LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition

Aims & Scope

LIA is a bilingual English-French journal that publishes original theoretical and empirical research of high scientific quality at the forefront of current debates concerning language acquisition.

It covers all facets of language acquisition among different types of learners and in diverse learning situations, with particular attention to oral speech and/or to signed languages.

Topics include the acquisition of one or more foreign languages, of one or more first languages, and of sign languages, as well as learners’ use of gestures during speech; the relationship between language and cognition during acquisition; bilingualism and situations of linguistic contact – for example pidginisation and creolisation.

The bilingual nature of LIA aims at reaching readership in a wide international community, while simultaneously continuing to attract intellectual and linguistic resources stemming from multiple scientific traditions in Europe, thereby remaining faithful to its original French anchoring.

LIA is the direct descendant of the French-speaking journal AILE.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.280

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	15

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17316

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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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.

• Restructuring in the L1 Turkish grammar

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Ayşe, Gülsen

• In faint praise of folly

  Citation: 31

  Authors: David, Libby M.

• Developmental evidence for continuity from action to gesture to sign/word

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Virginia, Olga, Maria Cristina, Pasquale, Laura

• Tracing trajectories

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Mary, Katja, Monique, Monique, Christiane

• Syntax and working memory in typically-developing children

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Hélène, Ulrich Hans

• Development of adjective frequencies across semantic classes

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Elena, Huub, Dorit, Ayhan, Marianne, Katharina, Iris, Sabine, Bracha, Wolfgang U., Steven

• A comparison of maternal and child language in normally-hearing and hearing-impaired children with cochlear implants

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Liesbeth, Sven, Steven

• Gesture–speech unity

  Citation: 20

  Authors: David

• Intermodal synchrony as a form of maternal responsiveness

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Katharina J., Iris

• La liaison en français langue seconde

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Martin

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