LINGUIST List 18.1332

Thu May 03 2007

FYI: A Unified Style Sheet for Linguistics Journals

Editor for this issue: Dan Parker <danlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Joseph Salmons, A Unified Style Sheet for Linguistics Journals

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Message 1: A Unified Style Sheet for Linguistics Journals
Date: 02-May-2007
From: Joseph Salmons <jsalmonswisc.edu>
Subject: A Unified Style Sheet for Linguistics Journals


At the LSA in 2003, a group of linguistics journal editors began anongoing set of meetings to discuss shared concerns. Prominent in thosediscussions has been our lack of a unified style sheet, parallel to whatthe American Psychological Association or the Modern Language Associationhave for their fields. Over the last two or so years, some of us haveworked to establish a consensus style sheet for references. We are nowposting the results of that effort with LINGUIST(https://cf.linguistlist.org/pubs/tocs/index.html).

This style has been worked out in consultation with a broad range ofeditors, and it reflects broad, though not universal consensus. Mostimportantly, we see this as a step in an ongoing process: Some journalswill adopt this sheet in toto, others will adopt it on most points, butdefine certain differences, reflecting the norms of a subfield orlanguage-specific tradition.

This style sheet initiative is one project undertaken by the LinguisticJournal Editors'' group that has been meeting regularly at the LSAmeetings and keeps in touch via an e-mail listserv maintained at OhioState University by Brian Joseph; all interested editors of linguisticsjournals are welcome to join us at the LSA meetings or to contact Brian(joseph.1osu.edu) about being enrolled on the listserv.

Brian Joseph, Keren Rice, Joe Salmons

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics