Journal Guide

Language & Education provides a forum for the discussion of recent topics and issues in the language disciplines which have an immediate bearing upon thought and practice in education. Articles draw from their subject matter important and well-communicated implications for one or more of the following: curriculum, pedagogy or evaluation in education.The task of the Journal is to encourage language specialists and language in education researchers to organise and present their material in such a way as to highlight its educational implications, thereby influencing educational theorists and practitioners and therefore educational outcomes for individual children.Articles are welcomed concerning all aspects of mother tongue and second language education. The remit of Language in Education, however, does not extend to modern foreign language teaching or English as a foreign language.Refereeing proceduresAll articles are anonymously peer reviewed by a minimum of two experts.

Language and Literature is an invaluable international peer-reviewed journal covering the latest developments in stylistic analysis, the linguistic analysis of literature and related areas. With its uniquely broad coverage, the journal offers readers easy access to all the important new research relevant to stylistics. The journal is now indexed by ISI - Impact Factor pending.

Language and Speech provides an international forum for communication among researchers in the disciplines that contribute to our understanding of the production, perception, processing, learning, use, and disorders of speech and language. The journal accepts reports of original research in all these areas. Interdisciplinary submissions are encouraged. Corpus-based, experimental, and observational research bringing spoken or written language within the domain of linguistic, psychological, or computational models are particularly welcome.

Language, Culture and Curriculum provides a forum for the discussion of the many factors, social, cultural, cognitive and organisational, which are relevant to the formulation and implementation of language curricula. Second languages, minority and heritage languages are a special concern. First-language and foreign language studies are also welcomed when they have implications for multiculturalism.Language Culture and Curriculum welcomes articles on language teaching programmes of all kinds that are designed to promote multiculturalism, with a special concern for weaker and threatened languages. Studies of first language learning are not excluded, nor are studies of English and other major languages, whether as first or as foreign and second languages, provided the topics of cultural content and learner motivation are prominent. Priority is given to articles dealing with language teaching, but historical, sociological and theoretical articles are welcomed if they deal with cultural and attitudinal aspects of language relevant to teaching practice.

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS) is an archival journal for research and practice in educational settings. LSHSS publishes studies and articles that pertain to speech, language, and hearing disorders and differences in children and adolescents, as well as to professional issues affecting service delivery in educational settings. Contributions appear under the following headings: articles, reports, clinical exchange, clinical forum, software perspectives, letter to the editor, and supplements.

Formerly called Ch'ing-shih wen-t'i through Volume 5 (Print ISSN: 0577-9235) Late Imperial China is the principal journal for scholars of Chinas Ming and Qing dynasties. The journal presents methodologically innovative work in political and intellectual history, social, economic, cultural, and gender history, as well as historical demography, art history, religious studies, philosophy, and literature. Late Imperial China regularly features new work by scholars working all over the globe, including North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and the Peoples Republic of China.

Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition publishes high quality research on all aspects of lateralisation in humans and non-human species. Laterality's principal interest is in the psychological, behavioural and neurological correlates of lateralisation. The editors will also consider accessible papers from any discipline which can illuminate the general problems of the evolution of biological and neural asymmetry, papers on the cultural, linguistic, artistic and social consequences of lateral asymmetry, and papers on its historical origins and development. The interests of workers in laterality are typically broad. Submission of inter-disciplinary work, either empirical or theoretical, or concerned with problems of measurement or statistical analysis, is therefore also encouraged. The journal publishes special issues on particular topics. The first issue was published in March 1996, and six issues are now published every year.The editors encourage the submission of dissenting opinions and comments that directly relate to papers that have been published in Laterality. The editors reserve the right to terminate an interchange after a comment and response to the comment. Comments and responses to comments will be subject to the normal review process.Peer Review IntegrityAll published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by independent expert referees.Related LinksBrowse books in Cognitive Psychology, Laterality or Neuropsychology.View forthcoming conferences in Cognitive Psychology or Neuropsychology.Special IssuesIssues devoted to a single topic are occasionally published in this journal; these are sent free to subscribers in that year, and are also available to purchase separately as books for non-subscribers. Click on the titles below for more information and to order.The Right Hand and the Left Hand of HistoryEditors: Chris McManus, Mike Nicholls and Giorgio VallortigaraVolume 15, Issues 1,2 (2010) ISBN 978-1-84872-723-6Behavioural and Morphological Asymmetries in Amphibians and Reptiles: Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of Herpetology Satellite SymposiumGuest Editors: Yegor Malashichev and Lesley J. Rogers Volume 7, Issue 3 (2002) ISBN: 978-1-84169-932-2Twin Lateralisation: Biology and PsychologyGuest Editors: Michael Corballis, Chris McManus and Michael PetersVolume 4, Issue 3 (1999) ISBN: 978-0-86377-643-4 You can also pre-order the special issue The Right Hand and the Left Hand of History, forthcoming in February 2010.