About the Journal

Objective

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 different linguistic research fields.

Topics

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

Article formats

Research articles, reviews, plenary talks (invited)

Your Benefits

  • Diamond open access journal published by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS)
  • Freely available articles disseminating the latest research in Linguistics
  • Comprehensive overview of all areas and emerging fields within Linguistics
  • Double-blind peer review
  • Timely online publication

History

„Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft" was founded 1981 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society). Between 2004 and 2024, it has been published by Mouton de Gruyter. Starting in 2025, it will be published by PubliKon at the University of Konstanz in a Diamond Open Access format.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft

With more than 1000 members, the DGfS is one of the largest associations of linguists in the world.

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