Ways to protolanguage:
the initial stages of the evolution of the language faculty.

CALL FOR PAPERS: PROTOLANG 2009 CONFERENCE VOLUME

EXTENDED DEADLINE: the articles of 10 to 20 pages should be sent by e-mail to protolang@umk.pl as .doc or .rtf files no later than the 15th of February 2010.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Protolang conference volume, which will be published as a special issue of Theoria et Historia Scientiarum. THS is an international journal published by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń; it focusses on interdisciplinary research in the cognitive sciences, with the biological/evolutionary perspective being an important motif. THS was founded in 1991 and has since featured papers from a number of leading cognitive scientists.

The articles of 10 to 20 pages should be sent by e-mail to protolang@umk.pl as .doc or .rtf files no later than the 31st of January 2010. The articles will undergo external revision.

GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING TEXT (download)

General format:

• .doc or .rtf file; images should also be sent as separate files
• recommended paper length – 10 pages or more, must not exceed 20 pages
• line spacing – one-and-a-half spaced
• left margin – 3cm; other margins – 2,5 cm
• do NOT leave blank lines; do NOT break words at line-endings; do NOT use special formatting
• use italics for emphasis, foreign phrases, and linguistic examples; do NOT use bold or underscore

Font: Times New Roman

Font size and formatting:

• author’s full name (top left corner) – 12 point, italics
• title (centre) – 14 POINTS IN BOLD CAPITALS
• sub-headings (flush left) – 12 points in bold
• running text – 12 points, justified
• footnotes, quotations, lists, references – 10 points

Quotations & lists:

• short quotations (fewer than 60 words) should be run on in text and enclosed in double quotation marks; single quotation marks enclose quotations within quotations
• longer quotations (more than 60 words) should appear as a separate block; indented by 5mm (0.2 inches) left and right; in small print: 10 points, Times New Roman
• lists should be indented by 5mm (0.2 inches) left and right; font: 10 points, Times New Roman
• all quotations in languages other than English should be followed by the translation in square brackets
• omissions are indicated by ellipsis points without brackets
• any insertions by the author are to be enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [emphasis mine]
• use rounded quotation marks (“. . .”) NOT "straight" ones

Footnotes (do NOT use endnotes):

• footnote font – 10 points, Times New Roman, one-and-a-half spaced; location – bottom of the page; notes should be numbered consecutively throughout the text; note numbers in the text should be superscript (small raised) numbers¹ without punctuation or brackets

Citation:

• use parenthetical citation
• include the following information: author’s/authors’ name(s), year of publication, page(s) cited; e.g. (Jones 1999: 74), (Jones & Davis 2004: 140-141); for more than two authors use et al.; give page numbers in full, do not use “f” or “ff”; do not use “op. cit.”, “loc. cit”, or “ibid.”

References:

• APA style; font – Times New Roman, 10 points

Jones, K. (1999). Emergent Structures. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Jones, K. (2000). Merging Emergence. In L. Davis and K. Jones (Eds.), Converging Emergence (pp. 37-58). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jones, K. & Davis, L. (2001). Evolving Emergence. Journal of Emergence, 59(6), 22-42.