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The Australian Journal of Linguistics, the official journal of the Australian Linguistics Society, is concerned with all branches of linguistics, with preference given to articles of theoretical interest. The journal maintains an international focus, while at the same time encouraging articles on Australian languages, Australian English, and language in Australian society.

The views expressed in the journal are those of the authors and reviewers, and are not necessarily those of the editors of the Society.

ALS office bearers

President (2005-2007) Rachel Nordlinger ( Melbourne) Vice-President (2005-2007) Nick Reid (UNE) Vice-President (2005-2007) Randy LaPolla (La Trobe) Vice-President (2006-2008) Ilana Mushin (UQ) Secretary (2006-2008) John Henderson (UWA) Treasurer (2006-2008) Doug Absalom
32 Murray Rd, Cardiff NSW 2285 Newsletter/Website Editor (2006-2008) Tim Curnow (UniSA) Postgrad Student Rep (2006-2007) Jessica Denniss (UQ) Journal Editor (2006-2011) Kate Burridge (Monash) Journal Editor (2006-2011) Keith Allan (Monash) Journal (Reviews) Editor Alan Libert ( Newcastle)

Australian Journal of Linguistics welcomes submissions of articles within the aims and scope of the journal. Authors should submit electronic copy of their article in MS Word RTF or preferably in (Adobe Acrobat) PDF as email attachments jointly to both editors, Keith Allan and Kate Burridge:

keith.allan@arts.monash.edu.au and kate.burridge@arts.monash.edu.au

The editors' postal address is

Linguistics Program, SLCL
Bldg 11, Monash University
Vic 3800. Australia

Books for review should be sent to Alan Libert at:

Linguistics
School of Language and Media
University of Newcastle
Callaghan
NSW 2308 Australia
Email: Alan.Libert@newcastle.edu.au

Presentation

Ensure that the first page consists only of

Title of paper
The names of authors as they are to appear in AJL
Institutional affiliation of authors
Email addresses of all authors
Full postal address of one consulting author

Names of authors should not appear in headers, footers, nor anywhere else in the text other than in works cited and the references section. Ensure that the second page consists of

Title of paper (again)
Abstract
Key Words
Beginning of the article.

References should be indicated in the typescript by giving the author's name, with the year of publication. If several papers by the same author and from the same year are cited, a,b,c, etc. should be put after the year of publication. The references should be listed in full at the end of the paper in the following form:

For books:
Turner GW 1966 The English Language in Australia and New Zealand London: Longmans.

For book sections:
Cox FS & S Palethorpe 2001 'The changing face of Australian vowels' in D Blair & P Collins (eds) Varieties of English Around the World Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Pp. 1-22.

For articles:
Bauer L 1986 'Notes on New Zealand English phonetics and phonology' English World-Wide 7: 225-258.

Footnotes: Notes should be marked clearly in the text at a point of punctuation, and listed consecutively at the end of the article, they should be numbered consecutively throughout the text, and indicated by superscripts in the text. Avoid over-numbering references: if one source is being cited for several references within a paragraph, number this only once at the end of the paragraph. The use of notes in general should be kept to a minimum.

Tables and Figures: Diagrams and figures should be suitable for photographic reproduction. The author should take care to indicate clearly in the text where diagrams and tables are to appear.

House-style: The z-suffix is used, for example, civilize, civilization rather than civilise, civilisation. Dates should be written as follows: 5 August 1966. British rather than American spelling should be used. Numbers from one to nine should be written out in full: figures should be used for numbers above 10.

Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk

Proofs: Authors are expected to correct proofs of accepted articles within seven days of receipt.