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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. All submissions should be made online at the Australian Journal of Linguistics Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cajl). New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from the files to allow them to be sent anonymously to reviewers. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as ‘File not for review'.  

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.

Copyright: It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to The Australian Linguistics Society. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.