Aims & Scope

Dibon Journal of Languages (DJL) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in language studies through rigorous research, theoretical development, and practical application. The journal has a particular interest in the integration of artificial intelligence, computational tools, and emerging technologies in linguistic, cultural, and literary contexts.

The journal welcomes submissions across the following areas:

  • Theoretical and descriptive linguistics (including phonology, syntax, and semantics).
  • Second language acquisition (SLA), applied linguistics, and language pedagogy (including EFL/ESL and multilingual education).
  • Linguistic anthropology and cultural studies (including language socialization, identity construction, folklore, and the socio-cultural impact of AI on digital discourse).
  • Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and technology-enhanced environments.
  • Computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP).
  • Corpus linguistics and text-encoding technologies (such as TEI frameworks).
  • Digital discourse, internet linguistics, and digital communication paradigms.
  • Translation theory, interpretation, and cross-cultural studies.
  • Literary analysis, comparative literature, and contemporary genre studies.

Core Objectives

  • Promote rigorous research that advances linguistic theory, literary analysis, pedagogical practice, and socio-cultural text evaluation.
  • Foster interdisciplinary approaches to language-related challenges, bridging the humanities, social sciences, and computer science.
  • Bridge the gap between theoretical linguistic research, anthropological frameworks, and practical classroom or translation implementation.
  • Support evidence-based linguistic innovation, SLA research paradigms, and software tool dissemination.
  • Facilitate international dialogue on multilingualism, intercultural communication, language acquisition, and digital discourse.
  • Disseminate effective practices in language teaching, ethnographic text documentation, and computational text processing.

DJL Publishes

  • Original research articles - empirical, review, and conceptual studies employing quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, ethnographic, or computational approaches (5,000–8,000 words, including references).
  • System/Tool demonstrations & short papers - concise papers introducing new corpus tools, computational models, software frameworks, or annotated datasets (2,500–4,000 words, including references).
  • Book reviews - critical reviews of recent scholarly works in language studies, linguistics, literature, anthropology, or digital discourse (1,000–2,000 words).

Readership

DJL serves an international readership including linguistics researchers and academics, language educators and classroom teachers, SLA specialists, linguistic anthropologists, computational linguists and NLP developers, translation specialists, literary critics, and graduate students in language and communication studies. All submissions should demonstrate methodological rigor, theoretical significance, and practical relevance to contemporary language studies. For full preparation and submission requirements, please see our Instructions for Authors page.