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Acta Linguistica Lituanica 2026, vol. 94, pp. 1–4 Contents link / Contents link ISSN 2669–218X (online / electronic) Instructions for Authors The international scholarly journal “Acta Linguistica Lituanica” publishes articles in Lithuanian, Latvian, English, German, and French. By separate agreement with the editorial office, articles may also be published in other languages. The journal publishes scholarly and discussion articles, as well as reviews of linguistic publications. 1. Manuscript length The length of an article may be up to 40,000 characters; discussion articles, up to 10,000 characters; and reviews, up to 20,000 characters. Longer articles are published only by agreement with the editorial office and by decision of the editorial board. 2. Manuscript format Articles must be submitted electronically in “Microsoft Word” and “Adobe PDF” formats (*.doc, *.docx, *.rtf, *.pdf). It is preferable that articles be written using a version no earlier than “MS WinWord 2010”. The text must be typed in the Palemonas computer font intended specifically for the needs of Lithuanian studies, Baltic studies, and Indo-European studies, which can be downloaded free of charge by clicking the following link: https://www.vlkk.lt/media/public/file/Palemonas/Palemonas3.2.0.5.zip. Color and black-and-white illustrations must be submitted as separate files (*.jpg, *.tiff), at a resolution of at least 300 dpi. The article must indicate the location of each illustration. 3. Manuscript structure Please submit the article manuscript as two separate documents in “MS Word” format: 1) a title-page document and 2) an anonymized document. The title-page document must state the article title, the author’s/authors’ surname(s), the name(s) of the institution(s), address(es), e-mail address(es), ORCID, an abstract (up to 200 words), no more than 5 keywords, and a summary (up to 2,000 characters). If the article is written in Lithuanian, its structural elements (abstract, keywords, summary) must be provided in Lithuanian and English. Summaries are not required for reviews or discussion articles. If the article is written in English, its abstract and keywords must be provided in English and Lithuanian, while the summary must be in Lithuanian. If the article is written in another language, its abstract and keywords must be provided in the language of the main text and in English, while the summary must be in Lithuanian. In addition, the author’s/authors’ main research area(s) and the date of submission (receipt) must be indicated. To preserve the authors’ anonymity, other information, such as acknowledgements, funding, etc., must be provided only on the title page and must not be included in the anonymized document. The anonymized document must contain: the title of the article or review, the abstract(s), keywords, the main text with personal data and references omitted, and the summary. Personal information will be added to the manuscript after peer review. If an article has been prepared in a language that is not the author’s native language, the author must ensure that, before the article is submitted for publication, its text is edited by a native-speaking editor. 4. Cited literature (bibliography) References to cited literature are given in parentheses in the text: the author’s surname, the year of publication, and, after a colon, the page, for example: (Ambrazas 2006: 182), (Geržotaitė 2019: 175–198), (Greule 2021: 11–29). For dictionaries, encyclopedias, and similar publications, the abbreviated form of the title is given, for example: LKŽe. LKŽe: Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language] (1–20, 1941–2002), electronic version, editorial board: G. Naktinienė (chief editor), J. Paulauskas, R. Petrokienė, V. Vitkauskas, J. Zabarskaitė; programmers: E. Ožeraitis, V. Zinkevičius, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas, updated version, 2018. Available online: http://www.lkz.lt. The bibliography is provided at the end of the article, for example: ALEW 2015: Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary] 1–3, under the direction of W. Hock, with the collaboration of E. J. Bukevčiūtė, Ch. Schiller, edited by R. Fecht, A. H. Feulner, E. Hill, D. S. Wodko, Hamburg: Baar Verlag. Breidaks Antons 1973: Pribaltijsko–finskije nazivnija rek v Latgaliji [Baltic–Finnic Names of Rivers in Latgale]. – Latvijas PSR Zinātņu Akadēmijas Vēstis 2(307), Rīga: Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadēmijas izdevniecība, 97–102. Codea Krista 2008: Intervenienten und Petenten vornehmlich für lothringische Empfänger in den Diplomen der liudolfingischen Herrscher (919–1024): eine prosopographische Darstellung [Interveners and Petitioners Primarily for Lorraine Recipients in the Diplomas of the Liudolfing Rulers (919–1024): A Prosopographic Account], Bonn: Dissertationsdruck. Available at: https://bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de/xmlui/handle/20.500.11811/3289. Dimitrova–Todorova Liljana 2001: Oronimijata v Blgarija [Oronymy in Bulgaria]. – Toponimia i oronimia, eds. A. Cieślikowa, B. Czopek–Kopciuch, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe DWN, 299–306. Ernits Enn 1979: K vjavleniju substrata v pribaltijsko–finskich jazykach [Towards the Identification of the Substrate in the Baltic–Finnic Languages]. – Sovetskoje finno–ugrovedenije 15, Tallinn: Akademia Nauk Estonskoj SSR, 129–135. Hengst Karlheinz 2003: Sprache und Vorzeit [Language and Prehistory]. Stuttgart: B. Comrie 2002 [review of]. – Namenkundliche Informationen 83/84, 164–166. LÄGLOS