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eISSN: 1530-9150pISSN: 0024-3892
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Aims and Scope of Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistic Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in generative linguistics published by the MIT Press since 1970. Ever since its foundation, it has been edited by Samuel Jay Keyser. Many seminal linguistic articles first appeared on its pages. The volumes since 1998 are available online via the site of the publisher. Less
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CiteScore 
3.2
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Q1Language and Linguistics
SNIP
2.31
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| Overview | |
| Publisher | MIT PRESS |
| Language | Multi-Language |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| General Details | |
| Language | Multi-Language |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publication Start Year | 1970 |
| Publisher URL | Visit website |
| Website URL | Visit website |
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