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journal-of-linguistics
GitHub辅助判断理论语言学稿件是否适合《Journal of Linguistics》期刊，提供框架中立性、论证深度及拒稿风险等评估标准，帮助作者进行定位与重构。
Trigger Scenarios
作者指定该期刊并需进行适配性检查
需将特定框架分析重构为跨流派可读内容
在该期刊与其他特定框架或美国综合类期刊间犹豫
需要了解期刊的论证标准及快速拒稿启发式规则
Install
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill journal-of-linguistics -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "journal-of-linguistics",
"description": "Use when targeting Journal of Linguistics (Cambridge University Press, for the Linguistics Association of Great Britain) or deciding whether a general theoretical-linguistics manuscript fits this framework-neutral venue. Encodes the journal's broad fit, the argument-and-data bar, framework-neutrality, house style, glossing and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics."
}
Journal of Linguistics (journal-of-linguistics)
Journal positioning
Journal of Linguistics, published by Cambridge University Press for the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, is a general theoretical-linguistics venue that is deliberately framework-neutral and open across subfields — phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, and the philosophy and methodology of the field. Its defining expectation is a well-argued theoretical contribution intelligible to linguists of different persuasions: a clear problem, a careful analysis, and a result whose interest does not depend on prior commitment to one formalism. A narrowly framework-internal exercise, or a purely descriptive report with no theoretical pay-off, is a poor fit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing aid. It does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Journal of Linguistics author instructions, and defer all reporting specifics to the official page.
When to trigger
- The author names Journal of Linguistics for a general theoretical-linguistics article and wants a fit/framing check.
- A framework-specific analysis must be re-framed so its interest is legible across approaches.
- The author is choosing between Journal of Linguistics and a single-framework or US-based generalist venue.
- The author needs the journal's argument bar and desk-reject heuristics.
Scope & topic fit
- Theoretical work in any core subfield, presented so non-adherents of the chosen framework can follow and assess it.
- Comparative and typological linguistics where the analysis bears on general theory.
- Historical and diachronic linguistics with a theoretical argument, not only a description.
- Morphology, phonology, syntax, and semantics studies that engage broad questions of linguistic structure and explanation.
- Methodological and foundational articles about how linguistic analysis should proceed.
- Review articles that synthesize and critically advance a theoretical debate.
Method & evidence bar
- The contribution is a clear theoretical argument whose interest is framework-neutral; the problem and the claimed advance are stated explicitly and early.
- Empirical language data motivate and test the argument; linguistics is partly empirical, so examples, judgments, or corpus/experimental data must be adequate and representative — defer reporting specifics to the official guidance.
- Cross-linguistic or otherwise representative evidence supports any claim of generality.
- The analysis is internally consistent and falsifiable, with alternative accounts weighed on their merits rather than dismissed by allegiance.
- Engagement with the literature spans relevant frameworks, situating the contribution fairly across approaches.
- Data are transparent: numbered examples with morpheme-by-morpheme interlinear (Leipzig-style) glosses and translations where the language is not English.
Structure & house style
- Full-length theoretical article with a sustained argument (and, where offered, review articles); re-check current length limits and article types on the live guide.
- Citation follows the journal's current Cambridge author-date style with a reference list.
- Double-blind review: anonymize the manuscript (self-citations and acknowledgements) per current policy.
- Numbered examples with aligned interlinear glosses, translations, and sources, in the journal's format; IPA for phonetic transcription.
- Tables, figures, and any formal notation meet the journal's specifications and are defined for a cross-framework readership.
Official-submission checklist
- Before giving submission-ready advice, read
../../resources/source-basis.mdand../../resources/official-source-map.md; start from the CUP / LAGB anchors, then cite the current Journal of Linguistics page you checked. - Search the live site for "Journal of Linguistics instructions for authors" and follow the current Cambridge version.
- Re-check article types (articles, review articles), length limits, and the abstract requirement.
- Confirm the Cambridge citation style and anonymization for double-blind review.
- Re-check the example/glossing format and figure/table specifications.
- Re-check any data-availability, elicitation ethics, and AI-use/competing-interest disclosures.
- If the live official instructions conflict with this skill, the official instructions win.
Pre-submission self-check
- The theoretical contribution is legible and assessable across frameworks, not only to adherents.
- The problem and claimed advance are stated explicitly and early.
- Language data motivating the argument are adequate and representative.
- Cross-linguistic or representative evidence supports any generality claimed.
- Numbered examples carry Leipzig-style interlinear glosses and translations.
- The manuscript is anonymized and follows the current Cambridge style.
Common desk-reject triggers
- A framework-internal exercise whose interest collapses without prior allegiance.
- A purely descriptive report with no theoretical argument or pay-off.
- Alternative analyses dismissed by allegiance rather than weighed on the evidence, or generality claimed on thin, non-representative data.
- Examples without proper interlinear glosses, translations, or sources.
- Scope or significance too slight for a general theoretical readership.
Re-routing decision
- Discipline-wide result, including experimental/sociolinguistic →
language(LSA). - Generative syntax and its interfaces, or a short squib →
linguistic-inquiry. - Theoretical syntax/morphology with deep cross-linguistic empirical grounding →
natural-language-and-linguistic-theory. - Philosophy of language / foundations argued philosophically →
the-philosophical-review(generically). - Broad theory-of-language framing in the humanities →
critical-inquiry(generically).
Output format
[Fit] High / Medium / Low (one-line reason)
[Target] Journal of Linguistics (CUP / LAGB)
[Subfield] <closest subfield>
[Claim] <the theoretical contribution in one line>
[Data/framework] <is the argument framework-neutral and clear of the general-theory bar?>
[Top risk] <the single most likely reason for rejection>
[Official items to re-check] <article type / length / Cambridge style / anonymization / glossing>
[Re-route suggestion] <if not a fit, a better-matched venue>
Version History
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