Information for Authors

General: Papers should report significant new research results in Language Engineering. Each paper is reviewed by three referees and must not have been copyrighted, published in or submitted for publication to another refereed publication, and has not appeared in any conference or workshop proceedings. A Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by all of the authors must accompany the final version of a paper tentatively accepted for publication.

Submissions: One original and three copies of the paper should be submitted in double spaced typing on one face of white papers A4 size (210mm x297mm). Font size should not be less than 10 pt. An electronic version must also be submitted in WinWord?.  Papers can be in Arabic or English Language with pages numbered consecutively.

Title Page: Authors should list their names, affiliations and complete addresses on title page, providing telephone numbers and electronic mail address. A brief one-paragraph abstract of 100-200 words has to be included together with a list of six or fewer key words. A shortened version of the paper title is to be also included for use on page headings (to be identified as the running head).

Figures and Tables: Figures and tables are to be embedded in the text and numbered consecutively. Figures should contain graphical material, whereas tables should contain tabular and typeset material. A brief title is to be included above each table and a caption below each figure.

Headings and Footnotes: For major headings I, II& are used; for secondary headings1, 2& are used; for tertiary headings (1), (2)& are used; for fourth headings (a), (b)& are used; for fifth headings a), b)& are used. Footnotes are to be used sparingly, indicated by consecutive numbers in the text.

Abbreviations: Standard abbreviations are acceptable in the text but must not appear in the title or abstract of the paper. For local or coined abbreviations, at first usage, the original term must be spelt out and enclosed in parentheses.

References: references should be inserted in the text with Arabic numerals in square brackets, consecutively for the whole text. Reference list should be given at the end of the text. Authors family names should follow their initials or given names, and separated by a comma. Years of publication should be enclosed in parentheses.
Journal article references should include author s name, journal title, volume number, page numbers and year of publication. Book references should include authors name, book title, edition or volume number if any, publisher, city of publication and year of publication. Report references should include author s name, report title (number) and year of publication. Proceeding references should include author s name, title of meeting, volume number if any, page numbers and year of publication. Titles of journals and meetings can be abbreviated following INIS (Authority List of Journal Titles).  

Acknowledgements: are to be included in a separate section at the end of the text.

Reprints: The authors receive 10 complementary copies of reprints with a cover.