Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada (TLA) it is a scientific journal that adopts continuous publication with one volume per year, linked to the Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics of the Institute of Language Studies at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). With over thirty years of existence, TLA aims to disseminate unpublished work that contributes to the constant renewal and expansion of the field of Applied Linguistics. We recommend that authors pay attention to the textual guidelines that we have compiled, which describes the textual and scientific quality expectations of manuscripts. These expectations are the parameters that are taken into account in the peer review process and other stages of the editorial process. |
Brief Background
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The journal began in 1983 as an initiative of the Department of Applied Linguistics to disseminate the research of its professors and others colleagues working in the field. Gradually, the journal became national and international. Drawing on the different theoretical and methodological trends in the field, the articles provide a historical overview of Applied Linguistics in Brazil, its transformations and consolidation over the years, moving from a vision of applying linguistic theories to language teaching and learning to a transdisciplinary perspective of analyzing different situations of interaction mediated by language. TLA has also strengthened international cooperation in the applied field, by publishing articles from other parts of the world and by having Jan Blommaert as an associate editor until his passing in 2020. |
Open Science Compliance
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada (TLA) follows the Gold Open Access model. It is recommended that the data used in the articles be made available in open access repositories, preferably in formats that guarantee and facilitate accessibility, reuse of the materials and reproducibility of the research. Check out the “Preparing manuscripts” section, which details how to write the mandatory section in the text called “Declaration of data availability”, where, in accordance with the principles of open science, authors declare the availability of data and how to access it. This section can also justify restricting access to data due to ethical or legal issues. The journal has a Creative Commons 4.0 license. In terms of open science, this means that the content of the articles published in Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada can be reused by the authors, as long as due credit is given to the journal as the original source of the publication. When submitting a manuscript, authors must state their position in relation to open peer review. This means that they must state (1) whether or not they agree with the publication of the reviews in the article, should it be accepted, and (2) whether they agree to interact directly with the reviewers. TLA agrees to evaluate manuscripts deposited on preprint platforms, i.e. platforms on which the text is made public before it is peer-reviewed and published in a journal. When submitting a manuscript, authors must state whether the text is in a preprint repository, as well as its location. Upon submission, authors must submit the Open Science Compliance Form as a supplementary material, together with the manuscript. |
Ethics in Publication
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada is dedicated to complying with good practices with regard to moral conduct in scientific journal publishing, based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) code of conduct. Preventing negligence is also a crucial responsibility of the entire editorial team: Any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism in any instance, is not accepted by the journal. Authors who submit articles to TLA declare that their content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published or is in the process of being reviewed or evaluated in any other journal. Authors must comply with the Brazilian Law 14.874 of May 28, 2024, which regulates research with human beings in Brazil and establishes the National System of Ethics in Research with Human Beings, in particular Article 27. |
Focus and Scope
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The journal expects that manuscripts submitted for publication embrace social and political issues and are directly linked to contemporary debates in Applied Linguistics, as evidenced by the themes, research questions and dialogue with the field's literature. The journal's main areas of research are: interculturality and identities; language education; technologies and social networks; translation; multimodalities and intermedialities; linguistic ideologies; linguistic anthropology; language policies; globalization and mobility; discourse and inequality. In addition to articles, TLA welcomes interviews and reviews of recent works of relevance to the journal's area of interest, which are published on a continuous basis. Along with these contributions, up to three dossiers on specific themes are published each year, approved by the editorial board, published in special calls and peer-reviewed. The journal is aimed at teachers, students, researchers and professionals who are interested in discussions in the field of Applied Linguistics. |
Digital Preservation
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This journal follows the standards defined by the SciELO Program Digital Preservation Policy. As an Archiving Policy, this journal uses the LOCKSS system, developed by Stanford University, to create an archive distributed among the participating libraries. The system allows these libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes. More information at https://www.lockss.org/ The journal is also part of IBICT's Cariniana Digital Preservation Services Network, which provides preservation for any Open Journal System [OJS] journal in Brazil. The articles are preserved in the Universidade Estadual de Campinas Library System, and the journal is also included in Editorial Policy Directories, such as Diadorim. |
