Style guidelines

1. Format

Font: Times New Roman

Font size: 12 

Line spacing: 1.5 for the whole text with the sole exception of footnotes.

Indentation: first line of paragraph marked with the keyboard tab at 0.5 cm.

Text alignment: justified.

Avoid using bold type. Use italics for titles of books and articles in journals or collective works, for linguistic examples, for notions in foreign languages and for emphasis.

2. Headings:

Include headings without indentation, according to the following scheme:

1. MAIN HEADING

1.1. First Level Subheading

1.1.1. Second Level Subheading

1.1.1.1. Third Level Subheading

3. Title, abstract, keywords and contact information

The complete article must be submitted in German or Spanish, although articles in Portuguese, Italian or French may be accepted with the approval of the Editorial Board. In addition, the title, abstract (max. 150 words) and 5-7 keywords, separated by commas and in bold type, must be in both English and the language in which the article is written.

Presentation will be as follows:

    Title in the language of the article

    Title in English

    Abstract and keywords, separated by commas and in bold, in the language of the article.

    Abstract and keywords, separated by commas and in bold, in English.

To ensure anonymous peer blind review for articles submitted to the central section authorship and contact information should NOT appear on the text until the anonymous peer blind review has been completed and the evaluation is positive. They must be included in the article registration form during the online submission process.

4. Illustrations:

If your text includes tables, graphs, images, etc., they all will be named as illustrations. Not only should they be placed in the right location within the article, but they must also be sent as a separate file during submission (file formats: .jpg, .jpeg, etc.). 

Within the article, a especific, clear and precise title must be given to each illustration, which must be at the bottom of the illustration and numbered, in font size 10 and without special formatting. In all cases, the body of the text should refer to the images to be inserted. For the use of materials with reproduction rights, it is necessary to obtain authorisation of the owner of said rights.

In both cases (within the text and in separate files), illustrations should be numbered with Arabic numerals according to the order in which they are mentioned in the text, and the name of the file should be the same as the description included in the article.

5. Footnotes:

Use footnotes and not endnotes. Font size must be 10 with a line space of 1. Footnotes markers will be indicated by Arabic numerals in superscript placed immediately after the sentence or word to which they refer, without separation space. They will not go in parentheses and will precede the punctuation mark (in the case of an article in English they will go behind the punctuation mark). These citations will never be used for bibliographic references, but as clarification, explanation or additions to the content of the text.

6. Quotations:

Quotations of three lines or less in length (aprox. 40 words) will be included in the text in quotation marks. Quotations of four or more lines will be separated from the body of the text by a line break at the beginning and end of the citation, and by a 1 cm bleed on the left. The font size 11 will be used for the citation text. Omissions within the quotations will be marked by three points in brackets: [...]. It will not be necessary to indicate omissions at the beginning and at the end of the text with brackets. There will be no full stop at the end of the quotation, but this will go after the reference of the work.

ib./ibid. is accepted for references.

7. Acknowledgements:

If your manuscript contains acknowledgements, they should be placed before the Bibliography section.

To ensure anonymity during the manuscript review process, make sure that the Acknowledgements do not contain any information from any of the authors, leaving this section blank until the review process is completed.

8. Bibliography:

At the end of each article, a complete list of the bibliographical references cited, in alphabetical order, should be included.

The bibliography should follow the APA style guidelines (version 7, pp. 45-54), which can be accessed via the following link.

Citations in the body of the text should follow the following scheme: author's surname, separated by a space from the year of publication; this, in turn, should be separated from the page number by a colon and a space, all of this in brackets, for example: (Nord 1988: 214).

To reference several works by the same author, the author's surname(s) and first name(s) should be repeated each time (instead of using a dash).

To ensure anonymity during the manuscript review process, complete references to any of the authors should be removed from the Bibliography, using only the mention "Author (year)" in the corresponding entry.

Two Author: depending on the language of the article/paper "and" or "&" should be used respectively to join the names of the authors. For example:

  1. Exact quote: Reiss & Vermeer (2014).
  2. Paraphrased quote: (Reiss & Vermeer 2014)

Up to three Authors

  1. Exact quote: Kaklamanou, Pavlou & Tsakmakis (2013).
  2. Paraphrased quote: (Kaklamanou, Pavlou & Tsakmakis 2013). 

More than three Authors:  always name the surname of the first Author followed by et al.

