The Journal of Portuguese Linguistics is concerned with all branches of linguistics and aims at publishing high¬ quality papers in the fields of Portuguese and Iberian linguistics, including the comparison between any varieties of Portuguese and any other language(s). Contributions are welcome from linguists in all countries. The language of publication is English. With the goal of being a platform for discussion in the field, the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics welcomes not only papers but also book reviews, dissertations abstracts or letters to the editors in areas such as the European, Brazilian, and African varieties of Portuguese, Portuguese¬ based Creole languages, any Iberian language, and language acquisition, variation, contact and change. The broadening of the journal’s scope is reflected by the composition of the board of consulting editors. Initiatives for thematic issues with guest editors are particularly welcome. // The Journal is listed in Linguistics Abstracts (Blackwell), Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), Linguistic Bibliography (National Library of the Netherlands), ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities¬ Linguistics), EBSCO Publishing, and Cabell’s Directory in Psychology and Psychiatry.