Discourse
& Communication
NOTES
FOR CONTRIBUTORS (Style sheet)
Before submitting a
paper, please make sure that it meets the following requirements of
formatting.
Editorial policy: For
editorial policy and types of paper accepted for Discourse
& Communication see Aims
and
Scope and Preferred
Articles
Copyright:
Before publication
authors will be requested to assign copyright to SAGE Publications,
subject to
retaining their right to reuse the material in other publications
written or
edited by themselves and due to be published at least one year after
initial
publication in the Journal.
Number of copies: First
versions of articles should be sent by e-mail only.
Typing: Articles submitted for
publication must be typed with broad margins, pages numbered, and
double spaced
throughout.
Length: The
recommended length is 7000 words, including footnotes and
references with an abstract of up to 150 words and up to 10 key words.
Titles: Titles and
section headings should be clear and brief.
Quotations: Lengthy
quotations (over 40 words) should be displayed,
indented, in the text, without quotation marks. Short quotations in the
text
itself should be marked as such, either with quotation marks or by
italics.
Language and Spelling:
Only papers in English are published. Quotations of text
fragments in other languages should be followed by an English
translation.
Consistent
Tables and figures: Tables
and figures should have short descriptive titles and
camera-ready artwork should be supplied for all figures.
Notes: Essential notes
should be indicated by superscript numbers in
the text and typed at the end of the text.
Abstract &
Keywords: The paper
should be preceded by a short (max. 200 word) abstract
summarizing the main aims, theoretical framework, methods and results
of the
paper, followed by (max. 20) keywords.
References: References
cited in the text should read: Brown (1987:
63–4), Brown and Smith (1984, 1989). Use ‘et al.’ for more
than two authors. The letters a, b, c, etc., should be used for
different works
by the same author in the same year. All text references should be
listed
alphabetically after the notes, as follows: Books: Van Dijk,
T.A. and Kintsch, W. (1983) Strategies
of Discourse Comprehension.
Biography: Authors
should supply an auto-biography of 50–100 words
– which should be included in the same file as the paper.
Cover sheet:
The paper should have a "cover sheet" with the following information:
The cover sheet should be part of the same file as the paper, on top of the paper.
Offprints: Authors receive proofs and a final PDF of their papers plus one copy of the journal and are responsible for obtaining copyright permission for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
Discussion section: Contributions
should be 1000 words maximum with a short
descriptive title (not ‘Comments on . . .’) and a cover sheet with
details listed above for article submissions. Proofs will not be sent
but each
author will receive 5 copies of the printed version.
Mailing instructions
and editorial address:
Papers should be sent by
e-mail only, in one file
(including cover page, abstract, bionote,
references, figures,
tables, and appendices) preferably in WORD (formats .doc or .rtf), to
the
editor at the following address: journals at
discourses dot org.
Please
write on the subject line: Paper for DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION.
The
file should be attached to an accompanying message, in which you should
identify yourself with your full name and address, and address the editor by name. This is one of the ways to
distinguish your
submission from --unfortunately all too frequent -- SPAM. For the same
reason,
it is also strongly recommended that you add your full name to your
e-mail
address in the header of your message when that address does not
clearly
identify who you are; if necessary please edit the settings of your
e-mail
program accordingly. Do not attach your paper to an
empty
message or a message without a personalized letter to the editor.
Questions and
information: For
questions about submissions and
editorial policy, write to the editor: journals at
discourses dot org.
See also: Preferred
Articles and Aims and
Scope