Title: Information for authors
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ABSTRACT
Submit two copies of your article to the co-ordinating editor in *.doc, *.docx or
*.rtf format. The first copy should include your name, contact details,
institution and any notes for the editors on a single page at the beginning of
the document. Acknowledgements must be given on the title page, not in the
main body of the submission. The second copy must not include this first
page identifying the author but should begin, as here, with your title, abstract
and keywords. Do not include your name or any other information that could
identify you in your submission, including acknowledgement notes. Avoid
excessive self-referencing. Use this document as a guide to make sure that
your submission is formatted correctly. Submissions which do not conform to
the style and formatting guidelines cannot be considered. Your abstract (200word limit) must be one paragraph and you must include up to six keywords.
Please read the whole of this template.
Keywords: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3, keyword 4, keyword 5,
keyword 6
Word count: 5,000 words including notes, references, appendices, tables
and figures.
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1. LAYOUT
Except for the first paragraph under a heading, indent each new paragraph by
0.75cm.
The title of the manuscript must be in 20-point Arial, Bold; the subtitle in
14-point Arial non-Bold. The headings “Keywords” and “Word count” must
also be in Bold (see beginning and end of document) and follow the abstract.
Section headings must be in 14-point Arial, Bold with 24-point spacing above
(as in this document). Do not insert manual spacing. All abstract and main
body text must be justified. Page numbers must be central and at the bottom
of the page in Arial 12-point (see below).
Organize your manuscript into sections. Start section numbers with 1, not
0. Use Arial 12-point, double-spaced. Margins must be 3cm on all sides.
Follow orthographic conventions appropriate to your discipline (see below).
Headings (see examples) should be in 1. BOLD SMALL CAPS at the highest
level, 1.1 Bold Italics at the next level, and in 1.1.1 Bold at the lowest level.
‘Single quotation marks’ must be used to enclose quotations from other
sources. Double quotation marks are used for quotations within quotations:
For example: According to Horn (2001:309), ‘Barnes (1969:304-5) remarks
less disparagingly […]: “The everyday negative “doesn't believe that” is
ambiguous.”’ Place commas and full stops before the closing quotation mark.
Use ellipsis points enclosed within square brackets […] to indicate omitted
material within a quotation. Use ‘single quotation marks’ to enclose the
meaning of linguistic forms (e.g. perro ‘dog’).
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Spell out whole numbers from zero to twelve and express numbers 13
and over in digits. This includes centuries: ‘in the 20th century’. Ordinal
numbers (e.g. 20th) must have ‘th’ etc. in superscript.
2. EXAMPLES
After an example, when the text continues the text preceding the example, the
first line must be flush left, as with the text following example (1); otherwise
indent. Examples should be indented to 1.5cm from the margin:
(1) Example indent.
Examples should be numbered sequentially throughout the manuscript using
Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses: (1), (2), (3), etc. To further
subdivide examples, use a lowercase letter followed by a full stop, thus: (1) a.
Do not further subdivide examples. When referring to an example, place both
the number and letter in parentheses, using hyphens to include all examples
in a series (1a-d). Non-consecutive examples should be distinguished as
follows: (1a) and (2b). Examples, tree-diagrams, morphological glosses,
phonetic symbols, transcriptions etc. must follow the conventions of your field.
Abbreviations should be written in full with the abbreviated expression
(AE) in brackets on their first occasion of use, abbreviated thereafter. If using
special non-IPA phonetic characters, provide a list of these characters as well
as their IPA equivalent.
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3. TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables must be numbered consecutively with a brief, descriptive title or
caption set above the table. Figures also must be consecutively numbered
and given a title or caption set below the figure. Place all tables and figures at
the end of your submission, first all the tables, then the figures. Indicate in
[bold square brackets] where you would like the table or figure to be placed
[Insert Table 1 about here]. Note that tables, figures and captions are
included in the word count.
