{"id":674,"date":"2019-11-04T08:57:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/?p=674"},"modified":"2022-10-01T19:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T19:04:54","slug":"where-can-i-submit-a-squib-and-what-is-a-squib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Where can I submit a squib (and what is a squib)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sprach-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Squib.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently someone asked which linguistic journals publish squibs. I really liked this question as I really like squibs so I decided to start a collection. But first: What is a squib? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A squib is a short article describing a unexpected property of language, a phenomenon that defies analysis, or some problem that cannot be solved in current frameworks. Crucially, there is no need to present an analysis or solution to the problem. The term dates back (or was at least popularized), as so many terms in linguistics, by John R. \u201cHaj\u201d Ross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following I list (in random order) peer-reviewed journals which do publish squibs or squib-like articles and their definition of a squib. Feel free to comment if you know another journal accepting squibs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Linguistic Inquiry  (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mitpressjournals.org\/journals\/ling\/sub?mobileUi=0\" target=\"_blank\">Linguistic Inquiry <\/a>(famous for their squibs): The editors request that Squibs and Discussion manuscripts be limited to 12 pages (guidelines as above). Manuscripts accepted as Squibs will not be required to propose a solution to problems they address as long as their relevance to theoretical issues is made clear.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Semantics and Pragmatics (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/info.semprag.org\/author\" target=\"_blank\">Semantics and Pragmatics<\/a> (journal affiliated with the Linguistic Society of America; open access): Squibs have a target length of 2\u20138 journal pages (including references, appendices, and footnotes), and should be no more than 10 journal pages (less than 4,000 words of main text). As in the tradition established by Linguistic Inquiry, \u201cmanuscripts accepted as Squibs will not be required to propose a solution to problems they address as long as their relevance to theoretical issues is made clear\u201d (http:\/\/www.mitpressjournals.org\/page\/sub\/ling).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Glossa  (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glossa-journal.org\/about\/submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glossa <\/a>(open access): Squibs are short notes (5,000 words max.) that make a scintillating point by calling attention to a theoretically unexpected observation about language without the need for a developed analysis or solution.<\/li><li><a aria-label=\"Syntax  (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/14679612\/homepage\/forauthors.html\" target=\"_blank\">Syntax <\/a>(called Remarks):  Remarks are short articles that facilitate a fast review process.  Remarks can, for example, point out theoretically challenging  observations without necessarily developing a solution, provide  additional support for an established point, or react critically to a  specific paper or a particular line of analysis. They are restricted to  30 double-spaced manuscript pages. <\/li><li><a aria-label=\"Syntax  (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ledonline.it\/snippets\/\">Snippets <\/a>(an open access journal only devoted to squib-like articles): We will publish notes that contribute to the study of syntax and semantics in generative grammar. The notes are to be brief, self-contained and explicit.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Natural Language &amp; Linguistic Theory (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/journal\/11049\/submission-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Language &amp; Linguistic Theory<\/a> (does not accept squibs in the narrow sense, but):  short articles, with a maximum length of 15 single-spaced manuscript pages. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Journal of Linguistics (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-linguistics\/information\/instructions-contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of Linguistics<\/a>: A NOTES AND DISCUSSION contribution is appropriate in particular for comments on articles published earlier in <em>JL<\/em> and for squibs.  <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sign Language &amp; Linguistics (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/benjamins.com\/catalog\/sll.21.1\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Language &amp; Linguistics<\/a>: The submission guidlines do not explicitly mention squibs, but they do publish them. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Canadian Journal of Linguistics (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/canadian-journal-of-linguistics-revue-canadienne-de-linguistique\/information\/instructions-contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Journal of Linguistics<\/a>:  Squib manuscripts should be no more than 12 double-spaced A4 or US  letter pages long. Squibs are short commentaries that bring attention to  a new data set or explore a specific theoretical or methodological  point. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Linguistic Typology (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/j\/lity?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Linguistic Typology<\/a>: Squibs (very short and often humorous pieces on a very specific topic intended to encourage debate).<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/cljournal.org\/submissions.html#squibs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Computational Linguistics (\u00f6ffnet in neuem Tab)\">Computational Linguistics<\/a> (open access): This category is reserved for very short articles that constitute more than programmatic versions of regular papers. Squibs should possess at least one of the following attributes: a) unexpectedness, as for example a demonstration that a commonly accepted idea or method is flawed; b) genuine novelty, as for example thus-far unnoticed language data that challenges current methods; and c) being targeted to a large segment of our readership. Papers about language resources may be acceptable provided the relevant resources are truly novel and of general interest. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently someone asked which linguistic journals publish squibs. 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