Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• Editorial Guidelines
  Articles proposed for publication should be submitted to the Editors in .docx format, in their final version, directly through the journal’s website (the link is available on the menu).
  The maximum length for articles is 50,000 characters (including bibliography, spaces, and endnotes). If tables or images are included, the number of characters in the article must be proportionally reduced.
  For accepted articles, a single round of proofs is required, during which corrections should be kept to a minimum and no substantial changes to the text (e.g., completely rewriting sentences or inserting new ones) are permitted.
  At the following link you can download a template for articles.
• Please insert the following data at the beginning of the article:
  (a) Author’s/authors’ full name (first name and last name) aligned to the left, in small caps, Times New Roman, size 12;
  (b) Affiliation (italicised), aligned to the right on the same line, Times New Roman, size 12;
  (c) Title and any subtitle in uppercase, centred text, Times New Roman, size 12;
  (d) Brief abstract in English (10-12 lines), justified text, single line spacing, Times New Roman, size 11;
  (e) 4-5 keywords in English, separated by semicolons, justified text, Times New Roman, size 11.
• Body text:
  Times New Roman font, size 12, 1.5 line spacing, justified text, normal margins (2.5 cm top, left, and right; 2 cm bottom); first line of each paragraph indented by 1 cm.
  
  Paragraphs: paragraphs are to be numbered and small caps are to be used for whole numbers, italics for decimal numbers, regular characters (roman type) for further subdivisions; titles from decimal numbers downwards must be indented to the left.
  Examples: Times New Roman font, size 11, regular characters (roman type), left indented, single line spacing, numbering in brackets, a blank line before and after the example; bolding of words under analysis, if applicable.
  For languages written with a non-Latin alphabet, provide the transliteration below the original characters.
  For glosses, adhere to the Leipzig Glossing Rules (https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/pdf/Glossing-Rules.pdf).
  
  Long quotations (more than two lines): Times New Roman font, size 11, left indented, single line spacing, no numbering, no quotation marks, a blank line before and after the quotation.
  
  Bulleted or numbered lists: Times New Roman font, size 11, left indented, single line spacing, a blank line before and after the list.
  Tables and figures: Tables should be inserted within the text, in black and white, using Times New Roman font, size 10, single line spacing, using the dedicated table tool found in word processing software (e.g., Word’s “Insert table”), and numbered progressively, with the label «Tab.».
  Images, on the other hand, are to be submitted in a separate file, in high-resolution jpg. format, numbered progressively, with the label «Fig.».
  Other Editorial Criteria: use italics for foreign words and terms and/or phrases taken from examples; use single high quotation marks (‘ ’) for the meaning of words; use double high quotation marks (“ ”) for non-standard meanings; use angled quotation marks (« ») for short quotations.
  APPENDICES
  Title in capital letters, centred, Times New Roman font, size 11.
  Justified text, Times New Roman font, size 11, single line spacing.
  
  NOTES
  Placed at the end of the text, Times New Roman font, size 10, justified text. The reference to the endnotes within the text is to be indicated by a number in superscript, placed before any punctuation marks.
• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND CITATIONS
  
  (i) in-text Citations
  (a) author and date, within brackets and separated by a comma (Rossi, 1963) or with only the year within brackets (as observed by Rossi (1963)...).
  If there are two authors, separate their surnames with a comma (e.g., Rossi, Bianchi, 2013). If there are more than two authors, use italicized et al. (e.g., Rossi et al., 2008).
  Use a colon for any page numbers (e.g., Rossi, 2001: 45).
  
  (ii) at the End of the Article
  (a) heading: BIBLIOGRAPHY, Times New Roman font, size 11, all in capital letters, centred text.
  (b) author at the beginning of the line, Times New Roman font, size 11, justified text, single line spacing; any subsequent lines after the first should be indented by 1cm.
  
  Examples of references, at the end of the article:
  
  • Monographs: Rossi, A. (2014), Title, Place of publication, Publishing House.
  • Edited volumes: Rossi, M. (ed./eds.) (2021), Title, Place of publication, Publishing House. [translate “ed./eds.” In the language of the cited volume: e.g. “a cura di” in Italian, “éds.” in French, “hrsg.” in German, etc.]
  • Articles in journals: Rossi, M. (1999), “Article title”, Journal title, 20(1), pp. 131-145.
  • Article in edited volume: Rossi, A. (1985), “Article title”, in: Bianchi, G., Smith, E. (ed./eds.), Title, Place of publication, Publishing House, pp. 131-145.
  • For volumes or articles with more than one author or editor, always list all names, separated by a comma, with the first name initialized.
  • Websites: Corpus “aaabbbccc”, https://www.aaabbbccc.it (date accessed).
• The text complies with the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the author guidelines, which can be found on the journal information page.