This is the first issue of volume 39 of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics. NJL is the journal of the Nordic Association of Linguists. Individuals may subscribe to the Journal by joining the Nordic Association of Linguists. The NAL membership form can be found on the Cambridge University Press web site of NJL, http://journals.cambridge.org/NJL, as well as on the NAL web site, http://www.uef.fi/nal.
We would like to remind our readers and potential contributors that there are four ways to contribute to NJL: (longer) articles, short communications, book reviews and longer review articles. We would very much like to encourage contributions to NJL within all four categories. Short communications are like articles in being peer-reviewed, but different from articles in that in such a communication, it is possible to make or illustrate an empirical point without necessarily giving a fully fledged and theoretically integrated analysis. Also, short communications are appropriate for comments on earlier publications in the Journal. Review articles are like book reviews in discussing a recent book of major importance or relevance to the NJL readership (or two or more books on the same topic), but the greater length allows for more detailed and substantial evaluation and critique; as articles, they will also undergo peer review. Like book reviews, review articles will typically be invited by the Editors, but unsolicited submissions in this category are also welcome. Information concerning submissions and instructions for contributors can be found at http://journals.cambridge.org/NJL. For submissions and general queries, please use the editors’ email address: njleditors@cambridge.org.
We are furthermore happy to announce that issue 40.2 (2017) of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics will be a special issue devoted to the topic ‘Receptive multilingualism: Multilingual resources in service of mutual understanding’, edited by Helka Riionheimo, Annekatrin Kaivapalu, and Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara. For full details, see the call for papers immediately after this note.
Last, but not least: To all the reviewers who have reviewed papers for the Nordic Journal of Linguistics in the year 2015, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks for your time and effort. In addition to the members of our Editorial Board, these reviewers include:
Margrethe Heidemann Andersen (Danish Language Council), Kristján Árnason (University of Iceland), Hans Basbøll (University of Southern Denmark), Geert Booij (University of Leiden), Nicole Déhé (University of Konstanz), Laura Downing (University of Gothenburg), Cecilia Falk (Stockholm University), Ulla-Maija Forsberg (University of Helsinki), Johan Frid (Lund University), Anne-Line Graedler (Hedmark University of Applied Sciences), Auli Hakulinen (University of Helsinki), Julia Hirschberg (Columbia University), David House (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (University of Copenhagen), Tore Kristiansen (University of Copenhagen), Gjert Kristoffersen (University of Bergen), Veronika Laippala (University of Turku), Krister Lindén (University of Helsinki), Helge Lødrup (University of Oslo), Ove Lorentz (University of Tromsø), Taru Nordlund (University of Helsinki), Niklas Norén (Uppsala University), Andrea Schremm (Lund University), Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson (Lund University), Hanne Gram Simonsen (University of Oslo), Pelle Söderström (Lund University), Marketta Sundman (University of Turku), Mai Tungseth (University of Tromsø), Laura Visapää (University of Helsinki), Mark de Vos (Rhodes University), George Walkden (University of Manchester), Helmut Weiss (Goethe University Frankfurt), Stefan Werner (University of Eastern Finland), Chris Westbury (University of Alberta).
