Submissions

Author Guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING ORIGINALS

1. General instructions

Teachers and researchers linked to Brazilian or international research institutions, with the title of doctor or master. can submit articles and/or critical reviews. Articles written by master's and doctoral students and collaborators are also accepted.

Only one text per author will be assigned to the review process at a time. The journal will not normally consider more than one submission from the same author or the same group of authors within a 24 month period.

Authors should create a login and a password in the system through the address and should follow the system step-by-step.

Articles and reviews are accepted in the following languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.
 

2. The originals preparation checklist

The submission has not been previously published, nor  it was submitted before to another journal for a evaluation process (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the issue editor).

The original must follow the following parameters:

• Document in .DOC, .DOCX or .RTF file format.
• Times New Roman font, size 12.
• Spacing between one and a half lines in the text body.
• A4 size paper (21 cm x 29.7 cm).
• Margins: left and superior 3,0 cm; Right and down 2.0 cm.
• Maximum length of 30 pages, including bibliographical references and attachments and/or appendices.

The submission of the text should follow the process steps/guidelines outlined in the Online Journal System.

The submitted file can not be identified with the data of the author. Be sure to blind the text authoring data perception (i.e., remove any references or information that may identify you as the author(s)).

The texts are associated with metadata filled in at the time of submission and are recognized by the system. For this reason, attention must be paid to the correctness of the fields: author/co-author, degree/affiliation, e-mail and biography summary (which can be taken from the summary of the Lattes Curriculum).

Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines  may be returned to authors. In such cases, the issue editors/organizers reserve the right to ask for a new version of the text according to the format and style requirements of the journal.
 

2.1 Text structure

1. The TITLE should be in the original language, centered on the first line, in bold and high box letter, with a single line spacing. Below, the title should be included in English and in Portuguese (if the text is in a foreign language).

2. The ABSTRACT in Portuguese does not exceed 300 words and must be followed by 3 to 5 keywords.

It must contain, obligatorily, the following elements: the study objective, theoretical contribution/methodology adopted, synthesis of results. It must use a font size: Times New Roman 10.

Articles written in another language (English, Spanish, French) must first present the abstract in the language of the article and then an abstract in Portuguese, following the same formatting and structuring conditions.

An abstract in English and between 3 to 5 keywords (if the article's language is not English), following the same formatting and structuring conditions.

3. The text begins after the abstracts (and keywords), with 1.5 space-line format between lines.

4. Subheadings should appear in bold and without paragraph indents, with two 1.5-space line before and one 1.5-space line after.

5. Graphic highlight: bold or italic.

6. 1 cm indentation at the beginning of the paragraph.

7. REFERENCES are presented at the end of the text, according to ABNT norms (NBR 6023).
 

2.2 Additional informations

2.2.1 References

References should be in alphabetical order, by author's surname, according to ABNT norms (NBR-6023), with single line spacing.

Examples:

Book
Last author's surname  in uppercase, abbreviated initial letters of author's prename(s)/initial name written in uppercase, title of book in italics, place of publication, publisher and date, as following bellow; when there are more than one author, use semicolons to separate only two or three names or,  in case of more than three names, use et al. See exemples bellow.

BASÍLIO, M. Teoria lexical. São Paulo, SP: Ática, 1990.

BYBEE, J.  Language change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

AUSTIN, J. L. How to do things with words. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.

MORIN, E. Introdução ao Pensamento Complexo. 3.ed. Porto Alegre, RS: Sulina, 2007.

JAUSS, H. R. A história da literatura como provocação à teoria literária. São Paulo, SP: Ática, 1994

OLIVEIRA, M. S.; KLEIMAN, A. B. (orgs.). Letramentos múltiplos: agentes, práticas, representações. Natal-RN: EDUFRN, 2008.

SIGNORINI, I..; CAVALCANTI, M. (orgs). Linguística Aplicada e transdisciplinaridade. Campinas-SP: Mercado de Letras, 1998.

VERSCHUEREN, J.; ÖSTMAN, J-O.; BLOMMAERT, J. (eds.). Handbook of Pragmatics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1995.

SKUTNABB-KANGAS, T. et. al. (eds.), Social justice through multilingual education. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters, 2009.
 

Obs.: (orgs.), (eds.) must be always in small letters, as assinged above.
 

Article in journal
Last author's surname in uppercase, abbreviated initial letters of author's prename(s)/initial name written in uppercase, title of article, name of the journal in italics, volume (v. X), number (n. X), pages indication and date, as following bellow.

FARACO, C. A.  O tratamento você em português: uma abordagem histórica. Fragmenta, n. 13, p. 51-82, 1996.

Eckert, P.  Variation and the indexical field. Journal of Sociolinguistics, v. 12, n. 4, p. 453-476, 2008.

______.  Affect, Sound Symbolism, and Variation. Working Papers in Linguistics, v. 15, n. 2 , p. 68-80, 2010.

AUGUSTO, M. R. A.; CORRÊA, L. M. S.; FORSTER, R. An argument for DPs as phases in an integrated model of on-line computation: the immediate mapping of complex DPs with relative clauses. Revista Virtual de Estudos da Linguagem -- ReVEL, v. 10, n. 06, p. 7-26, 2012.

