GENERAL PUBLICATION CRITERIA

10TH AELFE CONGRESS

I. GENERAL CRITERIA:

I.1. LANGUAGE: The articles can be submitted in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish.

I.2. SUBMISSION: Original texts must be written using double spacing, with wide margins and typeface Times New Roman 12. Submissions, edited with MS Word, will be sent by post or e-mail attachment to the editor’s address. A second document to be also enclosed will contain the authors’ name, corresponding and e-mail addresses.

I.3. LENGTH: Research articles must not exceed 3,000 words, including abstracts, notes appendices and bibliography.

 

II. LAYOUT OF THE ARTICLE AND SECTIONS

II.1. TITLE: The title of the article must be aligned left and in small case (size TNR 14).

II.2. NAME AND SURNAME: The following line will contain the name(s) and surname(s) (in this order) of the author or authors. Below the name of the author(s), you must include information regarding affiliation(s). This information will be aligned on the left-hand side of the page and written in lower case.

II.3. ABSTRACT: The article must be preceded by an approx. 200-word summary, headed "Abstract".

II.4. KEY WORDS: On the next line, you should include a list of up to 5 key words, headed "Key Words". The key words must indicate the field or fields of research dealt with by the article; for example, classifications, needs analysis, lexis, discourse analysis, curricular design, corpus-based studies, etc.

Not only the title, but also the abstract and the key words must be written in the original language of the article and in Spanish (or in English, if the article is written in Spanish or in another language).

II.5. TEXT: The body of the text will be presented using double spacing, and the pages will be numbered on the upper right corner in a continuous fashion. The headings of the internal sections of the discourse should use bold face letters and lower case and be separated from the previous section by way of another double space; the different sections and subsections should not be numbered. A space will be left between the section title and the text to which it corresponds. All subheadings (those introducing a subsection) will also appear in lower case and a space will be used to separate them from the previous subsection. Paragraphs will begin without tabulation. It is strongly recommended that the discourse not be divided up into too many short paragraphs nor the work as a whole into too many sections and subsections. Within the text itself, no words must be highlighted using bold face or italics (except for foreign words within the article, which will be differentiated using italics).

II.6. QUOTES: Any lengthy quotes (longer than 3 lines) must be presented separately from the main body of the text using double indent and without parenthesis.

III.7. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES IN THE TEXT: All references quoted in the text must appear as follows:

Swales (1990: 37-38)

(Swales, 1990; Bhatia, 1993; Alcaraz, 2000)

(Gumperz, 1982)

(Dudley-Evans & St John, 1998)

(Swales, 1981, 1990)

(Kourilova, 1996a,b)

(Quirk et al., 1985)

Et al. is used when referring to more than two authors in the text. In the bibliography, however, all authors are included. In addition, the sign & can be used only in the References section and in the text when the authors appear in parentheses. Within the body of the article, use the corresponding conjunction, according to language (and/y/und/et).

II.8. TABLES AND FIGURES: Any tables and figures must be included in the text, be consecutively numbered, include a caption (or brief explicative title) below the table or figure, and be directly referred to in the text. Should any type of specific recommendation be necessary as regards layout (for example, the alignment of a series of words), this must be indicated by providing a camera-ready print on paper. The same applies in the case of photographs or drawings.

II.9. REFERENCES: All the works referred to throughout the entire text must appear in the final list of works quoted and in alphabetical order. A thorough check of the list must be carefully proofread to avoid omissions and discrepancies. Any work not previously quoted in the text should not be included in this list. Below, we present a number of examples regarding the afore-mentioned bibliographical references:

Bernstein, B. (ed.) (1971). Class. Codes, and Control. London: Routledge Kegan Paul.

Gumperz, J. (1982). Discourse Strategies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Halliday, M. A. K. (1971). "Linguistic Function and Literary Style" in S. Chatman (ed.), Literary Style: A Symposium, 330-365. London: Oxford University Press.

Mateijka, L. & K. Pomorska (eds.) (1978). Readings in Russian Poetics. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

McHale, B. (1978). "Free indirect discourse: a survey of recent accounts". Poetics and the Theory of Literature 1,3: 235-287.

Petofi, J. & A. Garcia Berrio (1978). Linguistica del texto y crítica literaria. Madrid: Comunicacion.

Electronic references: similar to journal references, adding date of access to document:

Breure, L. (2001). “Development of the genre concept”. URL: http://www.cs.rl/people/leen/GenreDev/GenreDevelopment.htm [03/25/03].

Hegedus, A. (2003). “Modality in English and Hungarian Drug Information Leaflets”. ESP World 2,5. URL: http://www.esp-world.info/articles_5/issue_5.html[06/13/04].

Authors should try not to include a long list of bibliographical references, often unnecessary. They should also make use of cross references when two or more essays are being used from the same essay collection, as in the following example:

Eber, R. & R. Little (2000). "German for academic purposes: A comparison of English and German lecture notes for students of mechanical engineering" in Ruane & O Baoill (eds.), 1-13.

Pique, J. & J. V. Andreu-Beso (2000). "A textual perspective in scientific articles: Patterns and moves" in Ruane & O Baoill (eds.), 57-70

Ruane, M. & D. P. O Baoill (eds.) (2000). Integrating Theory and Practice in LSP and LAP. Dublin: ALD & IRAL.

II.10. APPENDICES: If an appendix is included, it should appear after the list of references and before the notes under separate headings ("Appendix 1", for example). An appendix should be used exclusively for the presentation of detailed material supplementing the text.

II.11. NOTES: Avoid excessive use of notes. Any notes considered as being essential will be consecutively numbered throughout the entire article (not by page) and listed on a separate sheet entitled Notes (in the language of the work) at the end of the article and before the bibliography. (Do not use the Word "Footnotes and Endnotes" device; simply list the notes, numbered consecutively, at the end of the document.