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About the Journal of Semantics format

Journal of Semantics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Semantics, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Journal of Semantics has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Natural Language Processing Techniques Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
ISSN0167-5133
Citation impact (2-yr)1.03
h-index99
i10-index402
Total citations35,806
Article processing charge$4,704
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Amsterdam
Journal websitejos.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Journal of Semantics per year

19
2014
14
2015
12
2016
24
2017
23
2018
22
2019
15
2020
23
2021
13
2022
22
2023
17
2024
17
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Semantics by publication year

1.1K
2014
871
2015
461
2016
560
2017
773
2018
275
2019
194
2020
212
2021
164
2022
91
2023
22
2024
11
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Semantics

Presupposition Projection as Anaphora Resolution

R.A. van der Sandt · 1 Jan 1992

The present paper presents an anaphoric account of presupposition. It is argued that presuppositional expressions should not be seen as referring expressions, nor is presupposition to be explicated in terms of some non-standard logic. The notion of presupposition should not be relegated to a pragmatic theory either. Instead presuppositional expressions are claimed to be anaphoric…

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Presupposition Projection and the Semantics of Attitude Verbs

Irene Heim · 1 Jan 1992

Karttunen observed that, if the complement of an attitude sentence presupposes p, then that sentence as a whole presupposes that the attitude–holder believes p. I attempt to derive some representative instances of this generalization from suitable assumptions about the lexical semantics of attitude predicates. The enterprise is carried out in a framework of context change…

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Some Aspects of Optimality in Natural Language Interpretation

Reinhard Blutner · 1 Aug 2000

In a series of papers, Petra Hendriks, Helen de Hoop, and Henriette de Swart have applied optimality theory (OT) to semantics. These authors argue that there is a fundamental difference between the from of OT as used in syntax on the one hand and its from as used in semantics on the other hand. Whereas…

NPI licensing, Strawson entailment, and context dependency

Kai von Fintel · 1 May 1999

The Fauconnier-Ladusaw analysis of negative polarity licensing (that NPIs are licensed in the scope of downward entailing operators) continues to be the benchmark theory of negative polarity. In this paper, I consider some of the moves that are needed to maintain its basic intuition in some recalcitrant arenas: negative polarity licensing by only , adversatives,…

Journal of Semantics template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Journal of Semantics use?
Journal of Semantics uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Semantics, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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