Journal of Language Research

Journal of Language Research

Journal of Language Research – Call For Papers

Open Access & Peer-Reviewed

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Call for Papers

Advancing understanding of language across all dimensions.

Submit Your Linguistics Research

Language Research invites original research from scholars advancing understanding of human language. We seek manuscripts exploring theoretical foundations, applied contexts, and computational approaches that illuminate how language shapes thought, culture, and communication.

Priority Research Areas
THEORY

Formal Linguistics

  • Syntax and syntactic theory
  • Semantics and pragmatics
  • Phonology and phonetics
  • Morphology
  • Typology and universals
COGNITIVE

Language & Mind

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neurolinguistics
  • Language acquisition
  • Bilingualism
  • Language processing
Additional Focus Areas

Sociolinguistics

Language variation, dialectology, language and identity, discourse analysis.

Historical Linguistics

Language change, etymology, reconstruction, and comparative methods.

Computational

NLP, corpus linguistics, machine translation, and AI language models.

Documentation

Endangered languages, fieldwork methods, and language preservation.

Why Publish With JLR? Rapid peer review by linguistics experts, Open Access visibility, and global reach to language scholars and educators worldwide.

  • Original Research: Empirical studies with novel findings
  • Survey Articles: Comprehensive literature reviews
  • Methodological: Innovative research approaches
  • Commentary: Expert perspectives on developments
Submission Benefits
  • Expert Review: Evaluation by specialists in your linguistic subfield
  • Rapid Decisions: Target first decision within 28 days
  • Global Reach: Open Access ensures worldwide readership among language scholars, educators, and professionals

Your research illuminates the foundations of human communication and advances linguistic understanding and language science research worldwide.

Submit Your Research Manuscript

Advance language research and linguistic understanding through rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarly publication.

We welcome your scholarly contributions.