<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF  LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE IJLC </font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH </font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">THE WOMEN UNIVERSITY MULTAN</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">SUBMISSION: FEBRUARY 28, 2023</font></b></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Dear Colleagues and Researchers, </font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">Greetings from IJLC  <b>(HEC APPROVED Y CATEGORY JOURNAL)</b></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:justify"><font face="times new roman, serif" style="">International Journal of Linguistics and Culture (IJLC) is an international, double blind peer-reviewed and open-access bi-annual journal, correspondence in the areas related to linguistics and culture. It is committed to uphold the high standards of publication and become the leading journal in the field around the globe by promoting interdisciplinary studies in linguistics, Culture and social science. The aim of IJLC is to publish original and up to date research articles, review articles in all the fields related to linguistics, literature, ELT, Education and Multidisciplinary fields.</font></span><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="color:black">Guidelines for Publication </span></b></p>

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 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Manuscripts should not exceed
     20 pages and must conform to the style of the publication manual of the
     American psychological Association (APA 6^th edition)</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">An Abstract of 200 to 250 words
     should be submitted with the manuscript</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The name (s), affiliation (s)
     and phone, fax email address, permanent and postal address and a brief
     biography of the author (s) should appear on cover page.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The authors are requested to
     check the article thoroughly, its spellings, grammar and illustration etc.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Incomplete article will not be
     entertained.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The research papers are
     accepted for publications on the understanding that they have not been
     published earlier.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research paper should be an
     original piece, including methodology, contents, data analysis and interpretation.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Authors should be clearly
     specified as main/corresponding author, co-author and supporting author.</span></li>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The paper must be
written in 12-pt Time New Roman with Double line space throughout the paper,
including the title page, abstract, body of the document, references,
appendixes, footnotes and tables.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Section of Research Article must include </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Introduction,  Literature review, Methodology, Results and
discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgement, References.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Important Dates</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Last
Date of Submission<b>: February 28^th
2023</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Acceptance
Notification:<b> March 10^th 2023</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NOTE: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Researcher
must submit their paper on OJS platform of IJLC, the link is stated below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://ijlc.wum.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/about/submissions" style="color:blue">https://ijlc.wum.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/about/submissions</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For
further enquiries related to journal policy and manuscript formatting, consult </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://ijlc.wum.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/instructions" style="color:blue">https://ijlc.wum.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/instructions</a></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">

















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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Regards,</span></b></p></div><b>Prof. Dr. Mamona Khan</b><div>Chairperson</div><div>Department of English</div><div>The Women University, Multan, Pakistan<br></div><div></div></div></div></div>