Journal of Language and Culture Research (Semi-Annual) provides an international platform for scholars to publish articles on any aspect of human language and culture， from ancient time to the present， representing as wide a range of topics and approaches throughout language and culture studies as can be achieved. The thematic coverage of the journalis centered on the oreticallinguistics， social linguistics， applied linguistics， forensic linguistics， history of language and linguistics， legal translation studies， translation studies， legal language and ESP in China， culture and literature studies， especially conceming the languages and culture of Chinese minorities， while extending a warm welcome to interdisciplinary and comparative topics， and to contributions from neighboring areas such as history， philosophy， sociology， arts and art history.
