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Linguistics (journal)

Linguistics (journal) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Linguistics (journal) rather than just read about it. In short: Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal of general linguistics published by De Gruyter Mouton. The journal publishes both articles and book reviews.

Key takeaways

Linguistics (journal) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Linguistics (journal) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Linguistics (journal) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal of general linguistics published by De Gruyter Mouton. The journal publishes both articles and book reviews. It publishes two special issues a year. The current Editor-in-Chief is Volker Gast. Since 2010, it has published 1400 pages per year.

History Linguistics was started in 1963 by Mouton Publishers in The Hague, apparently on the initiative of Mouton's Peter de Ridder as well as linguist C.H. van Schooneveld. In 1979, after Mouton had been bought by Walter de Gruyter, a new editorial board was established, consisting of Brian Butterworth, Bernard Comrie, Östen Dahl, Norbert Dittmar, Flip Droste, Jaap van Marle, and Jürgen Weissenborn. De facto, Brian Butterworth was editor-in-chief between 1979 and 1982. From 1982 through 2005, the editor was Wolfgang Klein, who was succeeded by Johan van der Auwera (2005-2019), and then Volker Gast. A special feature of the journal is that originally the issues were not treated as part of an annual volume. As long as the journal was published by Mouton, only the issues were numbered, the volumes were not. In the sixteen years from 1963 to 1978, 214 issues were published, i.e. more than twelve per year on average. At Walter De Gruyter, volume numbers were introduced and the 1979 volume was numbered 17. Until 2009, also individual issues were assigned numbers.

Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

The journal has a Thomson Reuters 2015 impact factor of 0.763 and a 5-year impact factor of 0.872.

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Linguistics (journal)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Linguistics (journal) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Linguistics (journal) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Linguistics (journal) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Linguistics (journal)

In research: Linguistics (journal) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Linguistics (journal) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Linguistics (journal) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1963, Bimonthly journals, De Gruyter academic journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Linguistics (journal) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Linguistics (journal) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Linguistics (journal)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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