Author Guidelines

Instructions for Manuscript Submissions

The administration of the Journal of Philology and Linguistics of the University of Costa Rica (RFL) provides potential authors the following requirements for manuscript submissions in this publication. For more detail, download the PDF Instructions for Manuscript Submissions.

1. Formal Requirements

a. All manuscript submissions must be original and unpublished in any other journal or publication. Articles should be submitted to the journal via to the following email (filyling@gmail.com) or submitted online to (http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling) in a MacIntoshcompatible digital version.

b. Along with the manuscript, the author must provide a signed letter authorizing the publication of the manuscript to the following email. This letter may be downloaded from the journal’s website (http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling) or it may be solicited via email from (filyling@gmail.com).

c. The manuscript must be less than 15 000 words. It must be submitted as a final clearly well-edited double-spaced draft. The font of the text must be in Times, size 11.

d. The manuscript should be submitted preferably in Spanish. In cases where the topic of the article warrants it, or the native language of the author is not Spanish, manuscripts may be submitted in Portuguese, German, French or English.

e. If you use the OJS platform of the journal, you must submit the final version of the manuscript in a format compatible with Microsoft Word. 

f. All manuscripts must incorporate bibliographic references at the end of the document according to the format used by the American Psychological Association (APA), Sixth Edition in English or the third edition translated into Spanish.

g. The journal requires the authors to provide their ORCID identifier.

2. Style Rules

2.1 Organization of the Text

- The title of the manuscript should appear centered in Times 14 bold, in both English and Spanish. The name of the author should appear aligned to the right of the page in Times 14 lowercase italic font.

- The manuscript must include an abstract of no more than 200 words, both in English and Spanish describing the central theme of the manuscript, the research objectives, the methodology, the results and the conclusions. The abstract must be presented in Times 9 point, lower case letters, which must be preceded by the words SUMMARY and ABSTRACT respectively. The title must be bold-faced and centered Times font. In addition, you must include a maximum of five keywords that characterize the article’s contents in both English and Spanish, separated by semicolons.

- The titles of the sections that make up the writing must be in Times 12 bold lowercase font. The titles of the sections that make up each part should appear in Times 11 bold font; those of the subsections in Times 11 italics. All titles must be numbered with continuous Arabic numerals.

- The titles of the parts, sections and subsections should not be closed with period. Two spaces must be left between the end of a part or a section and the beginning of another part or section; and a space between subsections.

- The inclusion of examples, if it is done, should be indicated by the lowercase letters of the Latin alphabet, or in Arabic numbers if the examples exceed the possibilities of the Latin alphabet, followed by a period.

- The page numbers of the manuscript must appear at the top right of the page.

2.2 Intext citations

- Short quotations (less than forty words) are included in the text in quotes, indicating in parentheses the author, year of publication of the work and the page number(s). Example: (Hurtado, 1989, p. 128).

- If the author’s name is used in a sentence, the year and page or pages corresponding to the citation will be placed in parentheses. Example: "As Hurtado points out (1989, p. 128), [...]”.

- In case the works do not have a publication date, “n.d.” will be used; if the works have been accepted for publication, but have not yet been published, “in press” will be used.

- In the event that the quote entered in the article is modified, the following specifications must be followed as the case may be:

• Skip Material: Use ellipses. Do not use them at the beginning or end of the quote, unless the original source includes them. Four points are placed when a sentence ends within the omitted material.

• Insert material: Use square brackets to delimit material inserted in a citation, such as an addition or an explanation.

• Add emphasis: use italics to emphasize words in a citation, immediately after the italicized words, insert “[added emphasis]” always in square brackets.

- Quotations of more than 40 words must appear is a separate paragraph, font Times 8 and single spaced, with a single indentation from the left margin, without quotation marks.

- Indirect citations, those which paraphrase an author’s ideas must include the author and the year of publication.

- In the case of digital sources without page numbering, the paragraph number will be indicated (par.). Example: (SEP, par. 4).

- When the cited text has two authors, both will be cited throughout the text. Example: Walker & Allen, 2004.

- When the work has three to five authors, the first surname of all the authors is mentioned the first time the text is cited and in the following citations the last name of the first author is followed by the abbreviation et al., without italics. Ejemplo: (Bradley, Ramírez y Soo, 1999), the first time it is cited; (Bradley et al., 1999), the following times.

- When the work has three or more authors, the last name of the first author is followed by the abbreviation “et al.”, without italics, everytime the work is cited. For example: (Bradley et al., 1999).

- In the case of including citations from secondary sources, the name of the author and the source from which the citation is taken must be indicated. For example: (Rodríguez, 1840, as cited in Camacho, 2011, p. 58).

- To cite personal communications, (letters, interviews, email, etc.) the last name(s) of the informant will be placed in parentheses with the description of the type of information and the exact date. Example: (Chinchilla-Montes, personal communication, March 25, 2010). Since these communications do not provide recoverable data, they are not included in the Reference List.

2.3 Reference List

- All texts cited in the manuscript must be included in this section.

- The indentation will be placed on the left side of the paragraph, starting with the second line.

- The authors are listed in alphabetical order. In cases where one author has more than one text citation, these citations will be in chronological order. If two texts were published in the same year, they will be ordered alphabetically, by the title of the publication omitting any articles (a, an, the).

- The Reference List of the manuscript will follow these specifications based in the American Psychological Association format, seventh edition in English.

a. Basic rules for printed sources

Surname(s), initial of the author's first and middle name(s). (Year of publication). Title of the work in italics. Publisher.

- If there are more than two authors, they will be listed according to the order in which they appear on the cover. They will be separated by a comma; before the last author, the conjunction "and" will be added. If there are twenty-one or more authors, only the first nineteen will be named, followed by ellipsis (without ampersand) and then the name of the final author. Example:

Friedmann, N. y Patiño, C. (1983). Lengua y sociedad en el Palenque de San Basilio. Instituto Caro y Cuervo.

Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgings, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K. C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., ... Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437-471. http://doi.org/fg6rf9

- If the manuscript was prepared by an organization, institution or group, in the reference the official name of said entity will be written. If this entity is also responsible for the publication, the word "Author" must be indicated in the publishing house. Example:

UNICEF. (2007). Conocimientos y percepciones de la población sobre los pueblos indígenas en Costa Rica. (Vol. 1). UNICEF.

- For documents compiled by an editor, the abbreviation "Ed." will be placed in parentheses, after the name. Example: "Flowerdew, J. (Ed.)."

- The date of publication will be included in parentheses after the name of the author. If the date is not specified, the abbreviation "n. d.". Example: "Camus, A. (n. d.)".  If it is a work accepted for publication, but has not yet been published, it will be used "in press". Example: "Camus, A. (in press)".

- The title and subtitle will be transcribed literally, as it appears on the cover page. If it is in a language other than Spanish, it will be written how it is detailed on the cover in italics.

- In the case of multi-volume publications, after the title, the abbreviation "Vol." And the respective quantity (in Arabic numerals) must be placed in parentheses. Example: "Pidgins and Creoles. (Vol. 2)."

- For translations, after the title, the translator is identified with the first letter of the name and surname, followed by the abbreviation "trad.". Example: "(J. Henry, trad.)."

- For the numbers of the different editions, the Arabic numerals for each edition will be indicated in parentheses, followed by the abbreviation "ed.". It will be made from the second edition. If it is a revised edition, the abbreviation used is "ed. rev." Example: "Dictionary of rhetoric and poetics. (8 ed.)."

Types of Publications

i. If it is a book, the order of reference information is as follows:

Author. (Editor's indication). (Year). Title of the work (in italics). Subtitle (in italics). (Number of volumes). (Translator). (Edition number). Publisher.

ii. If it is a chapter or article included in an anthology, the order of reference information is as follows:

Author of the chapter or article. (Year). Title of the work (without quotes). The preposition "In" followed by the initial of the name and surname of the editor and the abbreviation "Ed." In parentheses: (Ed.), Title of the publication (in italics) Number of pages of the article in parentheses (in Arabic numerals). Publisher.

Example:

Holm, J. (1986). The spread of English in the Caribbean area. In M. Görlach y J. Holm (Eds.), Focus on the Caribbean (pp. 1-22). Benjamins.

iii.  If In the case of congress sessions and presentations, the following format is used

Author(s). (Year, day of the month). Title of the contribution (in italics) [Type of contribution]. Name of the congress, Location. DOI or URL.

* In “Type of contribution” must be indicated: congress session, paper presentation or poster presentation.

Example:

Caamaño, M. (1997, October). Construcción de la figura femenina en “La tejedora de palabras”, relato de Rima de Vallbona. Circe, bruja y monstruo [Congress session]. Congreso Costarricense de Filología, Lingü.stica y Literatura. San José, Costa Rica. https://bit.ly/3KGUvkv

iv.  If they are contributions in symposia, the order of the reference is as follows

Author(s). (Year, day of the month). Title of the conference. The preposition “In” followed by the name and surname of the director(s) of the congress followed by “(Coordinator(s))”. Title of the symposium (in italics) [Symposium]. Location. DOI or URL.

Example:

Campos Fonseca, M. (2021, 7, 8 y 9 de setiembre). Proceso de inclusión y diversidad en el contexto educativo. En Sonia Soto (Coordinadora), Educación y Bicentenario [Simposio]. Reflexión crítica de la educación, Heredia, Costa Rica. https://unacr.zoom.us/j/85198884950

v. If it is an unpublished thesis, the order of reference is as follows:

Author. (Year of defense). Title of the work (in italics). [Academic degree unpublished thesis]. Name of the University.

Example:

Farquhar, B. (1974). A grammar of Antiguan Creole. [Doctoral dissertation unpublished thesis]. Cornell University.

vi. If it is a journal article, the order of reference information is as follows:

Author. (Year). Title of the work (without quotation marks or italics, if the article has a title in several languages, this is transcribed as it appears in the index of the journal). Title of the journal (in italics), volume number (in Arabic numerals and in italics) number of the issue (if applicable: in parentheses, in Arabic numerals and without leaving spaces after the volume), number of pages of the article (in Arabic numbers).

Example:

Criper, L. (1990). The tone system of West African English. Word Englishes, 9(1), 163-77.

vii. If it is required to quote only a summary or abstract, or if it were a special edition, supplement or monograph, this information is indicated in brackets after the title.

vii. If it is a newspaper article, the order of the reference information is as follows:

Author. (Day of month of year). Title of the article (without quotation marks or italics). Name of the newspaper (in italics), number of pages of the article (pp. in Arabic numerals).

Example:

Lanzmann, C. (3 de abril de 1994). Holocauste, la représentation impossible. Le Monde, pp. 1,7.

b. Basic standard of electronic sources

Individual or corporate author. (Year). Title of the publication. Retrieved from (Electronic address)

Types of publications

i. When it is a site or web page, the order is as follows:

Individual or corporate author. (Year). Title of the publication (in italics). Retrieved from (Electronic address)

Example:

Civale, C. (2010). Blog Civilización & Barbarie. Conflictos y armonías en la cultura contemporánea. Clarín Blogs. http://weblogs.clarin.com/itinerarte/

ii. If it is a book printed in a digital version, the order of referenceinformation is as follows:

Author. (Year). Title of the publication (in italics). Publisher. URL

Example:

García, A. (2021). Se’ dör stë. Somos arte: las enseñanzas del awá. We are art: the teachings of awá. Impresos GIK. https://bit.ly/3BnuuFx http://espanol.geocities.com/

iii. When it is a magazine article in electronic format, the order of reference information is as follows:

Author. (Year). Title of the work (without italics or parentheses). Title of the journal (in italics), volume number (in Arabic numerals and in italics) number of issue (if applicable: in parentheses, in Arabic numerals and without leaving space after the volume), number of pages of the article (in Arabic numbers). DOI or URL

Example:

López Santos, M. (2011). Entre la novela negra y la estética gótica. InterseXiones, 2, 181-196. http://intersexiones.es

iv. If it is an online newspaper article, the order of reference information is as follows:

Author. (Year, day of month). Title of the article (without italics or quotation marks). Name of the newspaper (in italics). URL

Example:

Díaz, D. (2007, November 18). Lenguas indígenas en nuestro país están condenadas a morir. La Nación. http://www.nacion.com

v. If it is an online thesis, retrieved from a university website, the order of reference is as follows:

Author. (Year of defense). Title of the work (in italics). [Academic degree, name of the university]. Name of the Database. DOI or URL

Example:

Llaguno, J. J. (2015). Anarquismo, sociabilidad obrera y redes intelectuales en Costa Rica: Un estudio de cultura política (1909-1919) [Master`s thesis, University of Costa Rica]. Repositorio del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales. https://bit.ly/3IcCRn7

vi. In the case of virtual communities, the order of reference is as follows:

Author or pseudonym. (Year, Day of month). Post content up to the first 20 words (in italics). [Description of audiovisuals, if there exist]. Social Network`s name. URL

Example:

Centro de Investigación en Identidad y Cultura Latinoamericanas (CIICLA). (2022, March 10th). El editor de esta colección viene realizando desde hace años una obra muy meritoria de difusión literaria y de cultura [Poster]. Facebook. https://bit.ly/3CFbmS7

c. Audiovisual Material

i. If it is a stand-alone work (movies, entire TV series, podcasts, webinars, music albums, artwork, YouTube videos), the order of the reference is as follows

Author. (Year). Work title in italics. [Description of the work]. Content producer. URL

Example:

Hitchcock, A. (Producer) y Hitchcock, A. (Director). (1954). Rear Window [Movie].

ii.  If it is a work considered part of a larger whole (TV series episodes, podcast episodes, songs from a music album), the order of the reference is as follows:

Author. (Year). Work title in italics. (Season or episode number). [Description of the work]. “In” Editorial. URL

Example:

Childish Gambino. (2018). This is America [Canción]. msDJ; RCA.

iii. If it is software, the order of the reference is as follows:

Author. (Year). Program title in italics. (Version number). [Software]. Developer name. URL

Example:

Audacity Team. (2017). Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder (Versión 2.1.3) [Software]. http://www.audacityteam.org

2.4 Notes

The notes should appear at the bottom of each page and not at the end of the text, in Times 9. The number corresponding to the note must be placed afeter any punctuation mark.

2.5 Tables, figures and images

The tables and images should appear numbered with continuous Arabic numerals and enunciated with the word "Table" or "Image" respectively, in Times 11 bold font: Table 3.2. This heading and the title of the table or image should appear centered at the top of this.

The figures, likewise, must appear numbered and specified with the word "Figure" in Times 11 bold font: Figure 3.2. This heading and the title of the figure should appear centered at the bottom of the figure.

When tracking images are included, they must be black and white, with a minimum resolution of 240 dpi.

Other indications

- All articles submitted for publication in the journal must be original and unpublished and must not be presented for publication simultaneously in other journals or editorial formats.

- The manuscripts received by the journal are evaluated and selected by the Editorial Board, in accordance with the criteria of originality, relevance of the research, methodological rigor, bibliographic quality, coherence and expository articulation. In addition, all originals will be submitted for double blind evaluation performed by external evaluators to the institution, thereby ensuring the complete anonymity of both parties.

 - The Journal of Philology and Linguistics of the University of Costa Rica does not charge for the reception, processing or publication of articles. This is how the free editorial process is guaranteed.