For authors and editors

From July 2012, our monograph series will become the Pacific Linguistics series published by De Gruyter Mouton in Berlin.

The Studies in Language Change subseries will become an independent De Gruyter Mouton series .

Monographs accepted into those series will follow the publishing procedures of De Gruyter Mouton. The procedure for submitting book proposals is available here.

Procedures for preparing camera-ready copy are on the De Gruyter Mouton website here. Beneath these are links to Mouton's general style sheet and the Mouton Grammar Library stylesheet. Authors should choose the style sheet and template which most closely matches their needs: if it is a grammar, then choose the Mouton Grammar Library style sheet and template. However, do not spend time formatting your texts before they have been accepted and you are requested to do so.

Before you prepare your manuscript, please check that your subject matter 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, South and East Asia, and in language learning materials in the region's major lingua francas.

Authors take full responsibilty for preparing the final camera ready copy, including both copy editing and camera ready copy, and must follow the directions of the responsible editor until s/he is satisfied that copy is ready.

Make sure that you are familiar with the following documents:

The unified stylesheet for linguistics, which provides a standard method of setting out references
The Leipzig glossing rules, which set out a style and basic abbreviations for use in interlinar examples

If a book is likely to be particularly demanding to typeset because of the complexity of its examples, tables, figures and the like, it may be appropriate to retain professional editorial services. These can be costly, so consider seeking a publication subsidy from your home insitution or elsewhere in order help defray costs. Note: we no longer provide typesetting or copyediting services as a matter of course.

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 contact the Managing Editor directly before you do anything.

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.

For copyediting

If you are working on PL manuscripts please see the page for copyeditors and the PDF file linked to it.