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SJR Score
0.105
H-Index
105
Total Works
4,781
Total Citations
51,847
2yr Mean Citedness
0.02
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles
This journal publishes research on language documentation, focusing on the analysis of spoken and signed languages. It explores phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, often using data from corpora of spontaneous discourse. The journal also addresses methodologies in language documentation, including transcription, corpus design, and archiving, and examines the role of language documentation in understanding linguistic diversity, language change, and literacy practices. Research frequently involves collaboration with language communities and considers ethical and decolonial approaches to linguistic fieldwork.
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Publication & Citation Trend
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
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Linguistics and LanguageQ4
Subject Classification
Scopus Categories
Linguistics and Language
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionLinguistics and language evolutionNatural Language Processing TechniquesLexicography and Language Studieslinguistics and terminology studiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies