LINGUIST List is a mailing list and website primarily for academic linguists; the following posting policies were developed with this audience in mind. In general, we post only messages with substantial linguistic content or with content which will be of wide interest within the discipline. On this page you will find information such as current posting topics and where to submit them, guidelines for each topic, and LINGUIST's general policies regarding posting.
Announcements can be posted via the online form.
All - With the exception of obituaries, the All topic is reserved for messages from LINGUIST to its subscribers.
Books and TOCs (Tables of Contents) - We are happy to post publishers' announcements of new books and journals of interest to linguists, but we ask that these announcements follow certain guidelines. If you wish to do this, visit this page (Are you a publisher not yet posting to LINGUIST?)
Calls - Announcements from organizers of conferences, workshops, or journals asking for submissions of papers or abstracts. These should include the relevant information about the conference/workshop/journal, submission guidelines, deadline for submissions, and, if possible, an address or URL for more information.
Conferences - A conference posting may include all of the information about a conference, including location, schedule, papers being presented, keynote speakers, URL of the conference, and even a registration form which could be printed out by a reader.
Discussion - Readers may submit a question, hypothesis, or issue for debate and discussion by fellow linguists. These must be linguistically relevant and professional in tone, as well as free from political content, personal attacks, or heated rhetoric. Messages may be lightly edited by the moderator,when necessary. If more extensive editing is necessary, the message will be returned to the sender, along with suggestions for modification. Discussions may be ended at the discretion of the moderators; a "last call" notice is always given.
Dissertation abstracts - Scholars may post their dissertation abstracts to the list. Abstracts may be no more than 4000 characters, or about 500 words. Due to constraints imposed by the database, this limitation is not flexible. Dissertation abstracts are not only posted to the email list; they are also stored in our web-searchable index of dissertations.
FYI - FYIs inform the list of new information or resources. Some examples are: a notice of available research grants, a new university linguistics program, a new web site, new resources available (i.e., corpora, references), or new experiments. Calls for Papers for books and working papers series are also posted as FYIs.
Internships - The LINGUIST List has created an online internships registry, enabling researchers and institutions to announce paid or unpaid internships available specifically for linguists. Internship listings are also posted to the mailing list.
Jobs -
Job postings are from institutions and organizations who are seeking
a linguist for a specific job. Job postings to LINGUIST List cost 250 USD per job ad
posted. Jobs that hire multiple people for a position that has the same exact requirements
and qualifications (including education level) may be allowed in the same post. However,
if any requirements, qualifications, compensation, or experience level differs, they must be
posted separately. For certain instances where the qualifications, requirements, and
compensation remain the same, yet the title of the job must differ based on degree level
for Human Resources reasons, please make a note at the bottom of your submission, and the
editors will determine if the ad will be posted as one or multiple postings.
Job postings are NOT a way to post your resume to the LINGUIST List. Due to the
high volume of submissions, LINGUIST List does not deal with job-seeking postings.
Please note that post-doctoral positions are posted as Jobs since they have the status
of professional employment in many countries. (Note: announcements of student support,
such as pre-doctoral, should be posted under Support.)
Media - This topic contains announcements of linguistics in the news. Examples: an upcoming guest appearance of a linguist on a TV or radio program; an article in a magazine or newspaper, or a film that deals with some linguistic issue.
Noticeboard - The Notice Board contains information that facilitates professional activities but may not be of interest to all LINGUIST subscribers, such as finding housing near a linguistics conference, searching for contact information for a former colleague, searching for or selling linguistics books, or even seeking translation services.
Programs - In order to provide the most accurate information for our users, we ask that you review your program's profile information annually to ensure that it is up-to-date. If you have not logged in to review your program in more than three years, your program will be deactivated, and will no longer be visible on our site until it is reviewed/updated.
Queries - This topic is reserved for questions submitted by professional linguists (as opposed to the general public), usually designed to gather information which would aid the sender in his/her research. Senders should use the following guidelines when submitting a query:
For non-research questions from the general public, we recommend Linguistics Stack Exchange.
Reviews - These are reviews written by LINGUIST readers about books that have been announced on LINGUIST. Reviewers are chosen by the Review Editors. Publishers who submit book announcements may opt in to have them reviewed. Instructions on becoming a reviewer can be found here.
Software - Announcements in this area are for new software that is useful to professional linguists. Along with information regarding the name of the software and its linguistic applications, submitters should include information about which version is being announced, the developer of the software, platform compatibility, licensing information, Unicode compliancy, and import/export formats. Announcements for software that are of no cost to users may be announced for free; otherwise LINGUIST will charge a posting fee of $ 250 USD.
Summaries - After an appropriate amount of time, the sender of a query submits a summary of the responses received from the list via the online form. This should be an overview of responses rather than merely a collection of messages reprinted verbatim. It is, however, appropriate to acknowledge and thank, individually, those who responded. Due to constraints imposed by the database, there is a 4000 character (about 500 word) limit. You may, however, submit a "Summary Part 2", if necessary.
Summer School and Training Course Registry The summer school and training course registry allows Institutions and Organizations to announce summer school or other training courses. These announcements are posted to the list and housed in our database of summer school announcements. Announcements may include a description of the summer school, the focus, information about the courses being taught, location, URL of the event, registration information, tuition cost, and any financial aid available.
Support -
Supports are research or job opportunities in linguistics available
to students that result or aid in the attainment of a degree. Please note that the goal of a Support
announcement is to promote specific job or research vacancies. Calls for applicants to research
programs may be rejected if there is not a focus on the research or on available job positions
mentioned in the text. In a Support, details about the research projects/positions are required.
Please note that Supports are not calls for applicants to funded programs; rather they are
announcements of opportunities that current or prospective students qualify for. While some degree
programs may offer automatic employment for those accepted to the program, if you have a program that
offers full tuition/funding, this type of announcement is best suited for our Programs section where
information about various university programs is available, including a section on student funding.
There are three general requirements for posting to LINGUIST
The LINGUIST List site and mailing list provide online distribution of user-submitted information. The user-submitted information does not necessarily reflect the views of LINGUIST List nor does the LINGUIST List assume any responsibility or liability arising from the user-submitted information.
Archiving of Posted Material
The LINGUIST List, a U.S. Library of Congress registered journal (ISSN: 1068-4875),
is devoted to the principle of free access to information for all its readers. Concomitant with that ideal,
every issue that LINGUIST posts for distribution to subscribers is retained in a permanent online archive.
In addition, The LINGUIST List provides hosting and archival services to over 100 other linguistics-related mailing lists.
Editor Approval
All postings are subject to editor approval. Nothing is mailed to the subscriber list - or appears on the website -
until an editor has reviewed and approved the submission. This process should not take longer than 48 hours, and it usually happens within 24 hours.
We occasionally do light editing of messages to bring them into conformity with our policies.
Since returning a message to the sender for editing retards the ongoing discussion we do this only if more substantial editing is needed.
General Posting Policies
Problems
If you have a question about a submission that has not been posted within 48 hours, you should e-mail your concerns directly to
linguistlinguistlist.org.