Diacronia

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“Diacronia” is an online, bilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal of diachronic linguistics. In addition to the submission of predominantly theoretical manuscripts, the Editorial Board specifically encourages the submission of applied research in the form of research and letter articles resulting from observations, experiments, and analyses concerning the synchronic and/or diachronic linguistic reality. Moreover, while stressing the importance and necessity of presenting, with an analytic approach, syntheses of recent works from the fields of interest of the Journal (as book reviews), the Editorial Board strongly advocates the creation of instruments that should offer ample perspectives on the diachronic evolution of various lines of research and thought, in the form of review articles. Due to the urgent nature of their content, letters, book reviews, and review articles will be published as soon as they are accepted by the referees and the translated version is submitted. They will then formally be part of the next scheduled issue of the Journal. About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue: Diacronia 15, September 26, 2022 Contribute to the growth of BDD! Publishers and authors may contribute to the growth of the database by sending us full versions of journal issues, articles, and books. Read more... Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. 🍪 Accept Cookies? By pressing Accept all cookies below, you consent to storing the cookies on your device, in order to help us improve the user experience and analyse the site traffic. Select which cookies you want to accept: Essential Analytics Accept all cookies Settings Diacronia | Editorial board The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Francisc Gafton “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dinu Moscal “A. Philippide” Institute of Romanian Philology, Iași Ioan Milică “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Senior Editorial Board Gheorghe Chivu University of Bucharest; Romanian Academy Eugen Pavel “Sextil Pușcariu” Institute of Linguistics and Literary History, Cluj-Napoca Adina Dragomirescu University of Bucharest; “Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest Adina Chirilă West University of Timișoara Sorin Guia “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Board of Reviewing Editors The Board of Reviewing Editors — composed of practising scientists in all relevant fields — is responsible for the peer review process, and provides recommendations on whether papers should be accepted, corrected, or rejected. Petre Gheorghe Bârlea “Ovidius” University of Constanța Classical philology, diachronic linguistics, Romanian literature, onomastics Ion-Horia Bîrleanu „Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava Phonetics and dialectology, onomastics Clive Bloom Middlesex University London History, literature, civilization, history of mentalities Alexandra Cornilescu University of Bucharest English studies, synchronic linguistics Federica Cugno University of Turin Dialectology, sociolinguistics, linguistic contacts Wolfgang Dahmen Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena Dialectology, sociolinguistics, onomastics, linguistic contacts, Romance studies Pasquale Fornaro University of Messina Ancient and modern history and civilization Ștefan Găitănaru University of Pitești Synchronic linguistics Dirk Geeraerts Catholic University of Leuven Semantics, lexicology, cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, pragmatics Martin-Dietrich Glessgen University of Zürich; University of Strasbourg Diachronic linguistics, Romance linguistics and philology, lexicology and lexicography, corpus linguistics Jean-Noël Grandhomme University of Lorraine, Nancy Comparative history Magda Jeanrenaud “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Semantics and lexicology, terminology, philology, translation studies, hermeneutics Thede Kahl Austrian Academy of Sciences; Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena Historiography Adam Ledgeway University of Cambridge Romance linguistics, dialectology, synchronic and diachronic linguistics Martin Maiden University of Oxford Romance studies, dialectology, synchronic and diachronic linguistics Christian Mair “Albert Ludwig” University of Freiburg Sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, synchronic linguistics Ștefan Oltean “Babeș – Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca English studies, semantics, pragmatics, synchronic linguistics Gabriela Pană Dindelegan University of Bucharest; Romanian Academy Synchronic linguistics Wolfgang Schweickard Saarland University Diachronic linguistics, lexicology and lexicography, text linguistics John Charles Smith University of Oxford Romance studies, historical morphology and syntax, non-Romance languages Vasile D. Țâra West University of Timișoara Philology, diachronic linguistics Cristiana Teodorescu University of Craiova Synchronic linguistics, terminology Rudolf Windisch University of Rostock Diachronic linguistics, Romance studies Rodica Zafiu University of Bucharest Synchronic linguistics, stylistics, sociolinguistics Editorial Assistant Roxana Vieru “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. 