Submission Guidelines

Dear SOLL students, academics and staff,

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the SOLL Talk Blog. To help you prepare for your submission, we have drafted the guidelines for your reference.

Scope

The blog aims to showcase the amazing variety of work that happens at the School of Languages and Linguistics.

Readership

The blog targets the educated public who are interested in language and linguistic-related topics. Authors should bear this readership in mind and write in a way that is comprehensible to the target readers.

Format of submission

The submission should be no more than 1,000 words (including the title, the abstract, the main text, references, introduction to the author(s) and references).

The title should be no more than 20 words.

The abstract should be about 30 words.

Images should be included when appropriate and referenced properly (preferred referencing style: APA 7th edition).

Submissions should be made in an editable format such as MS Word (.doc / .docx) to SOLL-BLOG@unimelb.edu.au

Editorial policies

Submissions will be evaluated by the production team and authors will receive initial results within two weeks. Submissions are subject to copy editing and/ or stylistic editing. In the case where stylistic editing is needed, authors will be contacted for confirmation.

We look forward to your contribution!

SOLL Talk Blog Production Team