Submissions

Author Guidelines

PROLÍNGUA: Publication Guidelines

Submission: Articles must be unpublished, and submissions must be submitted for review via the journal’s website at http://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/prolingua. In addition to the file containing the article (without author identification), you must also include a file identifying the work and the authors, their academic affiliation, and email address. Only files saved with the .doc extension will be reviewed.

ATTENTION: Articles that are not strictly formatted according to the journal’s guidelines will not be reviewed. To ensure compliance with formatting rules, etc., please refer to articles submitted in recent issues of the journal. Please also note that only ONE article per author or co-author is permitted for submission to the same issue.

Formatting: Manuscripts must be typed in Word for Windows or a compatible program and follow this format:

Font and spacing: Times New Roman, size 12, except for block quotations (more than 3 lines: size 11) and footnotes (size 10); single spacing between lines and paragraphs; 1.5 spacing between sections of the text; pages set to A4 format, unnumbered, with 3 cm margins on the top and left and 2 cm margins on the bottom and right.

Illustrations: Tables, figures, graphs, drawings, and charts must follow current ABNT standards.

Length: Articles must be a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 pages.

Text Organization: The organization of the manuscripts must follow this sequence: TITLE (centered, in all caps, with the English version immediately below if the article is written in Portuguese—if the text is written in a foreign language, the title must be in Portuguese); ABSTRACT (maximum of 300 words) and KEYWORDS (minimum of 3 words; maximum of 6 words—separated by periods), written in the language of the article; ABSTRACT and KEYWORDS, all in 10-point font; abstracts must provide context for the topic, state the objectives, describe the theoretical and methodological framework, and present the main results; REFERENCES (only works cited in the text, with titles in bold, without spaces between titles). Section titles must be numbered (except for the references) and in bold, with only the first letter capitalized.

Footnotes: Footnotes should be kept to a minimum, using Word’s built-in features, in 10-point font, with numbering following the order of appearance.

Authorship: In the identified version of the text, for publication purposes following anonymous peer review, the following author information must appear in a footnote on the first page: the author’s full name, highest academic degree, institution, email address, and ORCID. In the case of more than one co-author, in addition to the information mentioned above, the type of contribution made by each author (CRediT) must be specified, as outlined at: https://contributorshipcollaboration.github.io/projects/translation/translations/pt_latn/

Citations: For in-text citations of up to three lines, the author’s last name should be cited in parentheses, in uppercase letters, separated by a comma from the publication date (SILVA, 2000). If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, only the date is indicated in parentheses: “Silva (2000) points out...”. When necessary, the page number(s) should follow the date, separated by a comma and preceded only by “p.,” even if the citation spans more than one page (SILVA, 2000, p. 100). Citations from multiple works by the same author, published in the same year, should be distinguished by lowercase letters following the date, without spacing (SILVA, 2000a). When a work has two or three authors, all may be listed, separated by semicolons (SILVA; SOUZA; SANTOS, 2000); when there are more than three authors, list the first author followed by “et al.” (SILVA et al., 2000).

References: References, listed at the end of the text, should be arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the first author, with book titles in bold, single-spaced, and without indentation. Examples:

• Books and other monographs (AUTHOR, A. Book title. Edition number. City: Publisher, number of pages);

• Book chapters (AUTHOR, A. Chapter title. In: AUTHOR, A. Book title. City: Publisher, Year. pp. X–Y);

• Dissertations and theses (AUTHOR, A. Dissertation/thesis title: subtitle not in italics. number of pages f. Year. Dissertation/Thesis (Master’s/Doctoral in Field of Concentration) – Institute/School, University, City, Year);

• Journal articles (AUTHOR, A. Article title. Journal name, City, v. volume, n. issue, p. X–Y, Year);

• Paper published in conference proceedings or similar (AUTHOR, A. Title of the paper. In: NAME OF THE EVENT, edition number ed., year. Proceedings ... City: Institution. pp. X–Y).

Statement on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

The author(s) must complete and attach the electronically signed form (GovSign, CertiSign, etc.) to the manuscript at the time of submission. Download the form to your computer

Research Ethics

The journal Prolíngua is affiliated with the Forum of Editors of Scientific Journals of the National Association of Graduate Programs in Literature and Linguistics (ANPOLL). Articles published in Prolíngua must comply with the principles and procedures regarding ethics and integrity in scientific publication (FEANPOLL Resolution 01/2025).

The author(s) must attach to the manuscript, at the time of submission, the Substantiated Opinion of the Research Ethics Committee of the institution where the research was conducted, or submit the Waiver of Research Ethics Committee Authorization Form - CEP for research conducted in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences, Applied Social Sciences, Literature, Linguistics, and the Arts, signed electronically (gov signature, Certisign, etc.). Download the Form to your computer.

Review and Evaluation:

The Editorial Board will forward the manuscripts to members of the Editorial Council or ad hoc reviewers for evaluation. Each article will be evaluated by two reviewers in a double-blind review process. In the case of thematic issues, the invited organizers will appoint ad hoc reviewers from outside the Editorial Board. Once the review is complete, the Editorial Committee will contact the author(s) via email sent through the journal’s system to inform them whether their article has been accepted or rejected. For papers accepted for publication, the author(s) must make any necessary revisions based on the comments contained in the reviews. Final acceptance of articles depends on the reviewers’ recommendation, the author(s)’ implementation of the necessary revisions, and final approval by the Editorial Board.

Address: PROLÍNGUA Journal Federal University of Paraíba Center for Humanities, Letters, and Arts Graduate Program in Linguistics - PROLING University City/University Campus ZIP Code 58059-970 João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. http://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/prolingua