4. NOTES AND REFERENCING
Use in-text referencing (Name 1999:100). When citing examples from
another’s work, give the source information, including the page number, either
in the text preceding the example or right-aligned on the last line of the
example enclosed in parentheses, as follows:
This is a sample text. (Surname 1999:99)
When citing a single author, include the author’s name (without initials,
unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication (Surname 1999). Where
relevant, include page numbers after the year of publication preceded by a
colon (Surname 1999:105-125). When citing two authors of the same work,
include both authors’ names and the year of publication (SurnameA and
SurnameB 1999) separated by “and” not “&”. When citing three or more
authors of the same work, cite the first author’s name followed by “et al.” and
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the year of publication (Surname1 et al. 1999). However, in the reference list
(see section 7) use full names for all authors. Groups of references should be
listed first alphabetically, then chronologically (SurnameA 1999; SurnameB
1999; SurnameB 2000).
Provide a list of references at the end of the manuscript. Please ensure
that every reference cited in the text is also given in the reference list (and
vice versa). References must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ last
names and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. Use the authors’
full first names unless they are known better by another name (e.g. Grice, H
Paul). More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year
must be identified by the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc., placed after the year of
publication. Provide inclusive page numbers for articles and book chapters.
Do not use abbreviations for titles of journals or conferences. When citing
websites, you must include the author or authors’ names, the year of
publication and a full URL after the name of the publisher and the city, as well
as the date you last accessed the URL: “Last accessed 22 nd October 2010.”
Your reference list should have a hanging indent at 0.75cm (see section 7).
Every reference in the reference list must end with a full stop. See section 7
for detailed examples of how to present your references.
5. ORDER OF PRESENTATION
Abstract
Keywords
Word Count
Main text
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Appendices
Notes
References
Tables
Figures
6. STANDARDS OF STYLE AND CONTENT
Although every effort will be taken by the editors to ensure quality, authors
take full responsibility for both the academic content and quality of style of
their articles. The language of the publication is English. Non-native speakers
of English should have their work proof-read by a native speaker before
submitting it for peer-review. Non-English examples in the paper must be
glossed. Please use the font Arial throughout and a Unicode font for examples
in other languages or the International Phonetic Alphabet where required. If
this is not possible for specific examples in another language then please
contact the co-ordinating editor before the submission deadline citing your
specific problem. Italicize unabbreviated Latin expressions (e.g. inter alia, a
posteriori, mutatis mutandis). Do not italicize common Latin abbreviations
which are followed by a full stop (e.g.; et al.; etc.)
Standard British English spelling and orthographic conventions must be
used. Submissions not adhering to the style guidelines set out here or
containing frequent grammatical or spelling mistakes will not be considered
for peer review.1.
Notes
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Endnotes must be Arial 10-point and single spaced. The number format is Arabic numerals
(1, 2, 3…). Endnotes must not be excessively long and should be used sparingly. The same
referencing rules apply to endnotes as to the main text (see above).
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7. REFERENCES
Surname, Firstname A. B. (1999) Book Title: The Subtitle of the Book. City of
publication: Name of press.
Surname, Firstname A. B. (1999) Title of journal article. Journal Title 99(9):999.
SurnameA, FirstnameA A. B. and SurnameB, FirstnameB A. B. (1999) Title of
journal article. Journal Title 99/9:9-99.
Surname, Firstname A. B. (1999) Title of chapter in an edited book. In:
Surname, Firstname A. B. and Surname, Firstname A. B. (eds.) Book
Title: The Subtitle of the Book. City of publication: Name of press. 9-99.
Surname, Firstname A. B. (1999) Title of article.
http://www.url.com/page.html. Last accessed: 9th September 1999.
8. TABLES
Make sure each table is on a separate page. See above for formatting details.
9. FIGURES
Make sure each figure is on a separate page. See above for formatting
details. Figures must not be excessively large. The author takes responsibility
for the originality of their work. Any figures which are not the author’s own
work must be cleared with the editor in advance of the submission deadline.
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