LINGUIST List 21.2582 Sun Jun 13 2010 FYI: Journal of Language Contact: Change of state Editor for this issue: Rachelle Felzien <rachellelinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Robert Nicolai, Journal of Language Contact: Change of state Message 1: Journal of Language Contact: Change of state Date: 11-Jun-2010 From: Robert Nicolai <nicolaiunice.fr> Subject: Journal of Language Contact: Change of state E-mail this message to a friend Dear Colleagues, The third varia volume of the Journal of Language Contact is herewith published and the third thema issue shall appear by end of 2010. The already published volumes have been well recognized in the academic field of language contact studies and the international academic affiliations of the contributors, the thematic richness of the articles and the scientific quality may be interpreted as a confirmation of the journal's success. JLC is in the fore in its domain on an international level and has received international attention. However, despite its recognition it received not enough publishing support. The attention of publishing house Brill in Leiden has, as a consequence of its international recognition, been attracted to the development of the journal. Brill contacted the editors and proposed to continue the publication and diffusion of the Journal of Language Contact one year ago. After examination of the offer and one year of negotiations the editors have finally accepted because the engagement and experience of Brill will guarantee the continuity of the journal and provide the necessary publishing support, hosting and promotion—while the scientific independence will be left untouched. Although the future volumes of the journal will no longer be open access, a moderate price schedule has been agreed on. This will change: 1)   One volume with two issues of JLC will appear per year as before. A distinction with the current practice is that most issues will be regular issues, but occasionally a thematic issue will be published which will be announced in advance. The number of pages will remain 350 pp. per year. 2)   Starting from volume 4, JLC will be published online and in print, distributed under the terms of subscription of BrillL. 3)   The mode of publication of the actual issues varia 3 and thema 3 (volume 3) is and will be still open access. All articles can be downloaded without charge as before. 4)   All issues and articles up to volume 3 will remain open access and can be downloaded without charge as before. They will be however accessible under the new future domain and are hosted then on the new website of the journal at Brill. Robert Nicolaï ------------------------------- We hope you will also visit our site http://www.jlc-journal.org/  We would also like to invite you to distribute this announcement to all your colleagues who might be interested. Thank  you very much in advance for your prospective support, comments and suggestions. Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.