Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC) is an international journal whose academic mission is to bring together specialists from diverse scholarly disciplines to discuss and interpret language in communication issues as they pertain to people of Asian Pacific regions and in their immigrant communities worldwide. The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language in communication studies relating to people in and from Asian Pacific regions.
Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific; Culture, Contexts, and Communication in Multicultural Australia and New Zealand; Media Discourse in Greater China; Institutional Politeness in (South) East Asia.
JAPC publishes its articles Online First.
JAPC was previously published by Multilingual Matters (vols. 1-7) and Ablex (vols. 8-9).
ISSN 0957-6851 | E-ISSN 1569-9838
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/japc
Sample issue: JAPC 27:1
Board
Chief Editors
Marinus van den Berg | Leiden University
Howard Giles | University of California at Santa Barbara
Herbert D. Pierson | St. John's University
Executive Editorial Board
Mary Jiang Bresnahan | Michigan State University
Deborah A. Cai | Temple University
Kara Chan | HK Baptist University
Hui-Ching Chang | SUNY Albany
Florian Coulmas | University of Duisburg-Essen
John Edwards | St. Francis Xavier & Dalhousie University
Alan Hirvela | Ohio State University
Janet Holmes | Victoria University of WellingtonBjörn H. Jernudd | Washington, D.C.
Min-Sun Kim | University of Hawaii
Arthur C. Lau | City University of New York
Li Wei | UCL IOERobert M. McCann | UCLA
Eungjun Min | Rhode Island College
Sik Hung Ng | Renmin University of China
Hiroshi Ota | Aichi Shukutoku University
Ellen Rafferty | University of Wisconsin
Ali Salman | Taylor’s University
Shi-xu | Hangzhou Normal University
Hsi-Yao Su | National Taiwan Normal University
Minglang Zhou | University of Maryland
Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Bond | Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Stanley Feldstein | University of Maryland
Joseph P. Forgas | University of New South Wales
Braj B. Kachru | University of Illinois at Urbana
Jeffrey Kinkley | St. John's University
Eddie C.Y. Kuo | Nanyang Technological University
John A. Lent | International Journal of Comic Art
Casey Lum | William Paterson University
Don R. McCreary | University of Georgia
Wang Min | St. John's University
Danjie Su | University of ArkansasStella Ting-Toomey | California State University
Q.S. Tong | Sun Yat Sen University
Amy B.M. Tsui | University of Hong Kong
Wang Lei | Zhejiang Gongshang University
Shouhui Zhao | University of Bergen
Subscription Info
Current issue: 30:1/2, available as of June 2020
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 31 (2021): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR 251.00 | EUR 291.00 | |
| Volume 30 (2020): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR 251.00 | EUR 291.00 |
Individuals may apply for a special subscription rate of EUR 75.00 (online‑only: EUR 70.00)
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
For Volumes 8-9 please contact Elsevier.
For Volumes 1-7 please contact Multilingual Matters.
Available back-volumes
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 10‒29; 2000‒2019) |
40 issues; 6,400 pp. |
EUR 4,570.00 | EUR 4,846.00 |
| Volume 29 (2019) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 246.00 | EUR 285.00 |
| Volume 28 (2018) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 239.00 | EUR 277.00 |
| Volume 27 (2017) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 269.00 |
| Volume 26 (2016) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 261.00 |
| Volume 25 (2015) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 253.00 |
| Volume 24 (2014) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 246.00 |
| Volume 23 (2013) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 239.00 |
| Volumes 10‒22 (2000‒2012) | 2 issues; avg. 320 pp. | EUR 225.00 each | EUR 232.00 each |
Issues
Volume 30 (2020)
Volume 29 (2019)
Volume 28 (2018)
Volume 27 (2017)
Volume 26 (2016)
Volume 25 (2015)
Volume 24 (2014)
Volume 23 (2013)
Volume 22 (2012)
Volume 21 (2011)
Volume 20 (2010)
Volume 19 (2009)
Volume 18 (2008)
Volume 17 (2007)
Volume 16 (2006)
Volume 15 (2005)
Volume 14 (2004)
Volume 13 (2003)
Volume 12 (2002)
Volume 11 (2001)
Volume 10 (2000)
Latest articles
30 June 2020
Natives, migrants and communication practices in the Xi’an speech community: The role of discourse communities and the Putonghua koine community in China
Marinus van den Berg | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 172–216
Language behavior and identity change in the Fangshang Hui community of Xi’an
Hongjie Dong | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 255–272
Borders and bridges: The politics of language identity in Hong Kong
Jette G. Hansen Edwards | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 115–138
Singapore bilingual education: One policy, many interpretations
Cher Leng Lee & Chiew Pheng Phua | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) p. 90
