Functions of Language
Functions of Language is an international journal of linguistics which explores the functionalist perspective on the organisation and use of natural language. It publishes articles and reviews books from the full spectrum of functionalist linguistics, seeking to bring out the fundamental unity behind the various schools of thought, while stimulating discussion among functionalists. It encourages the interplay of theory and description, and provides space for the detailed analysis, qualitative or quantitative, of linguistic data from a broad range of languages. Its scope is broad, covering such matters as prosodic phenomena in phonology, the clause in its communicative context, and regularities of pragmatics, conversation and discourse, as well as the interaction between the various levels of analysis. The overall purpose is to contribute to our understanding of how the use of languages in speech and writing has impacted, and continues to impact, upon the structure of those languages.
Functions of Language promotes the constructive interaction between linguistics and such neighbouring disciplines as sociology, cultural studies, psychology, ethology, communication studies, translation theory and educational linguistics.
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: IBR/IBZ; Cultures, Langues, Textes; INIST; Language Abstracts; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique; LLBA; MLA Bibliography; European Reference Index for the Humanities; Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Social Sciences Citation Index; Social Scisearch; JCR/Social Sciences; Scopus.
Sample issue: FOL 17:1
Board
Editors
J. Lachlan Mackenzie, VU University Amsterdam
Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Ghent University
Geoff Thompson, University of Liverpool
Review Editor
Hilde Hasselgård, University of Oslo
Honorary Editor
M.A.K. Halliday, Emeritus University of Sydney
Managing Editor
Liesbet Heyvaert, University of Leuven
Editorial Board
Christopher S. Butler, Universities of Swansea, Huddersfield and Leeds
Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, University of Helsinki
John W. Du Bois, University of California, Santa Barbara
Robin P. Fawcett, University of Wales, Cardiff
Eva Hajičová, Charles University Prague
Mike Hannay, Amsterdam
Ruqaiya Hasan, Macquarie University
Martin Haspelmath, Max Planck Institut Leipzig
Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham
Ronald W. Langacker, UCSD
Ricardo Mairal Usón, National University of Distance Learning, Madrid
J.R. Martin, University of Sydney
Jan Nuyts, University of Antwerp
Michael Silverstein, University of Chicago
Gerard J. Steen, VU University Amsterdam
Michael Stubbs, University of Trier
John R. Taylor, University of Otago
Robert D. Van Valin, Jr., Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
Anna Wierzbicka, Australian National University
Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Volume 21 (2014): 3 issues; ca. 375 pp. | Print + online | EUR 277.00 |
| Volume 20 (2013): 2 issues; ca. 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 239.00 |
| Volume 19 (2012): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 18 (2011): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 17 (2010): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 16 (2009): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 15 (2008): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 14 (2007): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 13 (2006): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 12 (2005): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 11 (2004): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 10 (2003): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 9 (2002): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
| Volume 8 (2001): 2 issues; 300 pp. | Print + online | EUR 232.00 |
Individuals may apply for a special subscription rate of EUR 70.00. Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Subscriptions as of Volume 1 include electronic access.
Available back-volumes
Volumes 1-7 (1994-2000) quoted upon request.
Subjects
Benjamins Subject classification
Linguistics
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics