The journal  Neophilologica was founded in the late nineteen-seventies at the initiative of Professor Stanisław Karolak, the founder of Romance studies in Silesia. Having long headed the Institute of Romance Studies at the University of Silesia, he is also the creator of a research school grounded in predicate-argument structures, which to this day remains a distinctive hallmark of our research centre at both national and international level.

Sustained international cooperation and the conduct of various projects involving researchers from across Europe, under the direction of Professor Karolak, gave rise to numerous conferences and meetings, creating the need for a linguistics journal that would serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and discussion around jointly conducted projects, as well as for the broader dissemination of scholarly work. It was in this context that the first issue of the journal appeared in 1980. Published on a biennial basis until 2007, it has since then appeared on a regular annual basis.

Aims and Scope

Neophilologica is a journal of Romance and general linguistics. Its unifying focus is the description of linguistic meaning—encompassing semantics, the lexicon, the semantics–syntax interface, pragmatics, and phraseology—explored through a spectrum of theoretical frameworks: from the predicate–argument tradition of the journal's founder, Stanisław Karolak, through the object-class, Lexicon-Grammar, and Meaning-Text schools, to cognitive semantics and corpus-based approaches. Publishing in five languages, the journal also serves as a bridge between the Romance-language linguistic world and the linguistic traditions of Central and Eastern Europe.

Within this focus, the journal is deliberately pluralist in method. It welcomes theoretical, descriptive, applied, and comparative work, as well as studies devoted to a single language, preferably, though not exclusively, from the Romance family. This openness is rooted in the conviction that "there is nothing more practical than a good theory": what should unite the contributions is a shared ambition to identify, formulate, and explain the rules and principles underlying language.

Each issue is organised around a specific theme, which serves as its main thread. The remainder of the volume is devoted to other research topics.

The languages of publication are French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and English.

Neophilologica is a journal whose version of record is the electronic version. The full volume is made available in Diamond Open Access at the end of December each year, and accepted articles are published individually on the journal's website as they complete the editorial production process.

All texts undergo double-blind peer review. For detailed information on publication policies and manuscript preparation, please consult the "Article Evaluation" and "Submissions" tabs on the journal's website.

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Neophilologica acknowledges that artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly generative language models, can contribute to the research and scholarly writing process. However, their use must comply with the fundamental principles of scientific integrity: transparency, human responsibility, and traceability of contributions.

This policy is based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is intended to evolve in line with changes to these normative frameworks.

Authors, reviewers, and editors remain fully and individually responsible for the content they produce, whether or not it was developed with the assistance of an AI tool.

Role of AI

AI tools may be used by the editorial team for administrative or technical tasks, such as triaging submissions, formally checking manuscript compliance, or detecting textual similarities. These uses fall within the scope of non-decisional editorial assistance.

Detection of AI-Generated Content

The journal reserves the right to use AI-generated content detection tools as part of the submission evaluation process. Where applicable, the results of such checks constitute only one element of assessment among others and cannot in themselves form the basis for a rejection decision. Any suspicion will give rise to a request for clarification addressed to the authors before any editorial decision is made.

Limitations

Editors do not use AI to make editorial decisions, assess the scientific quality of a manuscript, or replace human judgement at any stage of the decision-making process.

Editorial Responsibility

Editorial decisions must be grounded in human expertise and peer review reports. The editor-in-chief remains the guarantor of the application of this policy.

Compliance and Sanctions

Non-compliance with this policy may result in, depending on the severity of the situation: a request for clarification or correction addressed to the authors; rejection of the manuscript; retraction of an already published article, accompanied by a retraction notice in accordance with COPE guidelines.

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