Articles that set out to untie a single knot in theoretical linguistics.

Every article in Dilim asks one question: which theoretical proposals do the data support, and which do they contradict? A single construction, a minimal pair or a theoretical puzzle is enough. The author’s conclusion appears in every article in a section we call the Knot.

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  • 5 weeksfrom submission to first decision, at most
  • Diamond open accessno fees for authors or readers; CC BY 4.0
  • Turkish and Englishdouble-anonymous review

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How a dilim is built

Which theoretical proposal do the data test?

Every submission is assessed by this question. The author’s language judgements count as evidence; no speaker counts or experiments are required for them.

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A dilim, on the page

  • Abstract
  • Data
  • Knot
  • References

Every article has four mandatory parts. Examples are glossed by the Leipzig rules. An article without a Knot is not sent for review.

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A process, in time

Review has four stages: preliminary review, reviewer assignment, review and decision. The first decision is given by week five at the latest.

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