  1. Exact quote: Hühn et al. (2009).
  2. Paraphrased quote: (Hühn et al., 2009).

If a footnote is referenced, it will be marked by n., for example: (Long 2013: 43, n. 3). If several works are referenced, they will be ordered chronologically and separated by semicolons, for example: (Long 2013: 36; Schultz 2015). If the citation includes several pages, the number of the first page and the final page will be given, separated by a hyphen: (Long 2013: 311-318). The use of section or sections (s and ss.) will be avoided as much as possible. The page number is not included if the reference is to the whole work, for example: (Long 2013). If the reference refers to several places (pages, notes) within the same work, the page or note numbers will be indicated separated by commas and space, for example: (Schultz 2015: 465, 467, 470). When the reference is included in the syntax of the text, the year and number(s) of the page(s) appear in parentheses, but not the author's surname, for example: “as Long points out (2013: 65)”.

In the case of references to classical works, the book number, chapter and paragraph (or song and verses for works in verse) will be added in Arabic numerals separated by full stops, for example: (Homero, Od. 9.1). If a translated exact quote is included, the name of the translator and the edition will be indicated, for example: “Los habitantes de las montañas fueron los que iniciaron esta situación de anarquía” (Strab. 3.3.5. Trad. Gómez Espelosín, 2007).

Important classics such as the Bible or the Koran are not listed as references, but they should be mentioned in the text.

 Abbreviations and acronyms: Latin abbreviations will be marked in italics and lowercase (vid., ibíd., et al., c., cfr., p.). Initials will be capitalised (UN). The acronyms equivalent to the titles of some works will be indicated in capital letters and italics (GRAE, DRAE, CORDE).

A fixed abbreviated bibliographic references system will be used; and they will be accompanied by a final list of complete bibliographical references arranged alphabetically by author's surname. The complete bibliographical references will in no case go to the page footer.

9. Bibliographic References

Complete bibliographical references must adhere to the following models in accordance with APA standards (consult the following link).

All documents referenced in the text should be included in the bibliography.

  • If including a work of a single author as well as shared work of that same author along with other authors, first, the single author is indicated and then the shared work.
  • When referencing several works by the same author, they should be indicated in chronological order (from the oldest to most recent).
  • If there are multiple references by the same author from the same year, the works are specified in alphabetical order.

Monographs and collective volumes

  • One author:
    Surnames, first initial of author’s name (year). Title. Publication.
  • In the case of multiple authors:
    Surnames, first initial of 1st author’s name, Surnames, first initial of 2nd author’s name, Surnames, first initial of 3rd author’s name (Year). Title. Publication.
  • Book with editor:
    Surname, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title. Publication.

Book chapter or contribution to collective work

A chapter of a book is referenced when the book has an editor, i.e., the book consists of chapters written by different authors.

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In A. A. Surname (Ed.), Book Title (pp. xx-xx). Publication.

 Journal article

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Journal. Volume(Number), pp-pp. http://DOI o http://URL [if any].

Dissertations and Theses

Author, A. A. (year). Thesis title [doctoral dissertation/master’s thesis, Name of institution]. http://URL [if any]

  • If the thesis is in a file or in a database on the Internet, said file or database is indicated along with its document number:
  • If the thesis is not published, it must be mentioned in squared brackets.

 Specific docucents taken from a website/web pages

Surname, A. A. (Date). Document title. DOI (If no DOI, indicate URL address)

 Dictionaries and other lexicographic sources

  • In print:
    Author A. A. (Date). Dictionary/Encyclopedia entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Name of dictionary/encyclopedia (edition, if not the first). Publisher.
  • Online stable or archived version:
    Author A. A. (Date). Title of entry. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Name of dictionary/encyclopedia. URL.
  • If you have used acronyms or abbreviations in the body of the text, they have to be developed.

Reviews

Author, A.A. (year). review of the book: “Títle” [review of the book Title of the book by A. A. Author]. Journal/ /blog/website. http://xxxxxx.