December 30, 2025
Page
109-131
Volume
36
,
Number
2
Dec 30, 2025
5
Article
Publication Type
Articles
Research Article
Research Article
Bürünsel Odak ve Ayrık Tümce Yapılarının Edinimi
Review
Journal of Linguistics Research (JLR) is an academic journal that has been published since 1990.
The main aim of the journal is to support the development of general linguistics in Turkey and to promote high-quality scientific publications in this field. While there are no language restrictions, the journal primarily publishes theoretical and applied linguistic articles written in Turkish or English that are based on contemporary linguistic theories and approaches, particularly those concerning Turkish and other Turkic languages spoken in Turkey. The studies to be published are expected to be authentic, high-quality studies that conform to the perspectives, principles, methods, and theories of contemporary linguistics and meet academic standards.
Articles submitted to the journal must be original works that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication. The journal accepts three main types of submissions: (i) research articles, (ii) review or introductory articles (literature overviews), and (iii) book reviews. All submitted articles are first subject to preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board in terms of general academic standards, the journal’s publication policies, and scope. Articles deemed suitable are then taken into the scientific peer-review process. The criteria required for articles to be accepted into the peer-review process are outlined separately below.
Research Articles
The following are the mandatory criteria regarding scope compliance for studies to be considered suitable for scientific review:
• The study must be grounded in contemporary linguistic approaches and theories, and it must possess a clearly identifiable theoretical framework.
• The linguistic problem addressed should be clearly defined within this theoretical framework (or a related applied approach), and the discussion should be conducted in accordance with this framework.
• The study should present clear linguistic findings and/or theoretical or applied implications.
• The sources used must be current and relevant to both the topic addressed and the existing linguistic literature on the subject.
Although the journal requires a defined theoretical framework, it does not impose restrictions on theoretical orientation. Accordingly, both theoretical and applied studies grounded in a well-defined framework are accepted.
It is worth noting that language, in addition to linguistics, is also a subject of investigation in various disciplines, such as philology, psychology, education, sociology, and literary studies. However, as is well known, not every study that deals with linguistic data qualifies as linguistic research. Therefore, submissions to the journal must directly pertain to a linguistic subfield, provide relevant feedback to that domain through their findings and implications, and comply with the scope criteria outlined above. For example, research whose results concern the teaching of a language structure as a first or foreign language primarily contributes to educational sciences rather than linguistics and is consequently outside the journal’s scope. Likewise, studies that present observations, descriptive analyses, and interpretations of various grammatical phenomena without grounding in a linguistically rigorous theoretical framework are also considered beyond the scope of the journal.
Article submissions that do not comply with the journal’s scope, as illustrated by these examples, are subject to immediate rejection.
For research articles, the "Research Article Submission Form," which briefly provides information about the content and scope of the study, must be completed and uploaded to the Dergipark platform along with the other required files during the application process.
Review/Introductory Articles
Articles of this type typically introduce a relatively less-known linguistic subfield, or present studies and literature related to a specific linguistic topic or phenomenon. The primary requirement for such work is to provide a comprehensive overview of the relevant field or subject area, including a general and, where appropriate, critical evaluation, along with a thorough bibliography covering the topic or domain.
Book Reviews
This type of article aims to present linguistic books of various kinds. Book reviews are expected not only to summarize the work but also to critically evaluate its contribution to the relevant body of literature.
All manuscripts deemed suitable for the scientific evaluation process according to the criteria outlined above, regardless of article type, are subjected to a double-blind peer review. Each submission is evaluated by at least two expert reviewers in the field, and the associate editor (or, when necessary, the Editorial Board) makes the final decision regarding its suitability for publication based on these reviews. For manuscripts deemed unsuitable for publication, the double-blind review process may be extended for up to two rounds. If, after two rounds, the manuscript is still found unsuitable, the evaluation process is terminated. However, editors may decide to extend this process depending on specific circumstances and publication planning. The Editorial Board holds the final authority on all decisions concerning submitted manuscripts.
The main aim of the journal is to support the development of general linguistics in Turkey and to promote high-quality scientific publications in this field. While there are no language restrictions, the journal primarily publishes theoretical and applied linguistic articles written in Turkish or English that are based on contemporary linguistic theories and approaches, particularly those concerning Turkish and other Turkic languages spoken in Turkey. The studies to be published are expected to be authentic, high-quality studies that conform to the perspectives, principles, methods, and theories of contemporary linguistics and meet academic standards.
