities Citation Index ; WoS Social Sciences Citation Index
Language and Linguistics is an academic publication of the Institute of Linguistics at Academia Sinica. Established in 2000, it publishes research in general and theoretical linguistics on the languages of East Asia and the Pacific region, including Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and the Austroasiatic and Altaic language families.
Since 2013, Language and Linguistics has been managed by an Editor-in-Chief, with internationally known scholars with different areas of expertise serving as Associate Editors, Editorial Board Members, and Reviewers, in order to present an informative, insightful scholarly dialogue.
To increase international citation rates and visibility, Language and Linguistics has been co-published with international publisher SAGE from 2014 to 2016 (Volume 15-17) and distributed worldwide. Beginning in 2017 (Volume 18), Language and Linguistics has been in partnership with John Benjamins Publishing Company, one of the leading publishers in the field of language and linguistics.
Language and Linguistics is an Open Access journal and the only international linguistic journal that publishes in both English and Traditional Chinese. The journal publishes a single volume yearly. Four issues are published per volume. Each volume contains three English issues (January, April, and October) and one Chinese issue (July). With original studies and a rigorous review process, the journal is indexed by the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Bibliographie linguistique/Linguistic bibliography, CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Linguistics Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, SCOPUS, CNKI Scholar, Dimensions, Glottolog, and THCI.
Language and Linguistics seeks to provide research that is professional, insightful, and current, and welcomes submissions in all areas of linguistics.
Language and Linguistics publishes its articles Online First.
To submit papers or monographs, please visit https://llsubmit.ling.sinica.edu.tw
For more information of L&L, please visit https://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/item/en
Volumes 1-17 can be freely downloaded from: https://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/item/en?act=journal
Volumes 18 and onward are freely accessible on both L&L’s websiteand on the John Benjamins e-Platform. Most of these volumes were first made Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. It has now (January 2023) been decided to change this to the more liberal CC BY 4.0 license. Please note that while we are in the process of making this change, information about licenses can vary between the Benjamins website, platform and in the articles themselves.
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Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 27 (2026)
Volume 26 (2025)
Volume 25 (2024)
Volume 24 (2023)
Volume 23 (2022)
Volume 22 (2021)
Volume 21 (2020)
Volume 20 (2019)
Volume 19 (2018)
Volume 18 (2017)
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Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 27 (2026): 4 issues; ca. 800 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
Available back-volumes
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| Complete backset (Vols. 18‒26; 2017‒2025) | 36 issues; 6,700 pp. | Open Access | EUR 2,991.00 |
| Volume 26 (2025) | 4 issues; 800 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volume 25 (2024) | 4 issues; 800 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volume 24 (2023) | 4 issues; 800 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volumes 21‒23 (2020‒2022) | 4 issues; avg. 733 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volume 20 (2019) | 4 issues; 700 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volume 19 (2018) | 4 issues; 700 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
| Volume 18 (2017) | 4 issues; 700 pp. | Open Access | EUR |
Author info
Language and Linguistics invites contributions relevant to the aim and scope of the journal, which can be submitted through the journal's online submission portal .
Before submitting, please consult these guidelines.
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence – inquiries regarding suitable topics, length of manuscripts, reviews, etc. – please contact the editors via e-mail: LLeditorsinica.edu.tw
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.
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
As of 2022, Language and Linguistics is published Open Access through sponsorship of Academia Sinica, with no author fees. By default, articles are made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, but other licenses can be discussed at the author's request.
Archiving
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