Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Journal of Pragmatics online submission and review web
site (http://ees.elsevier.com/pragma). This site will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors are
requested to submit the text, tables, and artwork in electronic form to this address. Authors who are unable to provide an electronic
version or who have other circumstances that prevent online submission must contact the Editor prior to submission to discuss alternative
options; email: jop@language.sdu.dk or pragma@elsevier.com. The Publisher and Editor regret that they are
not able to consider submissions that do not follow these procedures.
Types of Submission The journal publishes the following
types of contribution: (1) full-length articles, (2) short, free-form squibs and discussion notes, (3) replies and rejoinders, (4) reviews
of books not more than five years old, (5) review articles on new books, and (6) brief book notices.
Book Reviews The
journal publishes reviews of books that are relevant to the field of pragmatics broadly speaking. Most welcome are reviews of cutting-edge
books. The journal also encourages reviews of books that escape global awareness because, for example, they are written in languages
other than English. Reviews of edited volumes are welcomed, too, especially if their contents represent important new tends in research
and scholarship. From time to time, the journal also publishes review articles, usually commissioned reviews of several books dealing
with one and the same, or related, topic(s). Book reviews should not exceed, in general, 3,000 words; review articles should preferably
not exceed 8,000 words. Effort should be made to submit a review within 3 months from receiving the review copy of the
book. If revision is necessary, the revised text should be submitted in a month at the latest. Between the year of publication of a book
and its commission to be reviewed in the JoP there should normally be at most 5 years.
Editorial Contacts Books for review
should be sent to one of the Review Editors: Ken Turner (School of Languages, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1
9PH, UK, e-mail: k.p.turner@bton.ac.uk) for books published in the UK and US, Soula Pavlidou (Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Faculty of Philosophy, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece, e-mail: pavlidou@lit.auth.gr)
for books published in Europe and the rest of the world. Correspondence about book reviews and manuscripts containing reviews should
be addressed to the Review Editor in charge. Books sent to the journal for review will not be returned. Manuscripts for special issues,
and correspondence about these, should be addressed to Neal R. Norrick (n.norrick@mx.uni-saarland.de) or Sarah Blackwell
(blackwel@uga.edu). Squibs, and correspondence about these, should be addressed to Bruce Fraser (bfraser@acs.bu.edu).
Other editorial inquiries may be addressed to Leo Hoye (leohoye@hkucc.hku.hk).
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to the e-mail address and the complete postal address of the (corresponding) author(s).
Texts must be written in impeccable English.
US English is standard, but authors natively writing in other dialects of English may use those. The journal is actively committed to
avoiding sexist language.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the
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that its publication is approved by all authors and (tacitly or explicitly) by the responsible authorities where the work was carried
out; and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written
consent of the Publisher.
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Revisions Should authors be requested
by the Editor to revise the text, the revised version should be submitted within 6 months. After this period, the article will
be regarded as a new submission
Online submission to the journal prior to acceptance Submission to this journal
proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article.
Via the EES homepage of this journal (http://ees.elsevier.com/pragma)
you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to
a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Important notice: please take time to
review the PDF version upon the article or book review's submission, paying special attention to other alphabets, including the IPA.
Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission time for the review process, these original source
files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests
for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail.
The above represents
a very brief outline of this form of submission. It can be advantageous to print this "Guide for Authors" section from the site for reference
in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
General
points We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Microsoft Word is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file
for reference and safety. Save your files, using the default extension of the program used.
Wordprocessor documents It
is important that the file be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep
the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular,
do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, you are free to use boldface, italics, subscripts,
superscripts, etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When
preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid
is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional
manuscripts; see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/howtosubmitpaper.
Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text.
See also the section below on the preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary and obvious errors, you are advised
to use the spellcheck function of your wordprocessor; however, this and similar functions should be relied on only as a help, not to
replace your own efforts at preparing a perfect text.
