Drafting of an article manuscript
The sequence of the structural elements of the article:
- on the left - UDC (semi-saturated font, font size 12, without paragraph)
- in the next line in the middle - ARTICLE TITLE (semi-saturated font, capital letters, font size 14);
- in the middle of the next line - the author's first and last name (semi-saturated font, font size 14);
- in the next line in the middle - the author’s place of work (training) (italicized, font size 12)
- one line gap - annotation and keywords in Ukrainian (Fonts with size 12 and 1.0 line spacing are the standard) (requirements see below);
- one line gap - the main text (1.5 line spacing, font size14);
- one line gap, after the main text in the middle - REFERENCES (1.0 line spacing, semi-saturated font, font size 12) in the alphabetical order;
- one line gap, in the middle – The List of Sources (1.0 line spacing, semi-saturated font, font size 12) (requirements see under the heading References);
- one line gap, in the middle – The List of the Used Literature (1.0 line spacing, semi-saturated font, font size 12) in the alphabetical order;
- one line gap, after the literature in the middle - References (1.0 line spacing, semi-saturated font, font size 12);
- one line gap after the literature – Summary of the article in English (1.0 line spacing, semi-saturated font, font size 12).
Manuscript formatting requirements:
- Use only these standard fonts: Times New Roman for text. Fonts with point size 14 and 1.5 line spacing.
- Layout and spacing: all margins – 2 sm.
- Indenting paragraphs: 1,25 см (please do not indent with the Tab key and space characters).
- Be sure to distinguish between hyphens (-) and dashes (–), and the use of quotation marks in the following format: «» («text») in Cyrillics and “” (“text”) in Latin.
- Print an apostrophe (’) by pressing alt + 0146 at the same time.
- Take the meaning of words into single upper quotes '...'.
- Mark author's text spaces with three dots in broken brackets <…>.
- Initials by surnames (eg, I. I. Petrenko), page references are to be printed without indentation (by pressing Ctrl +Shift +spacebar; e. g. T. S. Kuzmenko, p. 73, 21st cent, No 3, Issue7, etc.).
- When using tables, place the word “Table” on the right and highlight it with semi-saturated italics; below – the table name center-aligned in semi-saturated font.
- Tables are numbered in Arabic numerals.
- Do not number article pages.
- If there are other fonts in the work, they must be submitted in a separate file.
!!! Texts not verified by the author (with actual or technical errors), printed in other editions, and those with signs of plagiarism and compilation can not be accepted by the editorial board.
Structural elements of the article:
The following elements of the article (to be highlighted in the text in a semi-saturated font) are required, in order:
- Introduction. Formulation of a scientific problem and its significance in relation to important scientific or practical tasks, analysis of the previous researches and which the author relies on; establishing a research niche by indicating a gap in the previous research that the article aims to reveal.
- The purpose of the study. The purpose involves searching for the solution of the main problem and obtaining the necessary knowledge, oriented on the final result of the study.
- Materials and research methods. This section should be concise but comprehensive. It provides a clear definition of the source base of the study and its basic methods, both theoretical and experimental, with specific reference to their application. For example: the component analysis method was used to find out the semantic structure of the basic lexemes; the method of quantitative calculations made it possible to identify productive, low-productive and unproductive thematic groups of the lexicon; the stylistic experiment method was applied to study the motivation for choosing the appropriate synonymic unit.
!!! Please remmember that the editorial board does not approve just mentioning the list of research methods applied. - Statement regarding the basic material of the research and justification of the results obtained. It provides a summary of the main research material with full justification of scientific results. It is necessary to harmonize the theoretical considerations of other scientists engaged in the study of this problem and systematize them. You need to single out debatable issues (if any) and suggest your own point of view on the problem under study with a detailed analysis and generalizations of the factual material..
!!! It is advisable to avoid replacing the material analysis by filing registers of the fixed language units. - Conclusions and prospects for further research. Provide a brief but comprehensive wording of the research findings and clearly define its perspective. The conclusions should be substantiated, without citation, not overloaded with factual illustrative material, relevant to the purpose of the research and the content of the work.
Requirements for abstracts:
- - abstract (300-400 characters (6-7 lines)) and keywords (5-7 words or phrases) in Ukrainian that reflect the specifics of the topic, object and research results;
- - abstract/summary (at least 1800 characters) and keywords (5-7 words or phrases) in English An abstract in English should elucidate the problem and present the key findings and conclusions of the study;
- - before the English annotations, the author's name and surname and the title of the article in the corresponding language (English) should be indicated.
Requirements for literature presentation:
- The list of Literature used in the course of study should contain a sufficient number of current sources on the research problem (it is advisable to use at least 25% of the scientific literature published in the last five years).
- Reference to the authors' own works (self-citation) is allowed, but not more than 10%.
- БBibliographic descriptions of sources and literature must meet the requirements of the MLA Citation Style.
References Requirements:
- Cyrillic sources must be transliterated in Latin (you can use online converters for transliteration – in Ukrainian; from Russian or use the transliteration tables from Old Slavic language; from Bolgarian and design according to the requirements of the MLA Citation Style.
- You need to give the name of the city of publication and the publisher in full.
- If the cited source is in English (for example, an article in a scientific journal) for proper citation it is necessary to specify it.
- The titles of periodicals (journals) should be given in accordance with the official Latin spelling by the ISSN registration number, which can be easily found on the journal's website or in any scientific online database.
In addition to the article, on a separate page, you must provide information about author(s):
- surname, first name, patronymic;
- scientific degree, academic title, place of work, position;
- contact information: home (or mailing address), e-mail, mobile or office phone;
- ORCID.
- Responsibility for the accuracy of the facts, references, proper names and correctness of translation is entrusted to the author.
- Articles of the undergraduates, postgraduate students are to be submitted with a review -recomendation of the scientific supervisor
- The Editorial Board reserves the right to review and edit the text of articles and to reject those that do not meet the requirements and scientific topicality of the journal.
- Materials prepared without compliance, or without providing receipts (or copies of checks) about payment for printing services, or received after the deadline, will not be published.
- The manuscript should be submitted to the editorial board in the electronic form (.doc or .docx, Word versions of 1997–2010).
- Filenames (in Latin) must match the author's name (Petrenko.doc).
- The text of the publication (8–24 pages, A4 format) should be edited.
E-mail address for sending correspondence (e-mail): lingvostud@ukr.net.
Attention! After the editorial board receives your article,
- you will receive a reply message: "Your article has been received and accepted for review";
- if you have not received such a reply within two to three days after sending, please call the editorial board and find out the reason;
- within a month, the article will be reviewed and you will be informed of the recommendation or refusal to print;
- if you ought to revise the material, you will get the article back;
- after making the corrections in accordance with the comments (within a week) you send the article back to the editorial board email, which will inform you of the final decision;
- only after you have got the recommendation for the article to be printed you pay for it.
Only one author's copy of the scientific journal will be sent (regardless of the number of authors). In case you need more copies, it is advisable to order additional ones in advance when submitting an article.
You can read an electronic version of the scientific journal "Linguo Stylistic Studies" at https://lingvostud.eenu.edu.ua/index.php/lingvostud
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