22.1219, Yet: Another Free Service of the Wonderful LINGUIST List

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LINGUIST List: Vol-22-1219. Sun Mar 13 2011. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 22.1219, Yet: Another Free Service of the Wonderful LINGUIST List

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Date: 13-Mar-2011
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: The Reviews Team Gives you their Insight
 

	
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:19:23
From:  linguist [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: The Reviews Team Gives you their Insight

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Dear Linguist List readers,

Greetings from the Review Editors Team! There are four of us (four editors 
and one editorial assistant) here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  
We would like to share some information about one of the many parts of LINGUIST 
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published linguistics books. We also see the work we do as editors as a service 
to the field of linguistics, which is why we encourage young scholars and 
advanced graduate students to write reviews. We then try to give extensive 
feedback to those reviewers with less experience. With so many books being 
published in so many areas of linguistics, the Reviews part of LINGUIST is 
relevant to all linguists worldwide. 
We handle the book review process from 
start to finish. First, we post an "available for review" list (the monthly 
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up to review books that interest them. Sign-up closes on the 21st, and between 
the 21st and the end of the month, we match books with reviewers. For successful 
matches, it is really important that we have updated reviewer profiles on file.

Once that's been done, and the reviewers have been notified and have had a 
chance to update their addresses with us, we contact the publishers to have 
them send the books to the reviewers.  
Reviews come in all month, and each 
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and the publisher to let them know it's been posted.  During this process, we 
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make the process as smooth as possible for everyone involved, especially the 
reviewers.

Since we took over in November 2009, we: 
-have posted over 220 reviews" are in the process of editing and revising about 
40 more 
- have rewritten and clarified the 'how to become a reviewer' page
- have updated and clarified the guidelines for how to write a review

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Thank you!!!

The Review Editors Team

Veronika Drake
Monica Macaulay
Rajiv Rao
Joe Salmons
Anja Wanner 






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