Applied Pragmatics

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Editors
ORCID logoZia Tajeddin | Tarbiat Modares University
ORCID logoNaoko Taguchi | Northern Arizona University
Associate Editors
ORCID logoMinoo Alemi | IAU West Tehran Branch
ORCID logoAnne Barron | Leuphana University of Lüneburg
ORCID logoZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University
ORCID logoThi Thuy Minh Nguyen | University of Otago
Managing Editor
ORCID logoZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University | appliedprag at benjamins.nl

Applied Pragmatics aims to enhance research on acquisitional pragmatics and hence accepts studies which have strong implications for teaching, learning, and assessing L2 pragmatics, including L2 English and other languages. We encourage submissions from a wide range of topics falling within the scope of the journal. The topics can be approached from various interdisciplinary perspectives like globalization, world Englishes, teacher education, critical pedagogy, and conversation analysis.


Applied Pragmatics publishes its articles Online First.

ISSN: 2589-109X | E-ISSN: 2589-1103
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ap
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Volume 6 (2024)

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Volume 4 (2022)

Volume 3 (2021)

Volume 2 (2020)

Volume 1 (2019)

Board
Editors
ORCID logoZia Tajeddin | Tarbiat Modares University
ORCID logoNaoko Taguchi | Northern Arizona University
Associate Editors
ORCID logoMinoo Alemi | IAU West Tehran Branch
ORCID logoAnne Barron | Leuphana University of Lüneburg
ORCID logoZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University
ORCID logoThi Thuy Minh Nguyen | University of Otago
Managing Editor
ORCID logoZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University | appliedprag at benjamins.nl
Advisory Board
ORCID logoEva Alcón-Soler | Catedràtica d'Universitat
Andrew D. Cohen | University of Minnesota
Gabriele Kasper | University of Hawaii at Manoa
Virginia LoCastro | Washington DC
Editorial Board
Saad Mahammed Al-Gahtani | King Saud University
Ahmad Al-Issa | American University of Sharjah
Rémi A. van Compernolle | Carnegie Mellon University
ORCID logoJ. César Félix-Brasdefer | Indiana University
ORCID logoMarta González-Lloret | University of Hawaii at Manoa
ORCID logoZhu Hua | University of Birmingham
Noriko Ishihara | Hosei University
Shuai Li | Georgia State University
ORCID logoMaría Elena Placencia | University of London
ORCID logoWei Ren | Beihang University
ORCID logoAriadna Sánchez-Hernández | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ORCID logoRachel L. Shively | Illinois State University
Julie M. Sykes | University of Oregon
Satomi Takahashi | Rikkyo University
ORCID logoSoo Jung Youn | Daegu National University of Education
Subscription Info
Current issue: 6:1, available as of February 2024
Next issue: 6:2, expected December 2024

General information about our electronic journals.

Subscription rates

All prices for print + online include postage/handling.

Online-only Print + online
Volume 7 (2025): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp. EUR 171.00 EUR 221.00
Volume 6 (2024): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp. EUR 166.00 EUR 201.00

Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR 75.00 per volume.
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.

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Complete backset
(Vols. 1‒5; 2019‒2023)
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Volume 5 (2023) 2 issues; 240 pp. EUR 161.00 EUR 183.00
Volumes 2‒4 (2020‒2022) 2 issues; avg. 240 pp. EUR 161.00 per volume EUR 179.00 per volume
Volume 1 (2019) 2 issues; 240 pp. EUR 158.00 EUR 175.00
Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Authors wishing to submit articles for publication in Applied Pragmatics are requested to do so through the journal’s online submission and manuscript tracking site. All other enquiries should be directed towards the editors by e-mailing the journal at:
appliedprag at benjamins.nl

Manuscripts submitted to Applied Pragmatics will undergo double-blind peer review and will be evaluated based on their originality, methodological rigor, significance of findings, and quality of presentation. Manuscripts submitted for consideration to the journal should not be previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere.

All submissions to Applied Pragmatics should be written in English and prepared according to the following guidelines.

Length

Full-length articles reporting on empirical or theoretical research should be 7,000-10,000 words. Word limits should be adhered to closely; tables, references, notes, and appendices should be included in the word counts.

Abstract

Full-length articles should include an abstract that is 150-200 words long.

Keywords

All submissions should include four to six keywords that can be used for indexing purposes.