Articles submitted to the journal must be original works that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication. The journal accepts three main types of submissions: (i) research articles, (ii) review or introductory articles (literature overviews), and (iii) book reviews. All submitted articles are first subject to preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board in terms of general academic standards, the journal’s publication policies, and scope. Articles deemed suitable are then taken into the scientific peer-review process. The criteria required for articles to be accepted into the peer-review process are outlined separately below.
Research Articles
The following are the mandatory criteria regarding scope compliance for studies to be considered suitable for scientific review:
• The study must be grounded in contemporary linguistic approaches and theories, and it must possess a clearly identifiable theoretical framework.
• The linguistic problem addressed should be clearly defined within this theoretical framework (or a related applied approach), and the discussion should be conducted in accordance with this framework.
• The study should present clear linguistic findings and/or theoretical or applied implications.
• The sources used must be current and relevant to both the topic addressed and the existing linguistic literature on the subject.
Although the journal requires a defined theoretical framework, it does not impose restrictions on theoretical orientation. Accordingly, both theoretical and applied studies grounded in a well-defined framework are accepted.
It is worth noting that language, in addition to linguistics, is also a subject of investigation in various disciplines, such as philology, psychology, education, sociology, and literary studies. However, as is well known, not every study that deals with linguistic data qualifies as linguistic research. Therefore, submissions to the journal must directly pertain to a linguistic subfield, provide relevant feedback to that domain through their findings and implications, and comply with the scope criteria outlined above. For example, research whose results concern the teaching of a language structure as a first or foreign language primarily contributes to educational sciences rather than linguistics and is consequently outside the journal’s scope. Likewise, studies that present observations, descriptive analyses, and interpretations of various grammatical phenomena without grounding in a linguistically rigorous theoretical framework are also considered beyond the scope of the journal.
Article submissions that do not comply with the journal’s scope, as illustrated by these examples, are subject to immediate rejection.
For research articles, the "Research Article Submission Form," which briefly provides information about the content and scope of the study, must be completed and uploaded to the Dergipark platform along with the other required files during the application process.
Review/Introductory Articles
Articles of this type typically introduce a relatively less-known linguistic subfield, or present studies and literature related to a specific linguistic topic or phenomenon. The primary requirement for such work is to provide a comprehensive overview of the relevant field or subject area, including a general and, where appropriate, critical evaluation, along with a thorough bibliography covering the topic or domain.
Book Reviews
This type of article aims to present linguistic books of various kinds. Book reviews are expected not only to summarize the work but also to critically evaluate its contribution to the relevant body of literature.
All manuscripts deemed suitable for the scientific evaluation process according to the criteria outlined above, regardless of article type, are subjected to a double-blind peer review. Each submission is evaluated by at least two expert reviewers in the field, and the associate editor (or, when necessary, the Editorial Board) makes the final decision regarding its suitability for publication based on these reviews. For manuscripts deemed unsuitable for publication, the double-blind review process may be extended for up to two rounds. If, after two rounds, the manuscript is still found unsuitable, the evaluation process is terminated. However, editors may decide to extend this process depending on specific circumstances and publication planning. The Editorial Board holds the final authority on all decisions concerning submitted manuscripts.
In addition to its regular issues published in June and December, The Journal of Linguistics Research may also publish special issues. In this context, the journal editors may invite researchers to serve as guest editors, or individual scholars may apply to the Editorial Board to propose a special issue on topics that fall within the scope of the journal. All articles submitted for special issues must adhere to the journal’s scope and are subject to the same peer-review process as those in regular issues.
All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
The Editorial Board of the journal is committed to complying with the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
All articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
The Editorial Board of the journal is committed to complying with the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Please follow these guidelines when you submit your article for consideration by Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi (DAD)/Journal of Linguistics Research (JLR).
* Journal of Linguistics Research publishes research articles and book reviews and rarely studies on introducing innovative and recent research.
* The manuscript can only be submitted with the permission of all of the co-author(s), if there are any. The names of the author(s) must be within the knowledge of the editors when the manuscript is submitted.
* In the author's preprint version sent to DAD/JLR for evaluation, the authors' identity should not be revealed; the parts for authors' name, affiliation and email address should be left blank. Such information will be required after a manuscript has been accepted for publication in the journal.
* The names of the author(s) are always secured to remain anonymous before sent to the reviewers. The names of the authors should not be changed after the submission.
