About the Journal
Welcome to the submission site for LD&C and ILR&R!
Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) is a fully refereed, open-access journal, sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and published exclusively in electronic form by the University of Hawai‘i Press.
LD&C publishes original research on all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including, but not limited to: the goals of language documentation, speech community collaboration, data management, fieldwork methods and methodologies, ethical issues, orthography design, reference grammar design, lexicography, ethnolinguistic vitality assessment, archiving, language planning, areal survey reports, short field reports, as well as issues related to language maintenance, preservation, revitalization, and reclamation.
Indigenous Language Rights & Realities (ILR&R) is a new section of LD&C that focuses on topics related to Indigenous and non-dominant languages, rights, and realities.
ILR&R disseminates work derived from ethical, community-led initiatives, and privileges the work of Indigenous and non-dominant scholars, including elders, language speakers and learners, knowledge holders, cultural practitioners, educators, researchers, and advocates from various cultural, intellectual, and institutional traditions and practices.
As a part of the submission process, authors are asked to select which section of the journal they would like to submit to: LD&C or ILR&R.