🍪 Accept Cookies? By pressing Accept all cookies below, you consent to storing the cookies on your device, in order to help us improve the user experience and analyse the site traffic. Select which cookies you want to accept: Essential Analytics Accept all cookies Settings Diacronia | About the Journal The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact About the Journal “Diacronia” aims at becoming an environment of debate in the field of Humanities, particularly in such areas as diachronic linguistics (historical phonetics and dialectology, historical grammar, etymology, onomasiology, semasiology), philology , sociolinguistics , translation studies , corpus linguistics and anthropology . Through the fundamental component aimed at the prospect of becoming, the historical-comparative perspective envisaging features like vastitude , depth and exhaustiveness focuses on the dynamics of linguistic, social and cognitive realities and acts as the optimal means of access towards their processual nature and essences by shedding light upon human and social evolution. Therefore, the Journal’s purpose is to consolidate the outlooks and projections from the above-mentioned areas by welcoming contributions from the bordering domains or from the realm of interdisciplinary activities developed by reputed specialists in linguistics, philology and history, with strong and competent interest in theories, hypotheses and methods of other scientific disciplines capable of providing a firm theoretical and methodological ground (biology, genetics, physics). The Journal also aims at facilitating the communication among the academics in humanities by promoting the works of both well-established and young researchers as well as by providing the access to the results of the latest research in the already mentioned areas of scientific inquiry. “Diacronia” is an on-line journal that seizes the scientific approach from an evolutionary perspective and favours the advancements in historical linguistics and philology. As a debate forum, the Journal is concerned with finding, distributing and capitalising on the knowledge and the procedures in humanities, with the methodologies that are instrumental to them along with the study and the framing of the social and anthropological outcomes that the modern trends of thought have on the evolvement of society. In tune with the research within anthropology, sociology, Bible studies, biology and physics, “Diacronia” covers a variety of topics related to different aspects of the social and cognitive development having an impact on linguistics or through which linguistics can contribute to elevate the wealth of knowledge in other fields. Consequently, the Journal publishes theoretical and applied works – approached from a diachronic perspective – from the fields of linguistics and philology and the neighbouring or connected domains. Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. 🍪 Accept Cookies? By pressing Accept all cookies below, you consent to storing the cookies on your device, in order to help us improve the user experience and analyse the site traffic. Select which cookies you want to accept: Essential Analytics Accept all cookies Settings Diacronia | Statement of ethics The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact Statement of Ethics 1. Authorship The author list should include all and only the researchers that have made a significant contribution to the submitted manuscript. Other important contributors may be listed in the Acknowledgements section, together with any source of funding for the research presented in the paper. During the submission process, the Journal is exclusively represented by its editors, while the authors – if more than one – only by the first author. The first author will therefore be in direct dialogue with the editors, will sign all legal documents, and will assume all responsibilities towards the Journal. The first author also bears the responsibility of ensuring that all appropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper. 2. Confidentiality The Editors treat all submitted manuscripts and all communication with the authors and referees as confidential. Authors and referees have the responsibility of also treating communication with the journal and the other party as confidential. Messages from the editors concerning the manuscript, referee reports, and any other confidential material must not be posted on any website or otherwise publicized without prior written permission from the editors, regardless of whether the manuscript is or is not eventually published. The same applies to the contents of any manuscript submitted to the Journal, from the moment of submission until it is accepted or rejected by the editors. In order to ensure a fair and high-quality peer-review process, the editors will take all possible steps to withhold the identity of the authors and of the referees from the respective other party, and they strongly recommend both parties to avoid any attempt to find the identity of each other. All communication related to the Journal or the manuscripts will be mediated by the editors and done exclusively through this website, where a written record of all communication will also remain available to both parties, even after publication. 3. Copyright and Plagiarism The copyright to the manuscript content (including the text, figures, and tables) and its publication must belong to the authors. In the course of the editorial process, the first author is always required to submit a declaration ( pdf ) stating that the manuscript submitted for publication in “Diacronia” is entirely their work, has not been previously published, and is not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Any piece of material that has already been published must be rigorously and fully marked as such by quotation marks and a reference to the original source. Re-using one's own previous work is allowed as long as the original source is clearly stated. If the copyright of the cited work happens to belong to the publisher instead of the author, the latter must obtain a written permission to reproduce any parts of that work. Referees are encouraged to be alert to any form of plagiarism and to inform the editors of any concern they may have. Any material found to be breaking these rules will be promptly rejected by the editors. If a case of plagiarism comes to light and is confirmed after the publication of the paper, the editors will contact the author's institute and funding agencies, and will post a statement linked online to and from the paper in question, noting the plagiarism and providing a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be marked as such on each page of the pdf file. In case of extended plagiarism the paper may also be formally retracted by the editors. 