Pedagogical Linguistics
Main information
Pedagogical Linguistics publishes work on educational applications of theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The general aim of the journal is to bring the formal and the functional strands of linguistics together in order to establish a forum where they can cross-fertilize each other with the aim of discussing and developing linguistics’ potential contribution to language pedagogy. Pedagogical Linguistics publishes research originating in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and linguistic approaches to acquisition which outlines the didactic and educational relevance of recent research findings. The primary audience for this journal are researchers interested in state-of-the-art approaches to questions of language acquisition and linguistic theory that find applications in pedagogy, as well as a more general audience whose training is in education and pedagogy.
Pedagogical Linguistics publishes its articles Online First.
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Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 6 (2025)
Volume 5 (2024)
Volume 4 (2023)
Volume 3 (2022)
Volume 2 (2021)
Volume 1 (2020)
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Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
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Volume 6 (2025): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp. | EUR |
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Volume 5 (2024): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp. | EUR |
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Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
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Complete backset (Vols. 1‒4; 2020‒2023) |
8 issues; 960 pp. |
EUR 632.00 | EUR 704.00 |
Volume 4 (2023) | 2 issues; 240 pp. | EUR |
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Volumes 1‒3 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 240 pp. | EUR |
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Guidelines
Submission Guidelines
Authors wishing to submit articles for publication in Pedagogical Linguistics 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 them at: andreas.trotzkeuni-konstanz.de and/or thomas.rankinjku.at.
Manuscripts submitted to Pedagogical Linguistics 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 Pedagogical Linguistics should be written in English and prepared according to the following guidelines.
Length
Full-length articles reporting on empirical or theoretical research should be 7,000-9,000 words. Word limits should be adhered to closely; tables, references, notes, and appendices should be included in the word counts.
Abstract
Full-length articles and descriptions of corpora and methods 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 is 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 (no ‘pp.’). Separate multiple references with commas. Examples:
(Smith, 2005)
(Smith, 2005: 56-58)
(Smith, 2005; Harding & Jones, 2007)
(Johnson et al., 2014: 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:
- ...antecedents for pronominal this and these tend to be extended units of discourse…
- ...noun phrases with more than one premodifying noun, such as justice department official…
- the conversion of verbs to nouns (as in strong increase or flow line)
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 (6th edition). 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. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Leech, G. (2004). Meaning and the English verb (3rd ed.). London: Routledge.
Journal Articles
Matthiessen, C. (2015). Register in the round: Registerial cartography. Functional Linguistics, 2(9), 1-48.
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, 163-189.
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). New York, NY: 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
Guidelines and general information for authors
Pedagogical Linguistics 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: andreas.trotzkeuni-konstanz.de and/or thomas.rankinjku.at.
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 openaccessbenjamins.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.