Focus and Scope
Forum for Linguistic Studies (FLS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Academic Publishing Pte. Ltd. FLS aims at publishing the latest research results in general and applied linguistics as well as philosophy of language. The journal caters to a comprehensive audience, ranging from language researchers, linguists, teachers, educationalists, practitioners, and those with a general interest in language and linguistics.

FLS aims to encourage the free exchange of information between researchers by being a forum for constructive discussion and debate of issues in both theoretical and applied research.

FLS welcomes submissions in the form of original articles, review articles, book reviews, editorials, commentaries, letters, perspectives, reports, etc. Papers based on the findings of corpus or experiment-oriented research are particularly welcomed.

Examples of relevant topics are:

• Phonology
• Syntax
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Cognitive-functional linguistic topics
• Dialogic studies
• Language teaching/acquisition/policy
• Philosophy of language
• Linguistic landscape
• Systemic functional linguistics
• Discourse analysis

 
Section Policies
Editorial
Editorials reflect the opinion of an Editorial Board member or staff for the journal highlighting recent changes, concerned issues or announcements in relevance to the journal. This may include editorial management and policies.

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Article
Articles should be scientific articles based on research findings or analysis. This manuscript type typically has a minimum of 20 references and 4000 words (inclusive of reference list and abstract).

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Review
Reviews are summaries highlighting recent developments and current/future trends of the field. This manuscript type typically has a minimum of 30 references and 5000 words (inclusive of reference list and abstract).

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Book Review
A Book Review can be a review of a single book (800-1200 words) or an essay on multiple books on the same subject or multiple books from the same author (3000 words).

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Case Report
Case Reports summarize the execution and results of cases involving linguistic studies. Submissions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are usually solicited by the editors.

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Commentary
Commentaries are that unsolicited commentaries or analysis from reader(s) targeting specific published articles in the journal. Commentaries will be subjected to peer-review and may be published in both online and printed versions of the journal. 

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Letter
Letters to the Editor-in-Chief/authorship (please specify): Comments from reader(s) about individual articles. These letters must be constructive and contribute to the development of individual articles published or the entire journal. Letters containing new ideas, supporting data or data criticizing an article may be subjected to peer-review (determined on a case-by-case basis by the journal’s editorial team) and published in the online publication but not in the printed version.

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Perspective
Perspectives are authors’ personal opinion on a subject/topic. Unlike reviews, perspective articles may cover a more specific part of the field. However, these are still required to uphold the spirit of academia of being objective as well as aiming to initiate or further discuss novel experimental procedures in the field. Therefore, it will undergo the peer review process. Accepted articles may be solicited or unsolicited. This manuscript type typically has 5 tables and figures in total, along with approximately 30 references and 5000 words (inclusive of reference list and abstract).

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