4. Publishing ethics issues Any submitted manuscript will be immediately rejected if: it contains plagiarism; it goes against fundamental moral principles of the society; it contains any form of personal attacks; it has already been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors have the responsibility of informing the Journal promptly if they discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their work during the editorial process or after publication. In the latter case, it is the author's obligation to cooperate with the editor towards retracting the paper or submitting an erratum, depending on the severity of the error. Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. Diacronia | Contact The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact Contact You may contact us by writing an email to [email protected] . The official postal address of the Editorial Board is: Revista „Diacronia” c/o Facultatea de Litere Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași Bd. Carol I, nr. 11 700506 Iași, România Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. 🍪 Accept Cookies? By pressing Accept all cookies below, you consent to storing the cookies on your device, in order to help us improve the user experience and analyse the site traffic. Select which cookies you want to accept: Essential Analytics Accept all cookies Settings Diacronia | General policies The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact General Policies 1. Types of texts The texts conceived, elaborated and submitted by the Author(s) fall into the following categories: original research articles, which bring new contributions to their field of research; letters and research notes, which present, solve and point to important hypotheses and theoretical, methodological or practical finds; review articles, which summarise the current state of understanding on a topic; essays and reflections on major topics pertaining to the same fields of research; book reviews of e.g. theoretical monographs, atlases, dictionaries, philological editions, and other types of contributions considered significant in the humanistic research areas covered by the Journal. 2. Criteria for publication The selection for publication of the texts is made exclusively on the grounds of their scientific value and is guided by the fulfilment of the following criteria: the scientific importance of the research topic and its relevance to the development of a given field of interest; the degree of impact of the topic and its approach, correlated with the scientific quality of the text and its editing; the adequacy of the topic in relation to the requirements of the chosen research field and of the manner in which the research methodology is applied; the knowledge value created, both in its theoretical approach and in its ability to form and guide new researchers in their own methodological approaches, namely the degree to which the paper may become a model for further research, conception and elaboration of a scientific contribution to the field of humanities; the manner in which the text reflects the main principles of the scientific research, analysis and interpretation, in relation to the level of bibliographic depth and coverage of the significant resources; the quality of the approach, of the structure of the paper, and of the scientific endeavour; the accuracy and quality of the argumentation; the text’s transitivity towards researchers in other areas of human knowledge. 3. The peer-review process All manuscripts submitted to “Diacronia” are peer-reviewed by two external Referees, members of the Board of Reviewing Editors. This process aims at selecting scientific papers that are valuable and of impact to both linguistic research, and the development of relationships between linguistics and philology, on the one hand, and between linguistics and other fields, on the other. The goal is to select for publication only high-quality texts, and to bring them under the scientific scrutiny of the community in their best possible form. The review, carried out by reputed specialists – in direct contact with the Editors and in mediated contact with the Authors – is meant to offer scientific solutions, suggestions, and advice concerning all the components of the research process and of the elaboration of a scientific text, as well as an exchange of ideas in order to facilitate their dissemination, adjustment, and beneficial confrontation in a rigorous scientific environment. The Referees evaluate all aspects of the texts received from the Authors. The main task of the Referees is to identify the valuable aspects of the text (in terms of importance, consistency, novelty, originality, quality of scientific conception and elaboration) as well as its weaknesses; they suggest improvements and give verdicts. If the above-mentioned scientific criteria recommend the text for publication, the Referees also have the