|
For authors and editors
The aim of our pages for authors
and editors is to provide you with information to help you
prepare a manuscript you wish to submit to us for publication.
Because our enterprise is non-commercial, authors and editors
bear certain responsibilities during the production process.
These are explained in A guide for Pacific Linguistics authors, which you should download and read before preparing
your manuscript. It contains information on the Pacific Linguistics
production process, wordprocessing requirements, and conventions
of style. Manuscripts which do not adhere to these are often
returned to their authors or editors for emendation. If you need any more information please email Julie.Manley@anu.edu.au
If your intended publication
is a dictionary, you should also download A guide for Pacific Linguistics dictionary makers and send us an advance sample prepared
in accordance with the guide.
If you intend to edit a volume
of papers for publication, please see the notes for editors.
Before you prepare your manuscript,
please check that the subject matter of your manuscript falls
within our specialist area. We specialise in linguistic descriptions,
dictionaries, atlases, bibliographies and other materials
concerned with languages of the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and minority languages
of South and East Asia. We focus on data-oriented papers on
little known languages in this region as well as on
teaching materials in the region's major lingua francas.
We are also concerned to publish materials on endangered languages,
and this is a major reason for the establishment of our
Shorter Grammars imprint.
Pacific Linguistics may also accept PDF image files for electronic-only publication, such as when electronic files do not exist, and there is no reasonable prospect of the manuscript being typeset, or typesetting is not desirable for some reason.
Authors may wish to submit grammars or dictionaries with linked electronic sound, image or text files. In such cases Pacific Linguistics can offer publication in book form with a accompanying CD. Pacific Linguistics accepts only
book-length works for publication, not individual papers (this
is a change from our former practice). In general, we do not
commission works, nor do we enter into agreements with authors
in advance of receiving the manuscript. However, a prospective
author is always welcome to discuss with us whether we might
be interested in publishing her/his work.
Royalties are not paid on Pacific
Linguistics publications, nor are fees paid to editors.
|
