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About us
Editor: William S-Y. Wang
ISSN 0091-3723
Introduction
introducing research interests of the Journal
Mission Statement (1973)
Publications
introducing two publication formats, JCL and JCLMS, with their title lists
Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) Volumes 1~38 (1973~2010): Current issue, Volume 38, Number 2 (2010)
Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series (JCLMS) Number 1~ 24 (1982~2010): Current book, Number 24 (2010)
Submission
providing guidelines to potential authors who wish to publish papers in JCL
Subscription
containing information about price, ordering, and current stock of JCL publications
Editorial Board
introducing Editor, formal and present Association Editors from 1973~2010
Resources
collecting both printed and online resources by subject and other categories as for research reference
Introduction
Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) 《中国语言学报》is an academic journal, which comprises research content from both general linguistics and Chinese linguistics. It is edited by a distinguished editorial board of international expertise. There are two publications: Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) and Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series (JCLMS). JCLand JCLMS articles published from 1973 to present have covered many aspects of the Chinese language. The authors explore a variety of general linguistic areas such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammar, semantics, pragmatics; applied linguistics such as historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, computational linguistics, psycholinquistics, sociolinguistics and more. Across academic disciplines, authors have also investigated languages in contact, language change, language families, and Chinese writing systems, as well. The factors of history, culture, psychology, politics and social changes have also been intuitively blended in with scientific research processes in the papers. Research methods include experimental, comparative, as well as historical document review, linguistic reconstruction and many case studies. The research endeavors, conducted by scientific research methods, publish their results in JCL either in English or Chinese with abstracts in both languages. For more than 35 years, the Journal has proved itself to be a publication with distinguished history, vision, achievements, and innovative spirit. JCL’s well-established influence as a leading international journal in its field is attested by its inclusion by both SSCI and AHCI since 1980. We welcome all scholars whose research involves issues in the theory of language and in exploration and description of Chinese language to contribute to JCL.
《中国语言学报》Journal of Chinese Linguistics (JCL) 是以普通语言学和中国语言学相结合为研究内容，科学研究方法为探索途径，英汉语为交流媒介的国际性专业研究期刊。由优秀的语言学专家为编审。《中国语言学报》通过两个出版物公布研究成果: 中国语言学报及中国语言学报专著系列，其内容有普通语言学包括语音，音韵，词形，句法，语法，语义，语用学研究；应用语言学包括历史语言学，比较语言学，计算机语言学，心理语言学，社会语言学等研究； 跨学科研究包括语言接触，语言变化，语言族系，文字历史等研究。其研究成果使历史, 文化，社会，心理科学，政治知识融为一体，其研究方法包括科学试验，语言比较，历史文献证明，模拟理论，案例研究等。文章语言以英文为主兼收优秀中文文章；文章提要则中英文并用。这部具有38年历史 (1973~2010) 的语言学研究期刊是一个有远见，有经验，有成果，并有学术创新精神的学报；于1980年被SSCI与AHCI收录, 成为有国际影的响中国语言学学报。希望有志趣的学者，了解本学报的研究方向及发展，参与本学报的作者及学者们，共同为探索人类语言及中国语言作出有国际水平的研究.
Mission Statement (1973)
William S-Y. Wang
Chinese Linguistics derives from two distinct but related fields of knowledge. In one, the objective is to deepen our understanding of Chinese culture (in the broadest sense of the term) via its primary medium of expression - its language. Whether it is a piece of inscription to be deciphered, a philosophy to be analyzed, or a poem whose rimes are to be reconstructed, a solid knowledge of the language of that time is crucial. Such studies have a long tradition in Sinology; indeed, they were virtually the only ones which scholars interested in Chinese pursued, until recent times.
The other field of knowledge is aimed at discovering the general principles underlying human language as a whole. The Chinese Language is particularly important here not only because of the time depth of its literature and the wealth of its dialects, but even more because of the unique properties of its syntax and phonology. It constitutes a tremendously rich resource for Linguistics to tap from the study of sound change to investigations of sociolinguistic variation.
These two fields, Linguistics and Sinology, flow together in their concern with the Chinese Language. The central questions on the language remain the same: its structure, its ontogeny, and its phylogeny, as well as the interactions between the Chinese Language on the one hand, and Chinese thought, literature, and social systems on the other. Also of considerable interest are the questions which arise when the Chinese language comes into contact with other languages, be it in the controlled context of a language class or on the streets of an emigrant community. All in all, there is much to be done.
Before today, papers on Chinese Linguistics had to seek foster homes in diverse journals of general linguistics and in publications of various hues of orientalia. This situation was at best a nuisance, and at worst a serious impediment to the communication and progress of our field. In this journal, let us hope, Chinese Linguistics will have found its own voice.
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