responsibility to determine the text’s compliance with other conditions, such as the stylistic and argumentative structures and the ethics in research. The Editors will oversee that both textual dimensions are met according to the Journal’s requirements. The Referees’ recommendations about potential adjustments within the texts or of the research techniques must consider all the real possibilities that are scientifically justified, all reasonable paths, not only those that the Referees would have taken, had they been the Authors. Based on the Referees’ evaluation, the Editors’ decisions are mindful of the Journal’s goals and its editorial policy. The Editors’ main responsibility lies with the scientific community and the readers. Therefore, the Editors consider that the most adequate reviews are those supplying arguments on which they can take unequivocal decisions, compatible with the Journal’s policy. Consequently, the Journal, following the Referees’s recommendations and the Editors’ decisions, adopts a certain degree of solidarity with the Authors and their texts. In order for the Referees to efficiently fulfil their task, they must offer the Editors the appropriate information in view of a clear and competent decision regarding the text’s compatibility with the Journal’s policy, which will lead to the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. Likewise, the Referees must provide the Authors with outlines for the elaboration of an eligible/publishable contribution. As far as possible, a negative evaluation should point out and explain to the Authors the weaknesses of the text, so that the Authors may understand the grounds of the rejection and become aware of the points to be revised and the paths to be taken for subsequent publication. However, the Referees are not required to give advice and details to Authors who clearly do not meet the Journal’s requirements. Should the Referees consider that a manuscript does not correspond to the Journal’s publication requirements, they can write a short and convincing argument to support their decision. The Referees are interested to find out if: the text is among the most important contributions made to the field in the respective year; the contribution is valuable for the development of the field from a gnoseological or epistemological perspective, in terms of its theoretical, applied or methodological significance; the text has strongpoints, and what impact and consequences it carries for further research; the text and its approach to the reality of the research field are adequately connected; the founding principles of the text’s conception and construction are correlated with the values promoted by the Journal; the text needs any alterations in order to be accepted for publication; the improvements lead to a high-quality text; in the event of rejection, the Author can encouraged to resubmit a better manuscript; the text clear and to the point. If not, how much effort is needed in order to lead to the achievement of these qualities; the text is of interest to specialists from other research fields; various additions or alterations (pertaining to the theoretical approach, the analysis and interpretation of the material, instruments and methodological elements, manner of organising, elaborating and stylistically conceiving the text) could improve the text; the different components (theoretical, applied, methodological, argumentative) of the paper are optimally structured according to the requirements of the type of paper and to the assumed aims of the text; the ethics in research is respected (i.e. the bibliography must be correctly used, the citations and references must be rigorous and explicitly and correctly mentioned, the conceptual sphere discussed and / or promoted by the text must not be in discord with the moral fundamental principles of the society, etc.). In case of unbridgeable disagreements between Referees, the Editors may send the manuscript to a third party. On the ground of this evaluation, the Editorial Board decides to publish the text/ postpone the publication and send the text for evaluation/ reject the text. In this case, the period of evaluation is extended, but not more than 30 days. Although the Editors are fully aware that the Referees comply with their task at the highest level of competence, honesty and attention, if they consider it necessary, they can ask for further evidence, especially when there is a disagreement among the Referees, when the Editors are in doubt, or when the Authors express their dissatisfaction. Ultimately, the Editors may disregard the evaluation of a Referee, may consult another party if they have well-grounded reasons to do so or if they have irreconcilable differences with an evaluation. 4. Copyright Copyright on all articles published in “Diacronia” is retained by the author(s). As part of the editorial process, the authors grant “Diacronia” a licence to (re)publish the article in any future issues of the Journal. The terms and conditions for the articles published in “Diacronia” are formalized by the Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0 . Journal “Diacronia” ISSN: 2393-1140 Frequency: 2 issues / year doi:10.17684/issn.2393-1140 © 2014–2026 Diacronia. All rights reserved. Diacronia | Instructions to authors The Journal About the Journal Editorial board General policies Statement of ethics Instructions to authors Visibility Statistics Last issue Archive BDD Contact Instructions to Authors 1. Overview The journal “Diacronia” accepts manuscripts of articles, letters, review articles, essays, and book reviews. All contributions submitted to the Journal mu

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