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What we publish
LD&C publishes original research on all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including, but not limited to: the goals of language documentation, speech community collaboration, data management, fieldwork methods and methodologies, ethical issues, orthography design, reference grammar design, lexicography, ethnolinguistic vitality assessment, archiving, language planning, areal survey reports, short field reports, as well as issues related to language maintenance, preservation, revitalization, and reclamation. The journal also publishes book and technology reviews. Articles submitted to LD&C should reference where linguistic data is archived and cite primary data, like example sentences, to allow readers to access the primary records. There is no charge to authors to publish with LD&C.
How to submit
Step 1
Conform your manuscript to our Microsoft Word template, which can be downloaded below. This document serves as both our template for manuscripts as well as our style guide. Please read the content of the template itself, as it explains in detail how to conform your submission to our standards. Ensure that your initial submission is entirely anonymous by removing author name(s) from all aspects of the document, including the document metadata. Do not include acknowledgements in initial submissions.
Step 2
Once your fully anonymous manuscript matches our template and style guide provided in Step 1, submit it via Open Submissions, linked below. Once there, click on the ‘Make a Submission’ button to begin the submission process. If you do not already have an Open Submissions account, you will be prompted to create one. Initial manuscripts submitted for review should be in .DOC or .DOCX format with examples, figures, and images properly placed. We are not able to accept submissions in LaTeX.
Step 3
LD&C editors will review your submission for suitability for the journal. If it passes internal review, your manuscript will be sent for external review. Although we ask that reviewers adhere to a particular timeline, external review is typically the longest step in the publication process. Once reviews are received, LD&C editors will evaluate them and notify you as to whether your submission has been accepted, needs revisions, or is declined, as well as next steps. The timeline from submission to notification will vary depending on the number of submissions we are processing at that time.
Special Publications
In addition to academic articles, LD&C regularly publishes edited volumes on a particular theme as a part of our Special Publications series. These are archived in ScholarSpace like academic articles and have their own page on our website. If you are interested in developing a Special Publication, please send a proposal to the Editor at ldc@hawaii.edu for consideration. At minimum, your proposal should include the following:
- Editor name(s)
- Proposed title, theme and brief abstract for the volume
- Initial table of contents, including contributor names
- Potential contribution to the field
- How this volume differs from any similar LD&C Special Publications, if any exist
Proposals will be reviewed by LD&C editors as well as members of the Editorial Board. Once a proposal is accepted, a Special Publication is produced entirely by its editor(s), with advice from LD&C editors as needed.