Language and Literature

Language and Literature  
Discipline Humanities
Language English
Edited by Dan McIntyre
Publication details
Publication history
 1992-present
Publisher
SAGE Publications (United Kingdom)
Frequency Quarterly
0.186
Standard abbreviations
Lang. Lit.
Indexing
ISSN 0963-9470 (print)
1461-7293 (web)
LCCN 97660613
OCLC no. 260155706
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Language and Literature is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles in the field of stylistics. The journal's editor is Dan McIntyre (University of Huddersfield). It has been published since 1992 by SAGE Publications in association with the Poetics and Linguistics Association.

Scope

Language and Literature covers the latest developments in the theory and practice of stylistics, the linguistic analysis of style in language (particularly in literary texts). It has a broad coverage and offers easy access to cutting edge research in the field.

Abstracting and indexing

Language and Literature is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2016 impact factor is 0.186, ranking it 158 out of 180 journals in the category ‘Linguistics’.[1]

Editorial team

  • Dan McIntyre (editor)
  • Rocío Montoro (assistant editor)
  • Violeta Sotirova (assistant editor)
  • Manuel Jobert (assistant editor)
  • Jane Lugea (reviews editor)

Previous editors

  • Geoff Hall (2010–2016)
  • Paul Simpson (2004–2009)
  • Katie Wales (1997–2003)
  • Mick Short (1992–1996)

History

The journal was originally called Parlance and was an in-house publication of the Poetics and Linguistics Association. Parlance was edited by Mick Short and produced at Lancaster University. Between 1988 and 1992, eight issues were published. In 1992 the journal was contracted to SAGE Publications and its name changed to Language and Literature. The name Parlance has been used since 2004 as the title of the newsletter of the Poetics and Linguistics Association.

References

  1. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Linguistics". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016. |access-date= requires |url= (help)


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