Discipline | Linguistic semantics |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Amy Rose Deal |
Publication details | |
History | 1993–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Quarterly |
1.1 (2022) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Nat. Lang. Semant. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | NLSEEM |
ISSN | 0925-854X (print) 1572-865X (web) |
LCCN | 93643719 |
JSTOR | 0925854X |
OCLC no. | 243539944 |
Links | |
Natural Language Semantics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering formal semantics and its interfaces in grammar. Its current editor-in-chief is Amy Rose Deal and it is published by Springer Science+Business Media.[1] It is one of top four journals in formal semantics, alongside Linguistics and Philosophy, the Journal of Semantics, and Semantics and Pragmatics.[2] Work published in the journal has been described as displaying "the same standards of lucidity and originality that mark its [founders] own thinking and writing".[3]
The journal was founded in 1993 by Irene Heim and Angelika Kratzer, who served as its first editors-in-chief. It was founded in order to provide a venue for research that integrates formal semantics with other branches of linguistics, in contrast to previously established journals that emphasized connections to logic and philosophy of language.[4][3] In particular, NLS grew to be the central venue for the then-emerging study of crosslinguistic variation and typology within formal semantics.[5] The journal played a crucial role in establishing formal semantics as a core area within theoretical linguistics.[4][3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.1.[6]
The most important journals in the field are Linguistics and Philosophy, the Journal of Semantics, Natural Language Semantics, and Semantics and Pragmatics