* To maximize anonymity, the authors are also encouraged to remove their names from the submitted documents. Before submitting your manuscript, please follow the steps described in this link to remove any names from your document.
* A research article should not exceed the limit of 9000 words, including footnotes, and appendices, excluding references.
* A review article should not exceed the limit of 9000 words, including footnotes, and appendices, excluding references.
* A book review should not contain more than 4000 words, including footnotes, and appendices, excluding references.
* If there are acknowledgments or references that uncover the identity of the author(s), they should be added to the manuscript after it is accepted for publication.
* The Researchers' Contribution Rate statement should be included at the end of the manuscript.
* Glossing abbreviations should follow the Leipzig Glossing Rules (http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php).
* Authors are advised to obtain an ORCID ID before submitting an article to the journal. Right after the review process, in case of acceptance, they should add their ORCID ID as a hyperlink right after their name in publisher's version. Please visit https://orcid.org/ for information on how to get an ORCID ID.
1. Authors are responsible of submitting original research and follow the style sheet provided on the journal’s website.
2. Articles written in Turkish or English are accepted for evaluation.
3. All articles should include abstracts in Turkish and English which contain no more than 150 words.
4. Immediately after the body of the abstract, there should be keywords, minimum 3 and maximum 5 words. The keywords should closely reflect the article content and be written in 9 pt font size and in italics. The first letter of all the keywords should start with a lower case.
5. All articles should be submitted online using the Ulakbim Journal Systems at http://dad.boun.edu.tr
6. The article title should be 12 pt bold and center aligned. The first letter of the words in the title should start with a capital letter.
7. Articles should be written in A4 paper format. The margins should be 5,85 cm on the bottom, 5,85 cm on the top, 4,85 cm on the left and 4,85 cm on the right side. All fonts should be Times New Roman. The text should be 10 point, line spacing: Exactly, At: 12 pt, before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; full justified.
8. All pages must be numbered.
9.
Articles should be divided into sections as:
· Title: 12 pt; boldface; center aligned; before: 0 pt, after: 24 pt; line spacing: exactly, 15 pt.
· Name of the Author(s): 11 pt; center aligned; before: 0 pt, after: 6 pt; line spacing: exactly, 13 pt.
· If an article has more than one author, each name should be separated with a comma.
· Affiliation: 10 pt, italic type, center aligned; before: 0 pt, after: 12 pt; line spacing: 12 pt.
· E-mail: 8,5 pt, italic type, center aligned; before: 0 pt, after: 36 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 12 pt.
· Abstract: Indent: 0,66 cm from left, 0,66 from right; first line (empty line); before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 5 pt, top border should be selected.
· Title: 9 pt, boldface; justified; before: 0 pt, after: 4 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 13 pt.
· Text: 9 pt; justified; before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 11 pt.
· Key words (3-5 words): italic type; justified; before: 4 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 11 pt.
· Last line (empty line); before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 5 pt; bottom border should be selected.
· Text: 10 pt, justified; before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 12 pt.
· References (Title): 10 pt, boldface, justified; before: 18 pt, after: 6 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 12 pt
· Text: 9 pt; justified; before: 0 pt, after: 0 pt; line spacing: Exactly, 11 pt; indent: 0,5 cm.
10. Endnotes should be avoided; only footnotes should be used. Footnotes should only be used where necessary. Authors should avoid using too many footnotes. Footnotes should be kept as short as possible and should not be used to list bibliographic entiries. The structure of footnotes should be as follows:
- 9 pt Times New Roman, full justified, before: 0 pt, after: 3 pt, line spacing: Exactly, 11 pt. There should be 0,5 cm spacing between the footnote number and the footnote text.
- Any acknowledgements should be provided in the footnote and shown with "*" added to the title of the article.
11. JLR heading formatting consists of 3 levels.
All major and minor headings must be formatted according to the rules below:
- In the first level headings (these are the basic parts of the article), the first word of the heading must be separated from the heading number with tab, starting from 0,5 cm to the left border of the text. All headings on this level should be capitalized. All words and title numbers should be written in bold. At the end of the title number, there shouldn’t be any "." (dot).
- In the second and third level headings, the first word of the second level heading must start at 0,75 cm indent; in the third level, there must be 1 cm indent from the left determined by the tab (according to the left border of the text). The headings in these two levels should be written in italics. In the titles on the second level, the first letter of all words must be capital. Only the first letter of the first word should be capital in the third level headings.
