<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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>On Jan 17, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Claire Bowern wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Dear all,<br>I'd like to bring histling subscribers' attention to the LSA's eLanguage cojournal site (<a href="http://elanguage.net/">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">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>
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