Preparation of text
Presentation of manuscript
General As stated above, your text should be written in impeccable English (US American spelling is standard for the Journal
of Pragmatics; however, other native usages are accepted, but not a mixture of these). Italics are not to be used for common expressions
of Latin origin, such as i.e., viz., in vivo, et al., per se; italics are used for emphasis, and to render expressions quoted in the
text in other languages than English. Lengthy quotation in foreign languages should be avoided except where necessary to document the
examples given. All non-English quotations should be accompanied by an English translation and (in the case of examples given in the
text) by a word-by-word rendering (and possibly a transliteration, in the case of foreign alphabets).
For numbers, use decimal points
(not commas); commas are to be used for thousands (1,000, 10,000 and so on).
Language Use The journal is actively committed
to avoiding sexist language as far as possible, and to affirming and promoting the use of non-sexist expressions. If in doubt, authors
should consult the Guidelines for Non-sexist Use of Language of the American Psychological Association, published in the American
Psychologist 30 (1975): 682-684 (visit: http://www.apa.org/journals/amp/), or the Guidelines of the Linguistic Society
of America in the LSA Bulletin (# 135, March 1992); visit: http://www.lsadc.org/index.cfm.
Review Policy As this journal has adopted a one-way blind reviewing policy, reviewers' names will not under
any circumstances be made available to authors.
Information to be provided Please provide the following data on the title
page (in the order given):
Title. Titles should be concise and informative, and not exceed 15 words. Titles are often
used in information-retrieval systems, therefore abbreviations and formulae should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.
Author
names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g. a double name), please indicate this clearly. In the case of
foreign names, please underline the author's last names. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was
done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front
of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the postal code and country name, and the
e-mail address of each author.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages
of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area codes) are provided
in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Present/permanent address. If an author has moved
since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent address") may be indicated
as a footnote to that author's name. Superscript symbols (such as asterisks, daggers, etc.) are used for such footnotes. The address
at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main affiliation address.
Abstract. A concise and factual
abstract is required (maximum length 200 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal
results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often referred to separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References
to the literature should preferably not occur in the abstract but if essential, they must be cited as in the body text, with reference
to a separate, brief list. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first
mention in the abstract itself.
Keywords. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, avoiding
general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "pragmatics", and do not use "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations:
only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Abbreviations.
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence both in the abstract and in the body of the article.
Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
Bio-note. Include a short (maximum 100 words) biblio-biographical
note (often called a 'vita') on each author.
N.B. Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgments, including information on grants
received, in a separate section, before the references, at the end of the article. Do not, therefore, include them on the title
page, as a foot- or endnote to the title or otherwise.
Arrangement of the article Subdivision of the article.
Divide your article into clearly named and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ), 1.2, etc. (the
abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to "above",
"below" or "the text." Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Ensure you
number the pages of your article prior to submission (the upper right hand corner is preferred). Appendices and figures, tables, etc.
should have separate numbers. Do not use Roman numerals for any numbering.
Introduction. State the objectives of the work
and provide an adequate background, but avoid a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Results. Results
should be formulated in a clear and concise manner.
Discussion. This should explore the significance of the results of the
work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published
literature.
Conclusions. The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may either
stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section. New material (including examples) should never be
introduced in the Discussion and Conclusion section(s))
Appendices. If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified
as A, B, etc.
Acknowledgements. See above.
References. See separate section, below.
Tables, figures,
schemes, and captions to these. Present this material, in the order given, at the end of the article (for more detail, see below).
High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file (see the section below on the preparation of
illustrations).
Specific remarks Footnotes. Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively
throughout the article, using superscript Arabic (NOT Roman) numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text, and this feature
may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves on a separate
sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list.
Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote
in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance
in the text. Place captions and footnotes to tables below the table body; indicate the latter with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid
vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere
in the article.
Quotations. Quotations should be enclosed in "double" quotation marks; use English conventions, and avoid
any 'Continental' (German, French, etc.) styles. Single ('scare') quotes may be used to draw attention to a particular item in the text.
Words from other languages, and words intended to be especially emphasized, should be italicized. For special-purpose emphasis, use boldface
or underlining.
References in the text to publications should include the author's name, immediately followed by the year
of publication, and, if necessary, page numbers, as in the following example:
Although this type of conversational coordination
has been investigated from different points of view over the years (Sacks et al., 1974; Van Dijk and Kintsch, 1983; Schiffrin, 1987a,
b), a general theory of language use accounting for it, is still, in Kasher's (1991b:129) words, "...". For more information, please
see the section below on references.