Dialect and Putonghua in Xi’an city: The case of Beishan Menkou urban village
Qiong Li & Yuying Wang | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 217–254
Dimensions of language education policy in Asia
Anthony J. Liddicoat & Andy Kirkpatrick | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) p. 7
A restudy of postcolonial Palau after two decades: Changing views on multilingualism in the Pacific
Kazuko Matsumoto | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 34–59
Chinese urban language in historical perspective: Guānhuà and dialect in the late Qīng
Richard VanNess Simmons | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 139–171
Malaysia’s linguistic landscape and language practices in Chinese private clinics: Focus on the Klang Valley
Xiaomei Wang, Jin Zhuo Lee & Yi Chern Koh | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 60–89
Media reporting of cyberbullying: A framing analysis of The Star
Lai Fong Yang | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 290–309
English-dominated Chinatown: A quantitative investigation of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Singapore
Hui Zhang, Ruanni Tupas & Aman Norhaida | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 273–289
Prologue marking the 30th anniversary of publication
JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 1–2
Introduction: Developments in diglossic settings in the Asian Pacific region
Marinus van den Berg | JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) pp. 3–6
List of reviewers
JAPC 30:1-2 (2020) p. 310
13 January 2020
The use of language and religion from a sociolinguistic perspective
Ali Alsaawi
19 December 2019
The role of Ulama (Islamic religious leaders) in countering anti-vaccination rhetoric in Indonesia
N. Nurlaela Arief & Siti Karlinah
17 December 2019
Language, religion, and communication: The case of Islam and Arabic in the Asia-Pacific
Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy
Patrick Eisenlohr. 2019. Sounding Islam Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World
Reviewed by Praveen Raj
6 August 2019
“Doing this kind of linguistics, you do feel like you’re making a difference in the world”: Postgraduate linguistics students learning in the field
Nicola Daly | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 281–299
Comparative rhetoric and emic approaches to Chinese persuasive strategies in hotel discourse
Donghong Liu | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 168–187
English within Japanese: Loanwords from English in Japanese as a vocabulary pool for EFL education
Hironori Nishi | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 211–229
White cyber-protest in a Facebook group: Articulating colorblind racialization in response to perceived South Korean televised “xenophobia”
David C. Oh | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 149–167
Stretching the boundaries: Malaysian ESL learners’ evaluative reactions to inner circle English accents
Zahariah Pilus, Nur Shahida Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul Zakaria & Ridwan Wahid | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 300–321
What can we learn about social media influence in the Malaysian 14th General Election?
Samsudin A. Rahim | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 264–280
Media credibility: The impact of privately-owned websites on state-owned televisions in the context of China
Hongzhong Zhang, Juana Du & Rui Wang | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 188–210
Stereotype formation: An examination of three contesting models in Vietnam
Yunying Zhang, Eun-Jeong Han, Phi Phuong Tran & Alexis Tan | JAPC 29:2 (2019) pp. 230–263
Acknowledgment of reviewers
JAPC 29:2 (2019) p. 322
16 May 2019
Sort of in Australian English: The elasticity of a pragmatic marker
Jean Mulder, Cara Penry Williams & Erin Moore | JAPC 29:1 (2019) p. 9
Pragmatic functions of ‘sort of’ in Persian: A vague language perspective
Vahid Parvaresh & Sayyed Amir Sheikhan | JAPC 29:1 (2019) p. 86
‘Sort of’ in Indonesian television discourse
Indah Tri Purwanti | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 111–132
On the functions of sort of in New Zealand TV programs
Peyman G. P. Sabet | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 33–61
The pragmatic use of ‘sort of’ in TV forums: A Chinese perspective
Grace Zhang | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 62–85
Acknowledgements
JAPC 29:1 (2019) p. 1
Dániel Z. Kádár. 2017. Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual: Maintaining the Moral Order in Interpersonal Interaction
Reviewed by Lili Gong & Yongping Ran | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 133–139
Chiara Fedriani & Andrea Sansò (Eds.). 2017. Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles
Reviewed by Peyman G. P. Sabet | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 140–147
‘Sort of’ across languages of the Asia and Oceania regions
Vahid Parvaresh & Grace Zhang | JAPC 29:1 (2019) pp. 2–8
Subjects
Communication Studies
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General