Indexing Sources
Bibliographic Journal Information
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Websites and Social Media
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Preprints
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In accordance with the open access policy, Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada accepts the submission of a preprint article, understood as a finished manuscript that is deposited on servers before it has been peer-reviewed. The use of preprints is a choice made by the authors. ccording to SciELO's definition, “preprints share with the journals the novelty in the publication of articles and inhibit the use of the double-blind procedure in the evaluation of manuscripts”. TLA receives preprints archived on the following servers: SciELO Preprints, CORE (MLA), Zenodo, Preprints.org and SocArXiv. Other repositories may be considered subject to analysis and approval by the editorial board. Information on preprints should be provided on the Open Science Compliance Form, which should be sent with the manuscript at the time of submission. |
Peer Review Process
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Peer review is fundamental to maintaining the standards of Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, a journal that aims to innovate and advance the applied field of language studies. We work to offer appropriate digital systems and editorial advice to our peer reviewers. We ensure that our peer review process is blind, fair and critically constructive. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada does not allow unkind or offensive criticism in its peer review reports. The journal's editorial board works together with the reviewers to assess the quality and suitability of the manuscripts and to provide critically constructive contributions to the authors. With regard to pre-evaluation, Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada works with its editorial team to assess the quality and formal suitability of articles prior to peer review. Our team also seeks to detect plagiarism or self-plagiarism in manuscripts. However, reviewers are also asked to check manuscripts for potential (self-)plagiarism. Taking into account open science practices and SciELO's methodology of classifying reviews as a new type of literature, when publishing approved articles, authors and reviewers may, by mutual agreement, choose:
The journal publishes the names of the publishers or editors responsible for the evaluation in its approved articles. |
Open Data
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The availability of open data is fundamental to the transparency and replicability of scientific research. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada adheres to the best practices recommended by the TOP Guide (Transparency and Openness in Publishing), promoting access to the data underlying published studies. The following are essential guidelines for authors on handling and citing research data: Open Data Principles Open data refers to information that is available to the general public, allowing unrestricted use, redistribution and reuse. Adopting these principles promotes the integrity of research, making it possible to verify results and build new knowledge based on previous work. Data Deposit We encourage authors to deposit their datasets in appropriate repositories. We suggest consulting the List of Recommended Repositories, available in the TOP Guide, to identify reliable platforms that follow recognized standards of data preservation and access. Data citation Proper data citation is crucial in order to give credit to the people who generated the sets used. As indicated in the Research Data Citation Guide, authors should provide full details about the origin of the data, including persistent identifiers (such as data DOIs) whenever possible. This makes it easier for other researchers to locate and use the data correctly. Inclusion of a Data Availability Statement: All articles should contain a section describing the availability of the data used in the study, including the location of the repository where it was deposited, the name of the dataset and the identifiers required for its citation. See item 3 of the Manuscript Preparation section below, in which we explain where the Data Availability Statement should be made in the manuscript. IMPORTANT NOTE: Failure to comply with the Publication Rules means that the article submitted will not be accepted. |
Fees
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TLA offers the general public immediate free access to all its publications on the Internet. No fees are charged to the authors who publish their work in TLA or to any of its funding agents. All costs related to editing and publishing are guaranteed by the public institutions listed under Sponsors, and are available for consultation on the Internet by SciELO Brasil and SBU Unicamp. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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1. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada follows the best ethical principles in authorship, peer review and editorial activity, specifically the “Principles of Transparency and Good Practice in Academic Publishing” recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). TLA also follows the publishing ethics guidelines of Cambridge University Press. We have summarized our main guidelines, but we encourage authors to consult these manuals before submitting their work to us. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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Conflicts of interest may occur when authors, reviewers, editors or publishers have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. For more information, see: Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest In accordance with item 3 of the “Preparation of manuscripts” section below, authors should add a section to their text declaring whether there is a conflict of interest. |