Symbols. Current typefaces should be used, and special symbols should be avoided as
much as possible. Most standard logical symbols are printable, as well as the Greek, Cyrillic and various other Slavic alphabets, phonetic
(IPA standard) symbols, Chinese characters, and Japanese kanji/kana. Since the electronic submission system converts your documents to
PDF, please be sure to check the PDF version of your article thoroughly before proceeding with submission, if your article contains any
of these symbols.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your
scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation
sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside
the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that the data is provided in one of our recommended
file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive
caption for each file. For more detailed instructions, please visit our artwork instruction pages at: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
References Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the authors.
Incomplete or
sloppy bibliographies will be returned to the authors. Note, in particular, the journal's requirement to provide authors' full first
names.
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference
list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are
not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they
should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished
results" or "Personal communication". Citation of a reference as "in press" or "forthcoming" implies that the item has been accepted
for publication.
Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information,
if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately
(e.g. after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text. References
in the text to publications should include the author's name, the year of publication, and, if necessary, page numbers, as in the following
example: Although this type of conversational coordination has been investigated from different points of view over the years (Sacks
et al., 1974; Van Dijk and Kintsch, 1983; Schiffrin, 1987a, b), a general theory of language use accounting for it, is still, in Kasher's
(1991b:129) words, "...".
List. An alphabetically arranged reference list containing all works referred to, both in the
text and footnotes (and possibly the abstract), should be included at the end of the manuscript. Authors' full first names should be
always be given (unless the authors themselves customarily use only initials); however, editors of collected volumes may be referred
to by their initials only. References to two or more works by the same author in a single year should be accompanied by a lower-case
"a", "b", etc. after the year of publication, both in the reference list and in citations in the text. References to books should include
the place of publication and the publisher's name, and references to articles in journals should include volume and page numbers; titles
of books (not of articles) should furthermore be capitalized.
Compare the following examples:
Reference to a journal publication: Kasher, Asa, 1991b. On the pragmatic modules: a lecture. Journal of Pragmatics 16 (5), 381-397.
Reference to a chapter
in an edited book: Kasher, Asa, 1991a. Pragmatics and Chomsky's research program. In: Kasher, A. (Ed.), The Chomskyan Turn.
Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 122-149.
Reference to a book: Van Dijk, Teun A., Kintsch, Walter, 1983. Strategies of Discourse
Comprehension. Academic Press, New York.
Multiple references to the same author: Schiffrin, Deborah, 1987a. Discourse
Markers. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Schiffrin, Deborah, 1987b. Toward an empirical base in pragmatics. Language in Society
16 (3), 381-396.
The digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and provide links to electronic documents. The DOI consists
of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication.
The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they
have not yet received their full bibliographic information.
The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken
from a document in the journal Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When you use the DOI to create
URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Preparation of illustrations
Preparation
of electronic illustrations
General points - Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original
artwork. - Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font. - Only use the following fonts in your illustrations:
Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol. - Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text. - Use a logical
naming convention for your artwork files. - Provide all illustrations as separate files. - Provide captions to illustrations
separately. - Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version. - Phrase structure trees, argumentation schemata,
networks, flowcharts, and diagrams should be kept to a minimum.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed
information are given here.
Formats Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalized,
please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones,
and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics". TIFF: Color
or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi. TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required. DOC, XLS or PPT: If
your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please do not: -
Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document; - Supply files that are optimized for screen
use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG; otherwise the resolution is too low); - Supply files that are too low in resolution; - Submit
graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Captions Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply
captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description
of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Line
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or unclear after possible reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. The degree of
reduction will be determined by the Publisher. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the journal when designing
the illustrations.
Do not use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs (halftones) Remove
non-essential areas of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure. Where necessary, insert a
scale bar in the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the caption.
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together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures, then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these
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preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because of
technical complications which can arise by converting color figures to grayscale (for the printed version, should you not opt for color
in print), please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
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Please use the proofs only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness,
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be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and
accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication; please check
carefully before returning the proofs, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.
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