SLS Style Notes

Sign Language Studies SLS STYLE NOTES William C. Stokoe, Jr. Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be typed with double spacing throughout and with ample margins. The original and two copies should be sent to the Editor: Linguistics Research Laboratory, Gallaudet College, Seventh & Florida Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Authors should retain at least one copy to insure against loss in transit. Heading. The title should be as brief as is consistent with the descriptive accuracy, typed in capitals, and followed by extra space. The author's name or the names of joint authors should follow, without degrees, titles, or affiliation. However, a brief vita containing the current position and address of the author and educational and professional background should be sent with the manuscript. Four spaces below the author's name the text should begin, either with the usual five-space indentation, or if a subheading is used for the first section, as follows: Subheads. The subheading should be typed in capitals. and set off by a period. On the same line the text material follows, as here. Sources. Citations of sources is to be by author's last name and year of publication in parentheses (Starkadder 1679). With a quotation or a citation of a specific rather than a general idea, pagination follows a colon (Mallery 1881:265). Brief quotations-not more than two lines-should be run into text, but set off by double quotation marks. Longer quotations should be begun at the left margin and marked by drawing a vertical line [Continuedon p. 60] ...