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Studies in Second Language Acquisition
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below). Before submitting manuscripts to Cambridge University Press,
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the American Psychological Association (Fifth Edition, 2001), which can be
obtained
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Hyattsville MD 20784, USA. It is also available in many bookstores and libraries.
Guidelines
for text format: APA Manual (pp. 283-320)
Spacing:
Double-space between all lines of the manuscript, including the text, title,
headings, endnotes, quotations, references, figure captions, and tables.
Margins: Leave margins of 1 in. (2.54 cm) at the top, bottom, right, and left of every page.
Pagination: Number all pages consecutively. Arrange the pages
of the manuscript in the
following order:
· Title page (p. 1): title, author name(s), affiliation(s), running head
· Abstract (page 2)
· Text (start on page 3)
· References (following the text; start on a new page)
· Appendixes (start each on a separate page)
· Author note (optional)
· Endnotes (start on a new page)
· Tables (each on a separate page; continue consecutive page numbering)
· Figure captions (list together, starting on separate page)
· Figures (each on a separate page )
Headings:
If you have used a numbered system of headings, please replace it with the
APA system (see section
3.30-3.32 of the APA Manual). Be sure that there are at least TWO headings in
each level; a single heading will not be permitted.
Running
head: In the header of each page, include a shortened form of the title
in
the upper right-hand corner before the page number. The running head should consist
of no more than 50 characters (including letters and spaces).
Emphasis:
Avoid the use of quotation marks and italics (underlining)
for emphasis. Reserve (italics) underlining primarily for language examples.
Avoid the use
of bolding in the text.
Guidelines
for references: APA Manual (pp. 215-281)
In-text
citations: Sources cited or referred to in the text should indicate the
author's
surname, publication date, and page number(s) when pertinent: (Gass, 1994;
Lightbown &
Spada, 1994, p. 563); if more than one citation appears in parenthetical
material, they should
appear in alphabetical order. When the author's name is part of the text,
follow this form:
Schumann (1994) argued that...
Reference
list: All in-text citations must be listed in full in the reference list
at the end of the
article. Begin the reference list on a separate page entitled
"References" and double-space it
throughout. Each entry must include the author’s name, co-authors (if
any), publication date,
and title of the work. For a journal article, also provide the name of the
journal, volume number,
and page numbers for the article. For an article in an edited volume, include
the editor’s name,
title of the volume, and page numbers of the article. For a book or monograph,
include the
edition, place of publication, and name of publisher. Punctuate and capitalize
as in the following
examples:
Eckman, F. R. (1993, April). Local and long-distance anaphora in second
language acquisition.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Applied
Linguistics,
Ellis, R. (1994). The study of second language acquisition.
Lakshmanan, U. (1989). Accessibility to Universal Grammar in child
second language
acquisition. Unpublished doctoral
dissertation,
Meisel, J. (Ed.). (1994). Bilingual first language acquisition: French
and German grammatical
development.
Trahey, M., & White, L. (1993).
Positive evidence and preemption in the second language
classroom. Studies in Second Language
Acquisition, 15, 181-204.
Zuengler, J. (1993). Explaining NNS
interactional behavior: The effect of conversational topic.
In G. Kasper & S. Blum-Kulka (Eds.), Interlanguage
pragmatics (pp. 184-195).
Guidelines
for tables and figures: APA Manual (pp. 147-201)
For reasons of space, keep the
number of tables and figures to a minimum. Copyright
permission is required for tables, texts, and figures reproduced from another
source.
Tables:
· Include a brief but explanatory heading
· Use horizontal lines but no vertical lines
· Provide a heading for each column
· Explain abbreviations in a note under each table
· Present comparable tables consistently
· Refer to each table in the text
· Use 12-point Times New Roman font
Figures:
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running head;
figure captions are listed together on
a preceding sheet.
· Identify each figure lightly in pencil on the back of the sheet.