Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- I/we have read the Notes to Contributors section of the webpage, and have followed the guidelines given on that page.
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I/we have used this tool to confirm that the pdf manuscript conforms to the limits on manuscript length.
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The field or fields of linguistics that best characterize this submission have been indicated on the form embedded here. Note: submission of this form does not constitute completion of the submission process. There are several additional steps.
Book Reviews (Invited Only)
Book reviews are 2000-4000 word pieces that summarize the content of the volume, assess its quality, and note its contribution to the field. Book reviews appear in the journal Language. Submissions for this section are exclusively solicited by the book reviews editor; unsolicited book reviews will be rejected upon receipt.
Copyright Notice
Upon acceptance of an article, authors are asked to agree to the Language Copyright License Agreement, which can be previewed here. Authors whose articles appeared in Language as of March 2013 retain the copyright to their articles; requests for reprints or excerpts should be directed to the authors themselves. Copyright-related requests for articles which appeared pior to 2013 should be directed to the Copyright Clearance Center (http://www.copyright.com/).
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