This is the third issue of volume 46 (2023) of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics (NJL). NJL is the journal of the Nordic Association of Linguists (NAL). Individuals may subscribe to the journal by joining the Nordic Association of Linguists. Information on how to join can be found on the Association’s website https://www.nordiska.uu.se/nal/.
With this note, we would like to inform our readership about upcoming changes in the NJL editorial team, approved by the NAL Executive Committee. Matti Miestamo (University of Helsinki), who joined the editorial team in 2012, will step down and be replaced by Ilmari Ivaska (University of Turku) as of the beginning of 2024. Similarly Marit Julien (Lund University), who became one of the NJL editors in 2015, will step down and be replaced by Kari Kinn (University of Bergen) as of January 2025. Continuity in the editorial team will be guaranteed by Sara Myrberg (Lund University), who has been an NJL editor since 2021 and will continue in the editorial team together with Ilmari and Kari. Fredrik Heinat (Lund University) will continue as the journal’s review editor.
As has been the tradition at NJL at least since 1988, one issue of each year’s volume is a special thematic issue. A call for papers for the upcoming special issue is usually published in the journal, and accordingly, this issue contains the call for papers for the 2025 special issue, which will address pragmatic borrowing from English and be guest-edited by Helga Hilmisdóttir, Martina Huhtamäki and Susanna Karlsson.
We would also like to remind our readers and potential contributors about the fact that there are four ways to contribute to NJL: (longer) articles, short communications, review articles, and book reviews. Short communications are like articles in that they are peer-reviewed, but they are different from articles in that they make it possible to state or illustrate an empirical point without necessarily giving a full-fledged and theoretically integrated analysis. Short communications are also appropriate for comments on articles published earlier in NJL. Manuscripts of articles and short communications will normally be read by three referees. Review articles are like regular articles in length and, like book reviews, they discuss a recent book of major importance or relevance to the NJL readership (or two or more books on the same topic); the greater length allows for more detailed and substantial evaluation and critique. Like book reviews, review articles are typically invited by the editors, but unsolicited submissions in this category will also be considered. Review articles are like articles in that they undergo peer review. All submissions, including book reviews and review articles, are to be submitted through NJL’s ScholarOne Manuscripts site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/njl. General queries should be sent to njleditors@cambridge.org.
Last but not least, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks, collectively and anonymously, to all reviewers who have reviewed manuscripts for the journal.
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