{"id":1401,"date":"2014-11-14T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2015-03-06T16:17:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T19:17:45","slug":"the-winds-of-change-are-buffeting-alfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.scielo.org\/en\/2014\/11\/14\/the-winds-of-change-are-buffeting-alfa\/","title":{"rendered":"The winds of change are buffeting Alfa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roberto Gomes Camacho, Editor of Alfa <\/em>\u2013\u00a0<\/em>Revista de Lingu<\/em>\u00ed<\/em>stica<\/em>, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 do Rio Preto, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil.<\/strong>
\n\"Alfa\"
\nIn 2012, Alfa<\/em> celebrated 50 years of staying power as an academic journal, achieving an enviably all-inclusive academic approach to preserving its receptiveness to contributions from all the areas of study in the fields of linguistic research. Its \u201cadvanced age\u201d did not imply, however, stagnation and an aversion to change. On the contrary, by continuing on this sustained path, issue number 1,which introduced volume 58 in 2014, also brought about an innovation in both frequency, which changed from twice yearly to four times a year, as well as in journal content, which, quantitatively speaking, was increased to include a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 10 articles per issue.<\/p>\n

Another relevant change is that the journal ceased to be published in both printed and digital forms from 2014. In addition to saving resources, electronic publishing represented a powerful mechanism for democratization by facilitating the access to information for a theoretically unlimited public, which is a feature comprehensively ensured by indexers such as SciELO.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it is still necessary to widen the scope of Alfa<\/em>\u2019s activities in the direction of its internationalization. Studies conducted by the Editorial Executive expect that the process of internationalization will occur firstly by disseminating the research results in Portuguese to other researchers outside of Brazil who simply are unaware of the Brazilian research output in linguistics. Secondly, it will also occur with the increase in original submissions by researchers outside of Brazil that study Portuguese from a typological or descriptive perspective, or as applied to teaching.<\/p>\n

The first important measure to take to inaugurate this new path for the journal is to begin to publish bilingual editions in Portuguese and English. This editorial innovation will begin with the first issue of Volume 59, 2015.<\/p>\n

Articles in Alfa<\/em> Volume 58 can be found at:<\/h3>\n

MARINHO, J.H.C., and CUNHA, G.X. A constru\u00e7\u00e3o da cadeia referencial em textos de estudantes universit\u00e1rios. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst. <\/em>(S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 11-33 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100001. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100001&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a><\/p>\n

ROZENFELD, C.C.F. F\u00f3runs online na forma\u00e7\u00e3o cr\u00edtico-reflexiva de professores de l\u00ednguas estrangeiras: uma representa\u00e7\u00e3o do pensamento cr\u00edtico em fases na\/pela linguagem. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 35-62 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100002. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100002&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ROCHA, L.F.M. Autocita\u00e7\u00e3o fictiva em portugu\u00eas europeu e brasileiro. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 63-92 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100003. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100003&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CINTRA, M.R. A rela\u00e7\u00e3o entre g\u00eanero e express\u00e3o verbal: uma abordagem discursiva para a manifesta\u00e7\u00e3o da futuridade. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00ed<\/em>st.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 93-114. [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100004. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100004&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SCHRODER, U.A. A abordagem cognitiva da met\u00e1fora em perspectiva pragm\u00e1tica nos s\u00e9culos dezoito e dezenove: as contribui\u00e7\u00f5es de Lambert e Wegener a discuss\u00f5es atuais. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00ed<\/em>st.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 115-136. [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100005. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100005&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MODESTO, M. Internalismo e externalismo em lingu\u00edstica e a neuroci\u00eancia da linguagem. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 137-164 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100006. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100006&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GONCALVES, C.A.V., and ALMEIDA, M.L.L. Morfologia Construcional: principais ideias, aplica\u00e7\u00e3o ao portugu\u00eas e extens\u00f5es necess\u00e1rias. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00ed<\/em>st.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 165-193. [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100007. Available from: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MEDEIROS, B.R., and MARTINS, M.V.M. Uma proposta de modelamento da percep\u00e7\u00e3o da entoa\u00e7\u00e3o do portugu\u00eas brasileiro. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 195-213 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100008. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100008&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MIRANDA, F.B. Da classifica\u00e7\u00e3o de obras lexicogr\u00e1ficas e seus problemas: proposta de uma taxonomia. Alfa, rev. lingu<\/em>\u00edst.<\/em> (S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rio Preto). 2014, vol. 58, n\u00ba 1, pp. 215-231 [viewed November 13th 2014]. ISSN 1981-5794. DOI: 10.1590\/S1981-57942014000100009. Available from: http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-57942014000100009&lng=pt&nrm=iso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

External link<\/h3>\n

Alfa: Revista de Lingu\u00edstica – <http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/alfa\/<\/a>><\/p>\n

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Translated from the original in\u00a0Portuguese<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Nicholas Cop Consulting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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