BAZARIM, M.  A mobilização de saberes sobre escrita e texto em uma segunda série do ensino fundamental. Revista Travessias, v. 3, p. 01-15, 2008.

Obs.: use ______.  in order to indicate that the author of the reference is the same of previous reference. It is made of six underscores (six clicks on -- with shif key pressed).
 

Chapter of book
Last author's surname in uppercase, abbreviated initial letters of author's prename(s)/initial name written in uppercase, title of the article without quotation marks, In:, last author's surname in uppercase, abbreviated initial letters of author's prename(s)/initial name written in uppercase, title of the book in italics, place of publication, publisher, date and pages indication, as following bellow.

BARRETO, T. Estruturas relativas. In.: MATTOS E SILVA, R. V. (org.). A carta de Caminha: testemunho lingüístico de 1500. Salvador: Editora da UFBA, 1996, p. 149-166.

BAKHTIN, M. Os gêneros do discurso. In: ______. Estética da criação verbal. 4.ed. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2003, p. 261-306.

GRICE, H. P. Logic and conversation. In: COLE, P.; MORGAN, J. L. (eds.). Syntax and semantics. V. 3: Speech acts. New York: Academic Press, 1975. p. 41-58.

Obs.:

1) The indication of the volume or the editon of the book preceeds the place of publication, as assigned above.

2) Use ______.  in order to indicate that the author of the reference is the same of previous reference. It is made of six underscores (six clicks on -- with shif key pressed).
 

Dissertations and Theses
Last author's surname in uppercase, abbreviated initial letters of author's prename(s)/initial name written in uppercase, title of thesis or dissertation in italics, place, institution and year, level (if thesis or dissertation), course in parenthesis, name of the PostGraduate Programa, institution, local and year, as following bellow.

BONDARCZUK, S. de O. G. Gramaticalização da partícula hoti no grego antigo. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ, 2005. Dissertação (Mestrado em Linguística) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística, Faculdade de Letras, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

FIGUEIREDO, L. I. B. Gêneros discursivos/textuais e cidadania: um estudo comparativo entre os PCN e os Parâmetros em ação. São Paulo: PUC, 2005. Tese (Doutorado em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística Aplicada e Estudos da Linguagem, PUC, São Paulo, 2005.
 

Eletronic documents
Complete reference of the document, added of its URL between < >, followed by the expression. ‘Acesso em' and the date the document was accessed online, where the month is abbreviatted, as following bellow.

ALVES, M. M. “Mundo dos loucos”. O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, 20 dez. 2000. Disponível em: < http://www.oglobo.com.br/colunas >. Acesso em: 20 dez. 2000.

ARAÚJO, N. “Avanços e desafios da nova Lei de Migração”. Revista Caros Amigos, Rio de Janeiro, 28 de abril de 2017. Disponível em: < https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/blog-do-grri/avancos-e-desafios-da-nova-lei-de-migracao >. Acesso em: 28 de abril de 2017.
 

2.2.2 Bibliographic citations

The author should be cited in parentheses by the surname, in capital letters, separated by commas from the date of publication (BARBOSA, 1980). If the author's name is quoted in the text, only the date between parentheses is indicated: "Labov (1994) states that ...".

When it is necessary to specify page(s), they should follow the date, separated by commas and preceded by p., as for example: (MUNFORD, 1949, p.513).

The citations of several works by the same author, published in the same year, must be separated by lowercase letters after the date, without spacing (PESIDE, 1927a), (PESIDE, 1927b). When the work has two or three authors, all can be indicated, separated by semicolons (OLIVEIRA; MATEUS; SILVA, 1943), and when there are more than 3 authors, the first one followed by et al. (Gille et al., 1960).

Direct quotes on more than three lines should be highlighted with 4cm indentation of the left margin, with letter size 11, without quotation marks and simple space between lines. Quotations with less than three lines should follow the normal flow of text and be highlighted only in quotation marks.
 

2.2.3 Notes

If necessary, they will appear in the footer, size-font 12, single spacing.
 

2.2.4 Illustrations

Illustrations include figures, drawings, graphs, charts, maps, schemas, formulas, models, photographs, radiographs. The titles and legends should be inserted below the illustrations, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and centralized. In addition to being included in the text, the figures, drawings, graphics, tables, diagrams, formulas and models must be sent in a separate file in JPG, PNG or EPS format with good quality. Maps, photographs and radiographs should also be submitted in separate files and in high resolution (300 dpi).

Below the illustration, number/assign it as follows: Figure 1: title / Map 1: title and/or legend  / Graphic 1: title and/or legend / etc. The font is Times New Roman 10.
 

2.2.5 Tables and charts

Tables should be used to present statistically treated information and charts to synthesize and organize textual information. Titles are inserted at the top, centralized; The fonts should be displayed at the bottom, left-aligned. The numbering is consecutive, in Arabic numerals; If it is necessary to specify the data source, it must be placed below the table or chart and the text, aligned to the left. The font is Times New Roman 10.
 

2.2.6 Appendices and /or Appendices

They should be included within the limit of 30 pages, following the formatting of the subtitles, at the end of the article, after the references or bibliography consulted.