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Journal overview

The aim of the International Journal of Multilingualism (IJM) is to foster, present and spread research focused on psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of multilingual acquisition and multilingualism. The journal is interdisciplinary and seeks to go beyond bilingualism and second language acquisition by developing the understanding of the specific characteristics of acquiring, processing and using more than two languages.

The International Journal of Multilingualism (IJM) provides a forum wherein academics, researchers and practitioners may read and publish high-quality, original and state-of-the-art papers describing theoretical and empirical aspects that can contribute to advance our understanding of multilingualism.Topics of interest to IJM include, but are not limited to the following: early trilingualism, multilingual competence, foreign language learning within bilingual education, multilingual literacy, multilingual identity, metalinguistic awareness in multilinguals, multilingual representations in the mind or language use in multilingual communities.

The editors encourage the submission of high quality papers on these areas as well as on other topics relevant to the interest of the International Journal Multilingualism (IJM) . Due to the large number of book reviews received, we have decided to accept for consideration only solicited reviews and those recommended by publishers.

Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by a minimum of two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

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