Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal is to promote linguistic research by publishing high-quality contributions and thematic special issues from all fields and trends of modern linguistics.

In addition to articles and reviews, the journal also features contributions to discussions on current controversies in the field as well as overview articles outlining the state-of-the art of relevant research paradigms.

Topics: -General Linguistics -Language Typology -Language acquisition, language change and synchronic variation -Empirical linguistics: experimental and corpus-based research -Contributions to theory-building

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

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.

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

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

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

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Second Language Acquisition in Early Childhood

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Jürgen M.

• Optimality and diachronic adaptation

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Martin

• Grammaticalization vs. Reanalysis: a Semantic- Pragmatic Account of Functional Change in Grammar

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Ulrich, Richard

• Probabilistic pragmatics, or why Bayes’ rule is probably important for pragmatics

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Michael, Gerhard

• Minimalist Morphology: An Approach to Inflection

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Dieter, Ray

• Toward a Unified Grammar of Reference

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Giuseppe

• German<i>ach</i>and<i>achso</i>in repair uptake: Resources to sustain or remove epistemic asymmetry

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Andrea, Emma

• Die Struktur der deutschen Nominalphrase

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Hubert

• Grammatikalisierung von <i>weil </i>als Diskursmarker in der gesprochenen Sprache

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Christine, Susanne

• Desintegration und Interpretation: <i>Weil</i>-V2-Sätze an der Schnittstelle zwischen Syntax, Semantik und Pragmatik

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Mailin, Markus