The ''Boletín de la Real Academia Española'' (''BRAE'') is a

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ed,

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published by the ''

Real Academia Española The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanopho ...

'' (RAE). The BRAE publishes one volume per year, containing two issues. The journal contains articles on

Hispanic literature Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature. There is also ...

and

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

History

The magazine was founded in 1914, on the second centenary of the RAE. Its first director was , member of the RAE since 1897 and its secretary since 1913. The publication of the journal was interrupted between 1937 and 1944, due to the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

and its aftermath. Until 1936, the BRAE was published in five annual notebooks. Between 1936 and 2001, it was published quarterly. Since 2001, it has been published semiannually. Around 2012, the journal underwent some changes with the aim of strengthening its status as a scientific journal, including the appointment of an editorial board. Since 2014, the journal is also published online and is open access.

References

{{reflist Academic journals established in 1914 Academic journals of Spain Spanish-language journals Linguistics journals