INTRODUCTION
Nepalese Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN). Since 1980, this journal has been published annually. It contains research papers contributed by linguists from home and abroad in diverse sub-disciplines of linguistics. Moreover, entertains the articles in both core, applied and interdisciplinary areas of linguistics viz. phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, language teaching, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, lexicography, translation studies, cognitive science, historical linguistics, language planning and policy, language situation, linguistic archaeology, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, language typology, and many other fields related to language and linguistics.
VISION OF THE JOURNAL
The vision of Nepalese Linguistics is to promote the linguistic diversity of Nepal and South Asia for sustaining linguistic ecology by providing a common forum for dissemination of research findings in the diverse fields of linguistics to the whole linguistic community of the world.
MISSION OF THE JOURNAL
The mission of Nepalese Linguistics is to encourage the young as well as experienced linguists from home and abroad to be engaged in the linguistic research of the endangered languages of Nepal and South Asia and support the people to be involved in the community-based language activities appropriate to the current vitality of the languages they speak as mother tongues.
GOALS OF THE JOURNAL
There are two main goals of Nepalese Linguistics. The first goal is to publish research articles contributed by the scholars from home and abroad based on their original researches mostly presented and discussed in the International Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal and other conferences on the different aspects of the languages of Nepal and South Asia. The second goal is to encourage the scholars to help the community to devise language development activities for uplifting the endangered languages of Nepal and South Asia for their sustainable orality and literacy.
PEER REVIEW POLICY
The authors are notified to send their manuscripts following the guidelines given in the Call for Articles (CFA). The manuscript is sent to at least two reviewers based on their expertise; and the reviewers are requested to send their report within two weeks. If necessary, the authors are notified to re-submit the revised paper addressing the comments made by the reviewers within two months. The revised paper is sent to the respective reviewers to know their view about the potentiality for acceptance. Looking at the decision of the reviewers, the final decision of the acceptance of the paper is taken by the editorial board. The authors are solely responsible for the views expressed in their papers.
PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
Nepalese Linguistics is published one issue a year.
ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES
No processing fee is charged to the authors for this journal.
COPYRIGHT
The copyright of the individual articles is held by the respective authors and the ownership of the journal is held by Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN). The respective authors are responsible for the views and interpretation in their articles. The views and interpretation are not attributable to Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) and do not imply the expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers of boundaries. The corresponding author is responsible for any conflict of interest between authors and others. People are free to download and use the article uploaded on the website of the Linguistic Society of Nepal.
OPEN ACCESS POLICY
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
PRICE FOR HARD COPIES
A printed copy of the journal will be provided to each of the authors and reviewers of the Journal free of cost. For others there is a charge per issue: NPR 400/- for Nepali citizens, NPR 560/- for SAARC region citizens and US $ 10 for the citizens from other countries.
SOURCES OF SUPPORT
The source for publication support is the fund raised by Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN).
PUBLISHER
Nepalese Linguistics is published by the Linguistic Society of Nepal, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Prof. Dr. Dan Raj Regmi, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
EDITORS
Dr. Karnakhar Khatiwada, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Mr. Indresh Thakur, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
ADVISORY BOARD FORMED IN NOVEMBER, 2024
Prof. Dr. Abhi Subedi, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bikel, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Carole Genetti, New York University Abu Dhabi Dubai, UAE
Prof. Dr. Churamani Bandu, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dr. David Bradely, La Trobe University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Kavita Rastogi, University of Lucknow, India
Prof. Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Prof. Dr. Madhav Prasad Pokharel, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dr. MJ Warsi, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Prof. Nirmalman Tuladhar, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dr. Peter Austin, SOAS University of London, UK
Prof. Dr. Probal Das Gupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Prof. Dr. Ramawatar Yadav, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Prof. Dr. Scott Delancey, University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Stephen Watters, SIL International
Prof. Dr. Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Delhi University, India
Prof. Dr. Yogendra Prasad Yadava, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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