- On all three levels, the first letter after the colon ":" mark, if present in the title, must be capitalized. Other words following the colon mark must conform to the style required by the heading levels.
- If the text contains headings at levels lower than level 3, such as 2.1.1.1 and 2.1.1.1.1, they should all be formatted as the third level headings (leave a space of 0.5 cm between the last number of the title number and the first word of the title). Authors should avoid using headings extensively at levels lower than the third level unless absolutely necessary.
- The paragraph settings of the titles:
1st level: 10 pt, boldface, justified; before: 18 pt, after: 6 pt; 0,5 cm indent from the beginning of the line; indent: Hanging, 0,5 cm; line spacing: Exactly, 12 pt
2nd and 3rd levels: 10 pt, italic fonts, justified; line spacing: Exactly, before: 12 pt, after: 6 pt.; 0,75 cm indent from the beginning of the line;
2nd level: 0,75 cm; indent: 0,75 cm
3rd level: 1,00 cm; indent: Hanging, 1 cm
4.1 Second Level Heading Sample
4.1.1 Third level heading sample
12. All tables should have a caption at the top. Figures should have a caption at the bottom. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. All tables and figures must be formatted according to the APA style.
Table 1. Title
|
Column Title |
Column Title
Column Title
Column Title
Column Title
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
text/numbers
13. References should be written according to the
APA 6 format. For
general information about APA formatting, you can view the short training video
at http://apastyle.apa.org/learn/6th-edition-resources/basics-tutorial or visit https://owl.english.purdue.edu/ . The References section should not be numbered.
14. If you are using Microsoft Word 2003 or later versions, to simplify the formatting process, you can refer to the built-in stylesheet menu from the DAD template file. You can simply download this file by clicking the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bf68FjqlTXZcNO5LejXzgF7tB2NQwiWS/view?usp=sharing
Last updated: October 8, 2022
You can use this link to view the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy of the journal.
There are no fees or charges required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal’s website.
Baş Editör
Prof. Dr.
Selçuk
İŞSEVER
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistics, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
Editörler
BÖ
Prof. Dr.
Selçuk
İŞSEVER
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistics, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
Prof. Dr.
Murat
ÖZGEN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
Yardımcı Editörler
Prof. Dr.
Özgün
KOŞANER
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Emre
YAĞLI
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LETTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
Linguistics, Phonetics and Speech Science, Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology
Kopya Editörleri
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Esra
AYDIN
KOCAELI UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Linguistics, Discourse and Pragmatics, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field, Turkish Education
Instructor
Yasemin
GÜÇLÜTÜRK
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
English As A Second Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Linguistics (Other)
EK
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Esra
KÜÇÜKSAKARYA
NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SOSYAL VE BEŞERİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Linguistics, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
Pelin
KARACAN
DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
Danışma Kurulu
AG
SB
Prof. Dr.
S. Nalan
BÜYÜKKANTARCIOĞLU
ÇANKAYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Translation Studies, Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistic Performance Science, Discourse and Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics
TH
Dialectology, Linguistic Performance Science, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
İE
Prof. Dr.
İclâl
ERGENÇ
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, DİL VE TARİH COĞRAFYA FAKÜLTESİ
Neurosciences, Linguistics
DZ
Prof. Dr.
Jaklin
KORNFILT
Syracuse University
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Linguistic Contrastif
ÜT
Prof. Dr.
Ümit Deniz
TURAN
ANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistics, Linguistic Performance Science, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
OK
ÖA
Prof. Dr.
Özgür
AYDIN
ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Computational Linguistics, Linguistics (Other), Psycholinguistics (Incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
MG
Prof. Dr.
Martina
GRACANIN YÜKSEK
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
CB
Prof. Dr.
Cem
BOZŞAHIN
ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Lexicography and Semantics, Philosophy
JG
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
James
GRIFFITHS
Universität Tübingen
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
YA
LZ
Prof. Dr.
Leyla
ZIDANI EROĞLU
Central Connecticut State University
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
BK
Prof. Dr.
Barış
KABAK
Universität Würzburg
English As A Second Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Phonetics and Speech Science, Linguistic Contrastif
RB
Prof. Dr.
Rajesh
BHATT
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
YK
Prof. Dr.
Yuu
KURIBAYASHI
Okayama University
South-West (Oghuz) Turkic Dialects and Literatures, Comparative Language Studies, Linguistic Performance Science, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Linguistic Contrastif, Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
SÖ
Prof. Dr.
Sumru
ÖZSOY
BOĞAZİÇİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)