Adoption of Similarity Software
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As part of the actions to enhance academic integrity and prevent plagiarism in publications accredited on the Portal, Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada has adopted the service of identifying similarities between texts using the Turnitin platform, which has been implemented at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas since November 2016. TLA also follows the normative instruction CCPG 3/2021, from the Institute of Language Studies, on similarities in scientific work. In the pre-evaluation, manuscripts are checked before being sent to referees. Cases in which a similarity of content of more than 25% is found will be analyzed by the editorial board and will be subject to the return of the material. The journal may also use tools to detect content generated by artificial intelligence. |
Adoption of Software Using Artificial Intelligence Resources
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada does not accept the use of chatbots or other artificial intelligence in the preparation of manuscripts. AI tools may be used ethically and only to assist with basic tasks such as proofreading and formatting references. |
Gender and Sex Issues
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The editorial team of Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines. The SAGER guidelines comprise a set of procedures that guide the reporting of sex and gender information in study design, data analysis, results and interpretation of findings. In addition, TLA observes the policy of gender equity in the training of its editorial board. |
Ethics Committee
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Upon submission, authors must attach a statement of approval from the ethics committee of the institution responsible for approving the research. |
Copyright
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada uses a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license, thus preserving the integrity of the articles in an open access environment. Journal authors retain the copyright of their work by licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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All content published in Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, unless otherwise specified, is under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). This allows the material to be shared and adapted without restriction, as long as due credit is given and any changes made are indicated. The authors retain the copyright to their work and take full responsibility for its content in the event of any challenge by third parties. The opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility. TLA reserves the right to make normative changes to the originals, such as changes to spelling and grammar to comply with the cultured norm of the language, as well as adjustments to form related to the editorial standard of the journal. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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The publication receives funding from the Institute for Language Studies. |
Editors-in-Chief
Associate Editors
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Editorial Assistants
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Editorial Board
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Technical Team
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada is a journal that publishes texts in the field of Applied Linguistics. Its editorial board is based on an understanding of Applied Linguistics as a pragmatically oriented field (Cavalcanti, 1986), i.e. one that investigates linguistic practice and may propose approaches to the phenomena it investigates. Furthermore, Applied Linguistics is understood as a transdisciplinary field interested in integrating different ways of understanding the central role of language in social life. The journal recognizes the scope of the applied field, in its multiple aspects, but subscribes to the view that Applied Linguistics is not an application of linguistics or other theories of language. |
Types of Documents Accepted
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Manuscripts written in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French or Italian are welcome. Submissions are received on a regular basis and cover:
Preprints. Proposals for dossiers should be sent directly to the editor and editors-in-chief, containing a summary - up to 700 words, justifying the historical and current relevance of the topic for applied language studies; the divergences or tensions contemplated and the contributions to the expansion, improvement and/or deepening of the theme -, a list of authors with institutional affiliation, mini-CVs and abstracts of 200-250 words for each article. Dossiers must have at least 30% of the articles written in English or Spanish. Dossier proposals are evaluated by the publishers and editors of TLA, with the support of the Editorial Board and ad-hoc referees. The publishers and editors of the thematic dossier will be involved in the entire process of submitting and evaluating the manuscripts, with specific access to the SBU/Unicamp OJS system for this purpose. For all articles, before submitting the manuscript, the authors must agree to the following requirements, at the risk of having the submission denied by the Editorial Board:
TLA does not accept for publication chapters or excerpts from dissertations or theses that have already been defended and published, nor translations of articles that have already been published, in accordance with the SciELO Collection criteria. |
Authors' Contribution
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TLA follows the Vancouver Recommendations, an international convention that has a strict definition of authorship. Author and co-author are understood, according to the Vancouver regulations, to be the person who:
TLA therefore expects the co-authors of a paper to have actually worked on its conception. The mere supervision or guidance of master's, doctoral or post-doctoral students does not automatically qualify the supervisor as a co-author. All three of the above criteria must be met in order for co-authorship to occur. In accordance with the instructions contained in item 3 of “Preparing the Manuscript”, in the event of acceptance, the version for publication must contain a section on the actual contribution of the authors to the manuscript, in order to comply with the authorship convention to which TLA subscribes. |
Manuscript Preparation
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Manuscripts submitted for evaluation must be submitted online at: It specifies the procedures for registering the author and submitting the article for evaluation. The full registration form must be filled in, including institution, city and country. All communication regarding the article evaluation process will be carried out online through the same system. I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Only texts within the following word limit will be accepted: II. STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS 1) Identification
a) Manuscripts must be sent without any identification of authorship. The Word file must also be anonymized. 2. Text composition and formatting
a) Manuscripts must be submitted in Word doc or docx format. 3. (Mandatory) Sections in which the authors declare that they follow open science. In line with the principles of open science adopted by the Scielo collection, when accepted, articles must contain the sections described below, which should be positioned in accepted manuscripts between the end of the article text and the references, according to the models below. Please note: these sections, called declarations, should only be written at the final stage of publication, after peer review. DECLARATION OF AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS
(This section is mandatory for texts with more than one author. Single-authored texts should not include this section).
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DECLARATION OF AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH DATA (See the Open Data section above. If the research has restricted access to the data or part of it, due to ethical or legal issues, this must be reported. Even if the data is not public, the article must include this section in the accepted manuscript).
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Article Submission Format
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Digital Assets
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Illustrations, graphs and tables not produced by the author must have their source indicated, with the author being responsible for reproduction rights. For figures and images, the minimum quality must be 400 pixels. |
Citations and References
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada follows the the reference guidelines contained in ABNT NBR 10520:2023. Below are some examples of key elements in the references and in-text citations. The examples, however, are not exhaustive and authors should consult this norm for cases not exemplified here.
a) References to authors 1) Last name of the author and year of publication in brackets, when there is no textual citation.
2) Last name of the author, with the year and page in brackets, when there is a textual quotation.
3) When the surname of the author (or authors) is in brackets, the surnames should be spelled with a capital letter, followed by lower case letters. If there is more than one author, separate the name of each author with a semicolon.
4) When the cited document has more than three authors, mention only the first author, followed by et al.
5) Do not use: idem or ibidem. b) Quotations
Quotations of up to three lines remain in the body of the text, highlighted only by quotation marks and without italics. c) References Three lines below the end of the article, type: References (including bibliographical and electronic references). 1) As a general principle, all the authors cited in the body of the text should be listed in this section in alphabetical order, in upper case, followed by their first letters or full names (keep the chosen pattern), as in the example:
2) Books - Title of the work in italics, followed by the name of the translator, if there is one, the name of the city, followed by a colon, the name of the publisher and the volume number.
3) Book chapter: LAST NAME, First Name of the author of the chapter. Title of the chapter. In: LAST NAME, First name of the author. Title of the work. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication. p. (chapter start page) - (chapter end page).
4) Article in journal: LAST NAME, First name of the author of the article. Title of the article. Title of the journal, place of publication, volume of the issue, issue number, p. (beginning and end page of the article), year of publication.
5) dissertations and theses - LAST NAME, author's first name. Title of the work. Type of work (dissertation or thesis) - Course, Name of educational institution, Place, year of submission.
6) Electronic document - provide the title of the work, the portal (or newspaper, magazine, blog etc.), date (if any) and other research data. Examples:
7) Reference to papers presented at events (conference, congress, meeting, seminar, etc.): provide the title and other details of the paper consulted. Example:
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Supplementary Documents
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As described above, in line with the principles of open science, when submitting their manuscripts, authors must also submit this form in accordance with the principles of open science adopted by SciELO. |
Financing Statement
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The publication receives funding from the Institute of Language Studies - IEL |
Contact
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Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada |