Guidelines for Submission of an English Manuscript to CHUUGOKU GOGAKU (Chinese Linguistics), (November 2007 revised)

1. Conditions for submission

(1) Submission is limited to members who have joined by the deadline (March,2008,10), with the exception of submissions requested by the editorial committee. In the case of a submission with more than one author, all authors must be Society members.

(2) The submitted work should be unpublished and not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, revised versions of papers published in conference proceedings may be submitted. If the submitted paper is part of a master thesis or a Ph.D., it should be mentioned.

(3) The submitted work should be written in accordance with the ‘Stylistic Guidelines for Submitting a Manuscript to CHUUGOKUGO GAKU (Chinese Linguistics)’.

2. Mailing and number of copies

(1) Papers should be submitted via mail or courier service and addressed to the chair of the editorial committee. The mailing address is given below after the Stylistic Guidelines. Do not mail papers to the executive committee, i.e. to the address printed on the back cover of Chinese Linguistics. Manuscripts submitted in person will not be accepted.

(2) Submissions should be postmarked between February 20 and March 10,2008. This is valid if you use E.M.S. or similar services too. If you submit a manuscript from abroad, e-mail the chair of the editorial committee.

(3) Submitted papers must include ONE copy of the manuscript with the title page, as well as FOUR copies without the title pages. Please write 中国語学原稿在中 in red on the envelope addressed to the editorial committee chair.

3. The review procedure

(1) The editorial committee will select researchers specializing in the area of the manuscript as referees and will commission an appraisal of the submitted work (three evaluations per submitted work, reviewers may include non-members). The editorial committee, based on these evaluations, will decide upon the acceptance of all manuscripts. Authors will be notified of the review results by mid-June, together with the comments of the reviewers.

- The editorial committee decides whether the paper:

• (A) can be accepted for publication as is.
• (B) can be published after certain changes have been made. The prerequisite for conditional acceptance is that required modifications must be completed within one month.
• (C) cannot be published.

(2) The authors of manuscripts accepted for publication (case A) should make corrections if necessary and send TWO hard copies and a word-processed file (as an e-mail attachment) to the chair of the editorial committee, by the date specified.

(3) The authors of manuscripts conditionally accepted (case B) should make the required corrections and send TWO copies to the chair of the editorial committee by the date specified, together with a list of the revisions made. The editorial committee will then check the revisions and may ask for another evaluation. If the paper is eventually accepted, TWO copies of the final version must be sent together with a word-processed file to the chair of the editorial committee.

(4) In both cases (A and B), the revised manuscript should not exceed 19 pages.

4. Proofreading, print, author’s remuneration and offprints

(1) In principle, any change or addition to the content of the paper at the proofreading stage is not permitted.

(2) An author may be charged for printing expenses when either the creation of special fonts or drawings, or the rewriting at the proofreading stage, incurs printing costs that well exceed the budget.

(3) The Society will not pay for the manuscript.

(4) The author will receive 30 copies of the offprint free of charge. Further copies can be obtained by paying for the cost of printing.

5. Website publication

When papers are accepted for publication, it will be assumed that the author agrees to the paper being posted on our website. We will strictly adhere to the following two points: 1) The name of the author will be included with the paper. 2) No changes will be made in the content of the paper, including the content of the summary.

6. Return of Manuscripts

Manuscripts will not be returned to authors regardless of whether a manuscript has been accepted or not.

Stylistic Guidelines for Submitting an English Manuscript to CHUUGOKU GOGAKU (Chinese Linguistics), (November 2007 revised)

1. Languages to be used

The main text, title, summary, and the translation of example sentences should be written as shown in the chart below. All portions written in a language other than the author’s native language should be checked by a reliable native speaker of the language before submission.

Main text	Title, the author’s full name	Summary, keywords	Translation of example sentences written in a language other than the main text
English	English & Chinese	English & Chinese	English

Japanese should be Romanized in the Hepburn Style. Long vowels should be written as double vowels, except for ‘ei.’ In principle Chinese should be written in Hanyu Pinyin. Other non-alphabetic letters should be Romanized.

2. The organization of the article manuscript

♦ Submitted manuscripts consist of the title page and the main text.

♦ Five copies of the main text and one title page should be sent for submission.

3. Paper size and page limit

♦ All submitted manuscripts must be a print-out copy of either A4 size (21x29.7 cm) or letter size (8.5"x11"). They should be single-spaced. Use uniform lettering and sizing throughout the manuscript, either 10.5 or 11 points, including for the notes, the summary, and the bibliography. Leave margins of 1 inch or 2.5 cm. on all four sides of the paper. End notes should be numbered in Arabic and placed at the end of the main text. End note numbers should be superscripted with a single round bracket (e.g., 3)). The font size of the end notes and end note numbers should be the same as the main text.

♦ The main text should not exceed 19 pages.

♦ If any tables and/or figures are included, please take into account that the final printed text is of A5 size. The entire length of the main text including such tables/charts should not exceed 19 pages.

4. Other points for attention

(1) Do not number the title page. Place the page number in the center at the bottom of the page.

(2) Acknowledgements should not be included in the first submission. They may be added later at the first proofreading, provided the final version is kept within the page number allowed by the guidelines.

(3) Articles and books by the same author in the same year should be distinguished alphabetically (e.g. Pan 2001a, Pan 2001b).

(4) Indicate the page when you refer to a document in the main text and notes as: Ota 1958:21-25. When the cited author is Chinese or Korean, state the full name at its first use, and then only the surname later, except for special cases. Authors with identical surnames should be distinguished using their first name initials (e.g., W. Simon and H. Simon) or using the full name (e.g. 佐藤晴彦 and 佐藤進).

(5) Use Arabic numbers for notes whatever the type of manuscript.

(6) List the references only quoted and/or referred to in the main text and end notes. They should be classified by language (Japanese, Chinese, Western languages etc.) and listed in alphabetical order as shown in the example below. Use the same font size as the main text.

5. Sources of quotations

To quote an example sentence from a modern language document, specify the source. (It is desirable to do so for the key example sentences of their argument.) To quote an example sentence from a historical document, specify the page number, the version, and the source. All example sentences created by the author should be checked by a reliable native speaker.

6. Translation of quotations

All quotations should be accompanied by a translation. In the case of a long quotation from a literary work, underline the portion crucial to the argument and give its translation in the same language as the main text.

Mailing Address for Manuscript Submission (through March 2010)

Associate Professor Yuko KIZU
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LETTERS, Kyoto University
Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8501, JAPAN