language
Use when targeting Language (the Linguistic Society of America journal) or deciding whether a linguistics manuscript fits this discipline-wide flagship. Encodes the journal's fit across all subfields, the claim-plus-data bar, theoretical and cross-linguistic expectations, house style, glossing and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill language --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Language (language) ## Journal positioning Language is the flagship journal of the Linguistic Society of America and the discipline-wide generalist venue for all of linguistics — phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical and typological linguistics, language acquisition, and psycholinguistics. Its defining expectation is a **clearly stated claim supported by rigorous language data and/or formal argument** that speaks beyond a single sub-community: a result a linguist in another subfield will recognize as consequential. A solid descriptive note or a framework-internal exercise with no broader stake is a poor fit, however careful. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** aid. It does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Language author instructions and style sheet, and defer all reporting specifics to the official page. ## When to trigger - The author names Language for a linguistics article and wants a fit/framing check. - A subfield-specific result must be re-framed to show discipline-wide significance. - The author is choosing between Language and a
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the language skill do?
Use when targeting Language (the Linguistic Society of America journal) or deciding whether a linguistics manuscript fits this discipline-wide flagship. Encodes the journal's fit across all subfields, the claim-plus-data bar, theoretical and cross-linguistic expectations, house style, glossing and double-blind norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill language --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.