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The year 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of JALL. As it happens it is also the International Year of Indigenous Languages. A decade ago, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of JALL, our Founding Editor Emeritus, Professor Paul Newman, reminded us of the beginnings of JALL and stressed that JALL is founded above all on empiricism, a “scientifically sound, intellectually sophisticated empiricism” (Newman 2010: 11). In addition, the guiding foundational principle as stated in the journal’s first Editorial Statement was that:
期刊介绍:
The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics was founded in 1979 and has established itself as an important refereed forum for publications in African linguistics. The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics welcomes original contributions on all aspects of African language studies, synchronic as well as diachronic, theoretical as well as data-oriented. The journal further contains a list of recently published books on African languages and linguistics, which many libraries find to be of use for the acquisition of books. The Journal of African Languages and Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope.