Focus And Scope

Darunnajah in Language (DIL) focuses on the study of language and its diverse manifestations in human communication, education, culture, society, and technology. The journal welcomes scholarly research concerning all languages of the world, without limitation to a particular language, linguistic family, geographical region, or cultural context.

DIL welcomes theoretical, empirical, conceptual, comparative, and interdisciplinary research that contributes to the development of knowledge in language and related fields. The journal particularly encourages studies that examine language from contemporary, innovative, and cross-disciplinary perspectives.

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to:

1. Linguistics and Language Studies

  • General linguistics
  • Descriptive and theoretical linguistics
  • Phonetics and phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Pragmatics
  • Lexicology and lexicography
  • Historical and comparative linguistics
  • Typological linguistics

2. Applied Linguistics

  • Applied linguistics
  • Educational linguistics
  • Language acquisition
  • First, second, foreign, and additional language acquisition
  • Language teaching and learning
  • Language pedagogy
  • Language learner development
  • Language teacher education

3. Language, Society, and Culture

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Language and identity
  • Language and culture
  • Language and society
  • Language attitudes and ideologies
  • Intercultural communication
  • Language variation and change
  • Language and globalization

4. Multilingualism and Language Diversity

  • Multilingualism and plurilingualism
  • Multilingual education
  • Translanguaging
  • Language contact
  • Language maintenance and revitalization
  • Minority and indigenous languages
  • Endangered languages
  • Linguistic diversity and inclusion

5. Language Education and Literacy

  • Language curriculum and instruction
  • Language assessment and evaluation
  • Literacy and language development
  • Academic and disciplinary literacy
  • Digital and multimodal literacy
  • Reading, writing, speaking, and listening
  • Inclusive language education

6. Discourse and Communication

  • Discourse analysis
  • Critical discourse analysis
  • Conversation analysis
  • Corpus-based discourse studies
  • Media and communication
  • Professional and academic communication
  • Language in institutional and social contexts

7. Translation and Interpreting

  • Translation studies
  • Interpreting studies
  • Literary and non-literary translation
  • Machine translation
  • Translation technology
  • Localization and transcreation
  • Translation, culture, and society

8. Language and Literature

  • Language and literary studies
  • Literature and language
  • Literary language and discourse
  • Comparative literature and language
  • Children’s and young adult literature
  • Literature in language learning
  • Cultural and linguistic perspectives on literature

9. Digital, Computational, and AI-Related Language Studies

  • Computational linguistics
  • Natural language processing
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Digital humanities and language
  • Artificial intelligence and language
  • Generative AI and language
  • Technology-enhanced language learning
  • Digital language practices
  • Language technologies and applications

10. Language Policy and Planning

  • Language policy
  • Language planning
  • Language rights
  • Language governance
  • Educational language policy
  • Multilingual language policy
  • Language revitalization and preservation

11. Emerging and Interdisciplinary Language Studies

  • Language and psychology
  • Language and cognition
  • Language and neuroscience
  • Language and education
  • Language and technology
  • Language and health communication
  • Language and sustainability
  • Language and social transformation
  • Emerging issues and innovations in language studies

DIL particularly welcomes cross-linguistic, cross-cultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary research that advances understanding of language across diverse linguistic communities and contexts. Research involving both widely spoken and less-studied, minority, indigenous, and endangered languages is strongly encouraged.

The journal does not restrict submissions according to the language being studied, provided that the manuscript demonstrates clear scholarly relevance to the field of language studies and meets the journal's standards of originality, methodological rigor, academic quality, and ethical research practice.