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Intercultural Pragmatics

  • Editor-in-Chief: Istvan Kecskes
Language: English
First published: March 1, 2004
Publication Frequency: 5 issues per year
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About this journal

Objective
Intercultural Pragmatics is a fully peer-reviewed forum for theoretical and applied pragmatics research. The goal of the journal is to promote the development and understanding of pragmatic theory and intercultural competence by publishing research that focuses on general theoretical issues, more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language.

Intercultural Pragmatics encourages ‘interculturality’ both within the discipline and in pragmatic research. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and interlanguage paradigms.

The intercultural perspective is relevant not only to each line of research within pragmatics but also extends to several other disciplines such as anthropology, theoretical and applied linguistics, psychology, communication, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. Intercultural Pragmatics makes a special effort to cross disciplinary boundaries.

What we primarily look for is innovative approaches and ideas that do not always fit into existing paradigms, and lead to new ways of thinking about language.

Intercultural Pragmatics has always encouraged the publication of theoretical papers including linguistic and philosophical pragmatics that are very important for research in intercultural pragmatics. As a result of this endeavor "Thematic Issue: Pragmatics and Philosophy" (TIPP) has been created. This new issue (from 2018) collects the very best submissions on the topic each year under the editorship of Professor Alessandro Capone (University of Messina, Italy) who will work together with Istvan Kecskes, the Editor-in-Chief to ensure that TIPP publishes innovative and intriguing scholarship in the field.

Topics
  • pragmatics
  • intercultural communication
  • language acquisition and use
  • multilingualism
  • semantics

Article formats
Original research articles, Research Statements, Interviews, Rebuttals, Debates, Book reviews

Your Benefits

Your benefits:
  • Intercultural perspective on research within pragmatics and beyond disciplinary boundaries
  • Theoretical and applied approach to pragmatics
  • New tools and methods for investigating human language and communication
  • Scholarly-led forum for researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics
  • Innovative thematic issue focussing on Pragmatics and Philosophy from 2018

History

Intercultural Pragmatics was founded in 2004 by Istvan Kecskes together with the publisher De Gruyter Mouton.

Other publications in the field

Intercultural Pragmatics publishes special and thematic issues focussed on important and emerging topics in the field of study. The journal has established a rigorous process to ensure that any special issue manuscripts follow the same high-quality standards and peer review processes as regular manuscripts. For further information on the journal’s peer review policy please see the "Instructions for Authors".
Recent Special Issues

Journal Impact Factor 1.8 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor 1.7 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
Journal Citation Indicator 1.62 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025)
CiteScore 3.1 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025)
SCImago Journal Rank 0.751 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper 1.437 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus)

Information on submission process
Following the passing of Professor István Kecskés, please submit your paper together with a short bio and personal information in a separate file as an email attachment to Professor Alessandro Capone at alessandro.capone@unime.it(queries and submissions). Book reviews with a short bio should be submitted to the review editor, Professor Dr. Jesus Romero-Trillo: jesus.romero@uam.es (book review submissions)

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  • Peer review process (you will be guided through every step)
  • Decision on your paper (3–4 months from submission to first decision)
  • If accepted: you have the option to publish your article open access
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We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

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Authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. The standard article processing charge for a hybrid open access article is 2,000 Euro (plus VAT if applicable). Please note that corresponding authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement, can publish open access without paying the fee. More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found here.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Istvan Kecskes †
School of Education, ED 114
State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY 12222
USA
e-mail: icup@albany.edu (queries and submissions)

Review Editor
Dr. Jesus Romero-Trillo
Departamento de Filología Inglesa
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
28049-Madrid
Spain
e-mail: jesus.romero@uam.es (book review submissions)

Editorial Assistant
Dr. Melody Nadeau
Siena College
Loudonville, NY
melody.nadeau@gmail.com

Thematic Issue: Pragmatics and Philosophy (TIPP) Editor
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Capone
Department of Cognitive, Psychological, Pedagogical and Cultural Studies
University of Messina
Italy
e-mail: alessandro.capone@unime.it

Editorial Board
Patricia Amaral (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
Mira Ariel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Bruno Bara (University of Torino, Italy)
Anne Barron (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany)
John W. Du Bois (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Alessandro Capone (University of Messina, Italy)
Wayne Davis (Georgetown University, USA)
Victoria Escandell Vidal (Complutense, Madrid, Spain)
Roberta Facchinetti (University of Verona, Italy)
Fanny Forsberg Lundell (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Manuel García-Carpintero (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Dirk Geeraerts (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Raymond Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
Rachel Giora (University of Tel Aviv, Israel)
Michael Haugh (The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Laurence Horn (Yale University, USA)
Kasia Jaszczolt (University of Cambridge, UK)
Julija Korostenskiene (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Kepa Korta (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
Fabrizio Macagno (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)
Jacob Mey (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Jacques Moeschler (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Kerry Mullan (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia)
Alejandro Parini (Universidad de Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Liu Ping (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China)
Wilfrid Rotgé (Sorbonne IV, Paris, France)
Yael Sharvit (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA)
Roberto B. Sileo (University of Cambridge, UK)
Isidora Stojanovic (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, France)
Andra Vasilescu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Xu Wen (Southwest University, Chongqing, China)
Deirdre Wilson (University of London, UK)

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Additional information
eISSN:
1613-365X
ISSN:
1612-295X
Language:
English
Publisher:
De Gruyter Mouton
Additional information
First published:
March 1, 2004
Publication Frequency:
5 issues per year
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