''Language Sciences'' is a
peer-reviewed
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journal
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*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
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published six times a year by
Elsevier
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. The editor is Sune Vork Steffensen of the
University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark ( da, Syddansk Universitet, lit=South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark that has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand.
The university offers a number of joint programmes i ...
.
The journal was founded by Thomas Sebeok in May 1968 as a publication of the ''Research Center for the Language Sciences'' at Indiana University. In its current version, the journal dates back to March 1979, when it was re-issued with Fred C.C. Peng as editor. A short history of the journal is featured in a 2017 editorial co-authored by Steffensen and the two Associate Editors at the time, Carol Fowler and Graeme Trousdale.
[Steffensen, S. V., Fowler, C., & Trousdale, G. (2017). Language sciences: Half a century on the linguistic frontiers. Language Sciences, 59, A1-A4. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2016.11.003]
References
External links
Language Sciences— official journal page at publisher's website
Linguistics journals
Elsevier academic journals
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Publications established in 1979
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