Presentation

All submissions should be presented in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Please include page numbers in the manuscript.

Sections and Section Headings

All sections should be numbered and labeled with a descriptive title. Please do not exceed three levels of headings. Section numbering should follow the pattern 1, 2 (for level one); 1.1, 1.2 (for level two); and 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (for level three).

Tables, Figures, and Other Graphics

In the initial submission, authors should place tables, figures, and other graphics within the paper in the desired location. However, authors should be prepared to submit original artwork files separately upon final accepted submission. All tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and include a caption that is informative and concise. All tables and figures should be introduced in the text.

In-text references

References in the text should follow the Name (year) format. Use et al. for three or more authors after the first mention (include all authors in the reference list). Examples:

Smith (2005)
Harding and Jones (2009)
Johnson et al. (2014)
Jones (2007, 2010)

When both the name and the year are placed in parentheses, include a comma between the name and date; replace ‘and’ with ‘&’. When page numbers are required, follow the format year + colon + page numbers with ‘pp.’. Separate multiple references with commas. Examples:

(Smith, 2005)
(Smith, 2005: 56-58)
(Smith, 2005; Harding & Jones, 2007)
(Johnson et al., 2014, p. 43)

Quotations

Use double quotes for shorter quotations. Quotations longer than 40 words should be displayed as an indented block quote. Any quotations within the main quote should use single quotes.

Language examples

Language examples and linguistic items within the main text should be in italics, with bolding for further emphasis:

Longer examples should be set apart from the main text with blank lines before and after, indented, and numbered. Examples should be referred to in the text by number (e.g., Example 1 shows that…). Italics, bold, and underlining can be used for further emphasis if needed. Examples:

(1)       Specifically, we were interested in investigating the quantitative difference in the use of grammatical structures associated with registers over time.

(2)       This may be explained by the presence of high fluctuations in the 1 min. data.

Acknowledgements

In order to maintain anonymity, acknowledgements, if any, should not be included in the initial submission. Authors of accepted papers may include a brief acknowledgements section in the final submission. This should be an unnumbered section immediately following the conclusion.

Notes

Use endnotes rather than footnotes. These should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper and included as an unnumbered section following the conclusion or acknowledgements section.

Reference list

The full reference list should follow guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association (7th edition), except for one point: for multi-author works, list up to seven authors at first mention in in-text citation and on the reference list. Also, add DOI for all journal articles. A few examples follow; please consult the APA manual for full details.

Books

Blum-Kulka, S., House, J., & Kasper, G. (1989). Cross-cultural pragmatics: Requests and apologies. Ablex.

Leech, G. (2004). Meaning and the English verb (3rd ed.). Routledge.

Journal Articles

Matthiessen, C. (2015). Register in the round: Registerial cartography. Functional Linguistics, 2(9), 1–48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40554-015-0015-8

Nelson, G. L., Carson, J., Batal, M. A., & Bakary, W. E. (2002). Cross-cultural pragmatics: Strategy use in Egyptian Arabic and American English refusals. Applied Linguistics, 23(2), 163–189. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/23.2.163

Book Chapters

Bialystok, E. (1993). Symbolic representation and attentional control in pragmatic competence. In G. Kasper & S. Blum-Kulka (Eds.), Interlanguage pragmatics (pp. 43-58). Oxford University Press.

Appendices

One or more appendix sections may be included after the references section.

Copyright permission

It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission to reproduce any material that has been previously published.

 

Submission

Applied Pragmatics offers  online submission .

Before submitting, please consult the  guidelines  and the  Short Guide to EM for Authors .

If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail: appliedprag at benjamins.nl

Articles under consideration are double-blind peer-reviewed and decisions on all published content are made by the editors.

Ethics

John Benjamins journals are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to supporting ethical research practices.

Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement .

Please also note the guidance on the use of (generative) AI in the statement.

Rights and Permissions

Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format.

For information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information page.

Open Access

Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (excl. tax). To arrange this, please contact openaccess at benjamins.nl once your paper has been accepted for publication. More information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.

Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee. Please consult this list of institutions for up-to-date information on which articles qualify.

For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.

If the article is not (to be made) Open Access, there is no fee for the author to publish in this journal.

Archiving

John Benjamins Publishing Company has an agreement in place with Portico for the archiving of all its online journals and e-books.

Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics