Guidelines for authors
Plan
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Papers should be saved by using the Microsoft Word or OpenOffice format. They should be between 35 000 and 80 000 characters maximum (including spaces).
The submission must be anonymous. Authors must send, in a separate file two versions:
The first version of the manuscript mentions the title of the paper both in French and in English. First and last names of all authors should appear as well as their affiliation. The first page should also include an abstract in both French and English, as well as 5 keywords in both French and English
The second version should only mention the title of the paper, its abstract and keywords, so that the authors cannot be identified.
Tables and Figures
Figures and tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals and mentioned in the text’s body with their number (Fig. 1, Tab. 1). They must be provided separately, each with a title and numbered in relation to the place where they are to appear in the text. However, each illustration should also already be inserted in its proper place in the text.
The author ensures that he has obtained all permissions for the images and mention full credits.
Reference & Citation (primarily following APA v7)
Page numbers: year:xxx-xxx [In this, LIA citation style diverges from the APA]
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For cited page numbers, ETUDES CRÉOLES follows the colon-page number format.
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The same format is used in text and in parentheses (no spaces if text in English e.g. 2009:152-154; spaces before and after colon if text in French e.g. 2009 : 152-154).
In text citation: Author date format
Incorporated in the text:
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Base format: Author (year)
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For multiple authors of same work:
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2 authors – Insert and between the names;
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3+ authors – always use “first author et al.” (in roman).
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In parentheses:
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Base format: (Author, year)
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Multiple authors of same work:
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2 authors – Insert ampersand between the names;
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3+ – use “first author et al.” (in roman) throughout.
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no. of authors |
In text citations |
Parenthetical citations |
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1-2 |
Palmer and Roy (2008) |
(Palmer & Roy, 2008) |
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3 or more |
Mendelsohn et al. (2010) |
(Mendelsohn et al., 2010) |
Citation lists in parentheses
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Multiple citations by various authors: list alphabetically, separated by semi-colon
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(Durand, 2011; Laks & Tchobanov, 1968; Mallet, 2008).
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Multiple citations by same author(s): list chronologically, separated by commas.
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Multiple citations by same author(s) in the same year: add a, b, c… to the year.
Reference list - General format
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Author last name – comma – first name initials – full stop. One space between initials (Author, A. A.)
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For 2-20 authors – list all names separated by commas. Add comma and ampersand between pre-final author and final author.
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21+ authors - list first 19 authors, ellipses (three dots), then final author (no ampersand). For example :Author19, A., … Author(final), A.
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Year in parentheses, followed by full stop
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Titles: capital only first word and first word following colon (Except journal titles, where capital for all content words)
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Do not include publisher location.
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If adding URL or doi, do not add punctuation marks after it. Do not hyperlink.
Examples
Books
Author1, A. A., Author2, A., & Author3, A. (YEAR). Title of work in italic: Cap only first word. Publisher.
Tomasello, M. (1992). First verbs: A case study of early grammatical development. Cambridge University Press.
Editor1, A. A., Editor2, A., & Editor3, A. (Eds.) (YEAR). Title of work in italic: Cap only first word. Publisher.
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Edited volume – Editors listed in the same format as authors, + mention (Ed.) or (Eds.) – capped - before the year.
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Published Ph.D. dissertation formatted like a monograph. [for unpublished, see below].
Chapter in edited book
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter in roman: First word capped. In B. B. Editor (Ed.), Title of book italic: First word capped (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher.
Mintz, T. H. (2006). Finding the verbs: Distributional cues to categories available to young learners. In K. Hirsh-Pasek & R. M. Golinkoff (Eds.), Action meets word: How children learn verbs (pp. 31-63). Oxford University Press.
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Chapter title in roman
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'In' followed by editor names – comma – book title in italics – page range of article in parentheses, beginning with pp. in roman – full stop.
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Editors listed: Initial – full stop – Last name (multiple editors separated by comma after last name, and ampersand before last one) + mention (Ed.) or (Eds.) capped.
Journal article
Author1, A. A., Author2, A., & Author3, A. (YEAR). Article title: Cap only first word. Journal Title Capped Italic, ##(#), xxx-xxx.
Pine, J. M., & Lieven, E. (1997). Slot and frames patterns and the development of the determiner category. Applied Psycholinguistics, 18(2), 123-138.
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Article title in roman
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Journal title in caps and italics followed by comma;
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volume or issue number (if volume number is not mentioned) in italics;
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If volume # present, issue number in roman in parentheses – comma – page range – full stop.
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No space between volume and issue numbers.
Unpublished dissertation
Author, A. A. (YEAR). Title in italic: Cap first word. Unpublishd PhD dissertation. University.
Clement, C. J. (2004). Development of vocalizations in deaf and normally hearing children. Unpublishd PhD dissertation. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Further details
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/author-date
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/multiple-works
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/basic-principles
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/elements-list-entry
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples



