The International Journal of the Sociology of Language is a peer review

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

ed scientific journal, the main journal in the field of Sociology of language

Sociology of language

Sociology of language focuses on the language's effect on the society. It is closely related to the field of sociolinguistics, which focuses on the effect of the society on the language....

. It was founded by Joshua Fishman

Joshua Fishman

Joshua Aaron Fishman, is an American linguist who specializes in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity.-Life:...

 who is still its general editor. Each issue is dedicated to a single topic within the scope of the journals field, each issue also publishes a study relating to the sociology of endangered language

Endangered language

An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an "extinct language"....

s or small language communities. The journal is published by Walter de Gruyter

Walter de Gruyter

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. Its origins date back to 1749 when it was given the right to print books by King Frederick II of Prussia. -De Gruyter Mouton:...

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