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• The submission has not been previously published and is not currently under review by another journal. If this is not the case, an explanation must be provided in the "Comments to the Editor" field.
• The submission file is saved in one of the following formats: OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect.
• Reference URLs have been provided wherever possible.
• The text is single-spaced, in 12-point font. Italics are used rather than underlining (except for URLs). All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the appropriate locations within the body of the text rather than at the end.
• The text complies with the stylistic and bibliographic requirements described below.

Author Guidelines

Editorial instructions for the publication and presentation of texts in the journal Neophilologica

1. Presentation of Texts

1. The text must be submitted in electronic form, in both .doc and .pdf formats.
2. Length: 30,000 to 60,000 characters, including spaces.
3. Format: Times New Roman font, size 12, standard layout (2.5 cm margins, 1.25 cm tab indent, 1.5 line spacing). Each paragraph must begin with an indent.
4. At the top of the page, left-aligned: the author's surname and first name, institutional affiliation, and ORCID number.
5. Below: the title of the article, followed by its English translation.
6. Below: Abstract — written in English, must contain no bibliographical references or quotations. It provides an overview of the topic together with a concise synthesis of the principal results of the work and their significance. It is written as continuous prose, without sections or subsections, and runs to between 150 and 250 words (approximately 200). Abstracts falling substantially outside this range are returned to the authors for revision before the manuscript is sent out for review.
7. Below: Keywords — a few keywords in English.
8. The full text must be written in a Romance language of the author's choice or in English.
9. The bibliography, placed at the end of the text under the heading References Cited, must include a complete list of all publications cited in the text, arranged in alphabetical order.

1. Examples, Quotations, and Bibliography

1. Examples (words, expressions, sentences) must be given in italics; their translations are placed in parentheses, in roman type.
2. Typographic emphasis (bold, italics, underlining, letter spacing) is permitted but should be used sparingly.
3. Quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks.
4. Quotations from online sources must include a link to the source website and the date of access, indicated in parentheses.
5. In-text references must follow the APA 7 system: author name(s), date of publication, page number(s).
6. For supplementary discussion or comments, numbered footnotes are accepted.
7. Bibliographic references must be presented in alphabetical order, with the initial of the first name followed by a period and the author's surname, according to the following formats:

Book:

Bogacki, K., & Lewicka, H. (1983). Dictionnaire sémantique et syntaxique des verbes français. PWN.

Edited volume:

Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. S. Brewer.

Chapter in an edited volume:

Karolak, S. (1984). Składnia wyrażeń predykatywnych. In Z. Topolińska (Ed.), Gramatyka współczesnego języka polskiego (pp. 11–210). PWN.

Prandi, M. (1999). Grammaire philosophique de la métaphore. In N. Charbonnel & G. Kleiber (Eds.), La métaphore entre philosophie et rhétorique (pp. 184–206). PUF.

Journal article:

Bogacki, K., & Karolak, S. (1992). Założenia gramatyki o podstawach semantycznych. Język a Kultura, 8, 157–187.

Gross, G. (2008). Les classes d'objets. Lalie, 28, 113–165. Note: Guidelines revised in 2024; the 150–250-word range and the return to authors of substantially non-compliant abstracts added in August 2026.

Note: Guidelines revised in 2024; the 150–250-word range and the return to authors of substantially non-compliant abstracts added in August 2026.

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