Languages in Contrast

Aims & Scope

Languages in Contrast publishes contrastive studies of two or more languages.

Any aspect of language may be covered, including vocabulary, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, text and discourse, stylistics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics.

Languages in Contrast welcomes interdisciplinary studies, such as those that make links between contrastive linguistics and translation, lexicography, corpus linguistics, language teaching and learning, genre studies and cultural studies.

However, the main emphasis of each study should be on the comparison of languages.

Languages in Contrast provides a home for contrastive linguistics.

It enables advocates of different theoretical linguistic frameworks to publish in a single publication to the benefit of all involved in contrastive research.

Languages in Contrast provides a forum to explore the empirical and theoretical status of the field; stimulates research into a wide range of languages; and helps to consolidate and develop the field of contrastive linguistics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18664

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	25

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.248

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.50

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Using multi-dimensional analysis to explore cross-linguistic universals of register variation

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Douglas

• Passive constructions in English and Chinese

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Richard, Tony, Yufang

• Cohesive explicitness and explicitation in an English-German translation corpus

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Silvia, Stella, Erich

• Aspect selection in adult L2 Spanish and the Competing Systems Hypothesis

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Jason

• English and French causal connectives in contrast

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Sandrine, Bruno

• The clustering of discourse markers and filled pauses

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Ludivine, Liesbeth, Gaëtanelle

• The Integrated Contrastive Model

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Gaëtanelle

• Cross-linguistic analyses of backward causal connectives in Dutch, German and French

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Mirna

• A lexical bundle approach to comparing languages

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Sylviane

• Will 'translationese' ruin a contrastive study?

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Anna

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