Hi all,<br><br>just chipping in with my 10 cents for this new publication.<br>good luck to everybody.<br><br>Domenec <br><br><a href="http://www.livescripts.ning.com">www.livescripts.ning.com</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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Subject: Re: [Histling-l] eLanguage and historical linguistics<br>To: Claire Bowern <<a href="mailto:claire.bowern@yale.edu">claire.bowern@yale.edu</a>><br>Cc: histling-l <<a href="mailto:histling-l@mailman.rice.edu">histling-l@mailman.rice.edu</a>><br>
<br><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><div>Thanks, Claire, for raising this. <div><br></div><div>Speaking as the editor of one of the few existing journals dedicated to language change, I personally would welcome the development of a new e-journal and/or print journal in the field. Yes, we at Diachronica are being pretty much overwhelmed with submissions, far more than we can publish, and this is generally work of high quality -- it's material that deserves to be out there.<div>
<div><br></div><div>The new LabPhon journal might be one model for how to move forward, and it's consistent with what you suggest. I don't know exactly, but I believe they assembled a committee to discuss things, develop a focus, work with possible publishers, etc. Agreeing to join a group of 10-12 people would be less taxing than taking the lead alone. (I don't have time to lead the effort either -- thanks to the traffic at Diachronica, largely -- but I'd appreciate at least knowing what's happening.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>A key issue will be finding the right focus -- something that differentiates any new journal sufficiently from Diachronica, FLH and other outlets. For instance, at Diachronica, if a paper doesn't make a pretty directly theoretical contribution to understanding language change (along with careful empirical angles, of course), its chances of acceptance drop dramatically. It would be great to have a general historical journal that doesn't insist on that -- where a good analysis of historical data would be welcome on its own terms. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Another issue may be that some might have concerns about creating an e-journal (such as eLanguage) rather than a print journal, but that too could presumably be talked through. </div><div><br></div><div>
Let's hope your message will generate some discussion on the list about how to move forward.</div><div><br></div><div>Joe<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div>On Jan 17, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Claire Bowern wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Dear all,<br>I'd like to bring histling subscribers' attention to the LSA's eLanguage cojournal site (<a href="http://elanguage.net/" target="_blank">http://elanguage.net/</a>). eLanguage is set up as a set of "cojournals" (that is, independent journals with their own editorial boards and referee process), but with a single web host and related infrastructure. <br>
<br>It would be great if historical linguistics had its own cojournal. Some informal discussions I've had would indicate that there's considerable interest in a new historical journal, that the current outlets for historical journal publications have no shortage of quality submissions and that a new publication would not hurt them, and that it would be a good way to raise the profile of our field.<br>
<br>Would someone be interested in taking this on? Information about proposing a cojournal can be found here: <a href="http://elanguage.net/propose.php" target="_blank">http://elanguage.net/propose.php</a> Perhaps a small group of histling subscribers would be interested in getting together to put a proposal together? (note, I'm not volunteering; unfortunately, I just don't have the time.)<br>
<br>Claire<br><br></div></div>
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