III: Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen Lexicon of Older Germanic Loanwords in the Baltic Finnic Languages] 3: P–Ä, A. D. Kylstra, S. L. Hahmo, T. Hofstra, O. Nikkilä, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2012. Meyer zu Ermgassen Heinrich, ed., 1995: Der Codex Eberhardi des Klosters Fulda [The Codex Eberhardi of the Fulda Monastery] 1, Marburg: Elwert. Nübling Damaris, Fahlbusch Fabian, Heuser Rita 2012: Namen. Eine Einführung in die Onomastik [Names. An Introduction to Onomastics], Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG. Petit Daniel 2021: The Origin of Old Prussian dūrai. – Acta Linguistica Lithuanica 85, 11–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35321/al185-01. Skorupa Pavel 2021: Vilnius County Toponyms as Signs of National and Cultural Identity, scholarly study, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos institutas. Smetonienė Anželika 2019: Patterns of morphological integration of Slavic loan nouns in Petkevičius’ Catechism (1598) as an indication of their origin and chronology. – 2 Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej 54, [1–30]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11649/sfps.1766. Sperber Rüdiger, ed., 1970: Das Flussgebiet des Mains: Hydronymia Germaniae [The River Basin of the Main: Hydronymia Germaniae] 7, founded by H. Krahe, edited by W. P. Schmid, Wiesbaden: Steiner. Zuban Oksana 2019: The Morphemic System Stylometric Analysis of the Ukrainian Poets’ Idiostyles: Corpus Based Approach. – Linhvistyčnì studìï 38, 96–104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31558/1815-3070.2019.38.15. Wherever possible, please use the DOI (digital object identifier) instead of an internet link. The DOI is a permanent identifier that replaces an internet link. In the main text, titles of publications are written in italics, while article titles are placed in quotation marks. When an author is mentioned for the first time in the article, the author’s first name and surname are given; thereafter, the author’s first initial and surname are used. The bibliography must indicate not only the place where a publication was printed but also the name of the publisher. The pages of articles must be given from–to. A list of sources may also be provided before the bibliography. Detailed instructions on how to format the bibliography and list of sources are provided on the website of the Lithuanian Language Institute’s open-access scholarly journals (see LKI publishing procedures: Mokslo žurnalų bibliografijos tvarkos aprašas – https://lki.lt/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LKI-Literaturos-ir-saltiniu-tvarkos-aprasas-1.pdf). In the bibliography and bibliographic references, all cited literature must be presented in Latin script. For bibliographic descriptions of works published in Cyrillic, transliteration using the international scholarly system for Cyrillic transliteration is recommended. Rules for transliterating Cyrillic characters into Latin alphabet characters have been prepared for transliteration purposes and approved by the VLKK by Protocol Decision No. PN-8 of 30 June 2022 (see https://vlkk.lt/vlkk-nutarimai/protokoliniai-nutarimai/kirilisku-rasmenu-transliteravimo-lotyniskos-abeceles-rasmenimis-taisykles). The international standard ISO 9:1995 “Information and documentation. Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters. Slavic and non-Slavic languages” is also intended for these purposes. In the bibliography, English translations of the titles of publications (articles, books, documents, etc.) in languages other than English are also provided in square brackets. 5. Presentation of examples The linguistic data under discussion are presented in italics, for example: stream Didysis Pirčiupis, village Makučiai, etc. 6. Policy on the use of artificial intelligence and its tools The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots in preparing scholarly articles submitted to the scholarly periodicals published by the Lithuanian Language Institute is permitted only as an auxiliary tool. Authors may use AI tools to edit the language of the text, improve its style, increase clarity, or obtain technical assistance (e.g., to improve the wording of summaries, create illustrations, search for information, etc.); however, AI may not be used to create scholarly content, analyze or interpret research data, or generate conclusions, theoretical insights, or scholarly ideas. AI tools may not be listed as article authors or co-authors, but the article must indicate what was created, by whom, and using which AI tools (e.g., illustrations). Full responsibility for the originality, accuracy, citation of sources, and scholarly validity of the submitted text rests with the article’s author(s). The editorial office reserves the right to reject articles in which inappropriate or undisclosed use of AI is identified. 3 7. Manuscript submission and peer-review procedure Articles submitted to the journal are reviewed anonymously by two reviewers appointed by the editorial board. Therefore, the article must not mention the author’s surname or contain any other indications of authorship. The article author’s surname, contact information, and other details are provided separately (see Section 3). Articles are submitted to the editorial board through the electronic publishing system (see http://journals.lki.lt/). Please note that some messages sent by the LKI scholarly journal “Acta Linguistica Lithuanica” system may not be recognized and may be redirected to the spam (SPAM) folder. Please check this folder regularly. 4