About the Journal

Type of Journal: Academic/Scholar Journal

Frequency: biannual

Open Access: yes

Journal Creative Commons License: CC-BY-ND 4.0

Policy: double blind peer-reviewed

Founder: Alecu Russo Balti State University

Publisher: Presa universitară bălţeană (from January 2009 till September 2021), Centrul editorial al Universităţii de Stat "Alecu Russo" din Bălţi (in English: "Alecu Russo" Balti State University Press) – from October 2021

Imprint: Centrul editorial al Universităţii de Stat "Alecu Russo" din Bălţi

Sponsor: Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland (from 2011)

Types of Published Materials: research articles, research sheets, essays, reviews, translations, poems, books and issues presentations and analysis (from 2009 till 2012) ; research articles, research sheets, essays, reviews, books and issues presentations and analysis (from 2013)

Article Processing Charges: no publication fee / submission fee - yes

Journal Identifiers: ISSN: 1857-4149 (Print) & 2953-6812 (Online), DOI: https://doi.org/10.62413/lc, UD C for every published manuscript

Journal Moldavian Ranks: B (2017.07.18 - 2021.07.18), B (2015.01.02 - 2017.07.17), B (2014.07.21 - 2015.01.01), C (2013.06.27 - 2014.07.20)

Aim: Limbaj şi context / Speech and Context International Journal of Linguistics, Semiotics and Literary Science is a journal dedicated to advancing our understanding of various aspects of language, signs systems, literature, translation, language culture. The journal aims to foster multidisciplinary research that generates practical applications and contributes to a better understanding of language and literature, their comparison, teaching, learning, translation in today's world. We welcome contributions in English, French or German from scholars and researchers working within any theoretical or applied approach, and our publication includes articles, sheets, reviews, commentaries, and communications, with no restrictions on submission length.

Scope: The journal publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, and book reviews on the mentionned fields.

Languages of Publication: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian (from January 2009 till May 2013); English, French, and German (from May 2013 till September 2024); English, French, German, and Spanish (from September 2024)

Fields: Speech Communication, Linguistics, Comparative / Contrastive Linguistics, Translation Theory, Applied Linguistics, Computer Linguistics, Semiotics, Literary Semiotics, Literary Science, Comparative / Contrastive Literary Studies, Language Culture Studies

Topics: Overview of signs, speech and communication: overview of sign; overview of speech; speech aspects; overview of communication and speech act; sense and signification in communication; intention in communication; speech intelligibility; Types of sign, speech and interactional mechanisms in communication: icons; indexes; symbols; speech act in everyday communication; mimic and gestures in communication; language for specific purposes; sense and signification in media communication; audio-visual language/ pictorial language; language of music / language of dance; speech in institutional area; verbal language in cultural context; languages and communication within the European community; (Literary) language and social conditioning: ideology and language identity; language influences; morals and literary speech; collective mentality and literary image; (auto)biographic writings, between individual and social; voices, texts, reprezentation; Language, context, translation: role of context in translation; types of translation; Languages and literatures teaching and learning

Indexing & Archiving (Indexing & Abstracting Services: Clarivate | ProQuest, EBSCO (EBSCO Open Research), MLA International Bibliography, Advanced Science Index; Journal Ranking Lists: Academic Resource Index, and OAJI.net; Journal Directories: DOAJ, ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources), and EZB; Repository Delivery Sercices: CEEOL, eLibrary.ru, CyberLeninka, Sudoc (Catalogue du Système Universitaire de Documentation), TinRead, OpenAIRE, ManuscriptLink, WIKIDATA, Zenodo, Open Science, BASE, Fabula, Jurn, J4F, KC – World with Science, La Criée : périodiques en ligne, Researcher.Life, Scispace, Calameo, Instrument Bibliometric Naţional, EIFL-OA Moldova, and ORA USARB; Digital Preservation: Library of Congress, Zeitschriften Datenbank, Portal de Periódicos da CAPES; Content Aggregators: Google Scholar, Crossref, Scilit, WorldCat, Open Library, OpenAlex)

Mention in: Wikipedia

Member of the Committee on Publication Ethics: yes

Joint Projects with Concordia Discors & Discordia Concors Journal ("Ştefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Romania - pdf) and Communication Interculturelle et Littérature Journal ("Dunărea de Jos" University of Galaţi, Romania - pdf)

First Year Publication: 2009

Format: Print & Online

Submitted Manuscripts from January 2009: 578 from 26 countries

Review Time: four weeks approximately

Published Manuscripts from January 2009: 325 from 26 countries

Acceptance Rate from January 2009: 56,22 %

Publication Dates: May, December

Advance Access: yes

References Style: APA 7th Edition

Journal Plagiarism Checkers: PLText and Search Engine Reports.net

Editorial Office: Room 442, B4, Alecu Russo Balti State University, 38, Puskin Street, 3100, Balti, Republic of Moldova, phone: +37323152339, fax: +37323123039

Contact & Submission e-mail: limbaj_context@usarb.md

Alternative e-mails: angela.cosciug@usarb.md, ecaterina.foghel@usarb.md

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