Focus and Scope
The goal of the Journal of Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics (JMLL) is to contribute to the documentation of Mesoamerican languages, many of which are endangered, as well as to their historical, theoretical, and typological analysis. Some topics that the Editorial Board of this journal hopes to develop further, due to the dearth of relevant publications in the past, include the following: Mesoamerican sociolinguistics (with its potential for elucidating aspects related to language socialization and language endangerment), the history of Mesoamerican linguistics, and the study of indigenous sign languages (or related systems). Other topics that are encouraged include: the linguistic structure of indigenous writing systems and texts (from any time period), and possible historical relationships (whether by common descent or contact) between Mesoamerican languages and non-Mesoamerican languages—not to mention further research on the nature of Mesoamerica as a linguistic area.
Section Policies
Articles
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Peer Review Process
All manuscripts should be submitted to the General Editor, either directly (see below for address) or through the eLanguage website for the journal. The manuscript should be anonymous: direct identifiers of the author should be avoided as much as possible. Each manuscript will be sent to at least four referees, who will remain anonymous too. The author should state in their cover letter or email message whether there is a scholar or group of scholars who they do not want to review their manuscript; at the same time, the author may also list a scholar or group of scholars (and their contact information) who they believe would make for ideal reviewers of the manuscript. The General Editor will respect any request to avoid a certain scholar or group of scholars from reviewing a manuscript. The referees will fill out a peer-review form in which they will express and document their opinions and recommendations regarding the manuscript. It will take about a week from the moment a manuscript is received to the moment that a set of referees for the manuscript is chosen. The referees will then have a period of two months to turn in their completed reviews. During that time (or afterward, prior to the time of publication of the manuscript) the referees will not share the manuscript with anyone—for the purpose of additional input for example—without permission of the General Editor.
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.
ISSN: 1932-44132