Linguistics and Philosophy

Aims & Scope

Linguistics and Philosophy focuses on issues related to structure and meaning in natural language, as addressed in the semantics, philosophy of language, pragmatics and related disciplines, in particular the following areas: philosophical theories of meaning and truth, reference, description, entailment, presupposition, implicatures, context-dependence, and speech acts; linguistic theories of semantic interpretation in relation to syntactic structure and prosody, of discourse structure, lexcial semantics and semantic change; psycholinguistic theories of semantic interpretation and issues of the processing and acquisition of natural language, and the relation of semantic interpretation to other cognitive faculties; mathematical and logical properties of natural language and general aspects of computational linguistics; philosophical questions raised by linguistics as a science.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.242

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	64

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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 Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Generalized quantifiers and natural language

  Citation: 1197

  Authors: Jon, Robin

• Common Ground

  Citation: 861

  Authors: Robert

• Syntax and semantics of questions

  Citation: 616

  Authors: Lauri

• The algebra of events

  Citation: 571

  Authors: Emmon

• Dynamic predicate logic

  Citation: 563

  Authors: Jeroen, Martin

• Vagueness and grammar: the semantics of relative and absolute gradable adjectives

  Citation: 506

  Authors: Christopher

• What ‘must’ and ‘can’ must and can mean

  Citation: 468

  Authors: Angelika

• Fragments and ellipsis

  Citation: 448

  Authors: Jason

• Context Dependence, Disagreement, and Predicates of Personal Taste*

  Citation: 395

  Authors: Peter

• Referential and quantificational indefinites

  Citation: 357

  Authors: Janet Dean, Ivan A.

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