Call for commentary proposals

[Ambridge, Ben]

Dear colleagues
The journal Language is launching a new online-only section, "Perspectives", which will follow a target article + commentary format.
Current article: Commentary proposals are invited for the target article "Child Language Acquisition: Why Universal Grammar Doesn't Help" (Ben Ambridge, Julian M. Pine & Elena V.M. Lieven) (downloadable at  http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~ambridge/).To submit a commentary proposal of up to three pages, or a full commentary up to 8000 words, please contact Language at Rochester.edu<mailto:Language at Rochester.edu>
Further information about the new journal section is given below.

The new online-only section of Language “Perspectives” will be aimed at publishing articles that generate written response to a “target article”.  There will be two types of contributions—longer ones (‘Articles’) and shorter ones (‘Short Shots’).  Both types will have commentaries published, and a summary response from the authors.  Articles will be selected on the basis of quality, readability, and whether they are likely to invite further productive discussion of issues in the field of general interest.  Submissions will be evaluated by the editors of Language. Commentaries on articles up to 8,000 words will be selected on the basis of whether they represent thought-provoking perspectives that engage an issue raised by the article;  we encourage preliminary submission of abstracts up to three pages as well as full commentaries.  We intend to publish a second round of briefer responses to the commentary articles, but go no further than this.  Commentaries will be selected on the basis of whether they collectively represent an informative diversity of perspectives. ‘Short Shots’ will also be subject to briefer and possibly sharper commentary, and will be limited to a single round of commentary only. Submissions of articles and ‘Short Shots,’ as well as proposals for potential articles, should be sent to language at rochester.edu<mailto:language at rochester.edu>, clearly identified as intended for the “Perspectives” online-only section.

For more information, please see the journal website at http://www.linguisticsociety.org/lsa-publications/language


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