Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics

Aims & Scope

Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (KWPL) is an annual publication of the University of Kansas Department of Linguistics, serving as an open-access forum for original research in linguistics.

The journal welcomes submissions on various topics in linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and Indigenous languages.

Articles are reviewed by the faculty and graduate students of the University of Kansas Department of Linguistics and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• It's Like, 'What's Happening in the Evolution of Like?': A Theory of Grammaticalization

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Teresa

• Collaboration on Topic Change in Conversation

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Mary

• Effects of Gender on the Production of Emphasis in Jordanian Arabic: A Sociophonetic Study

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Mujdey

• Towards a Universal for Deictic Verbs of Motion

  Citation: 6

  Authors: V. C. Mueller

• Discrimination of Cantonese Tones by Speakers of Tone and Non-tone Languages

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Zhen, Peggy P. K.

• Phonological Assimilation in Urban Jordanian Arabic

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Wael, Jie

• A Study of the Comings and Goings of the Speakers of Four Languages: Spanish, Japanese, English, and Turkish

  Citation: 5

  Authors: V. C. Mueller

• Notes on the History and Morphosyntactic Characteristics of Spanish in Northern Belize

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Osmer

• Position in Grammar: Sit, Stand, Lie

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Laurel J.

• Distinguishing between the aspectual categories '(a)telic', '(im)perfective' and '(non)bounded'

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Renaat