# Natural Language Semantics > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Natural_Language_Semantics > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Natural_Language_Semantics.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Language_Semantics > Source revision: 1294274407 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Academic journal Natural Language Semantics Discipline Linguistic semantics Language English Edited by Amy Rose Deal Publication details History 1993–present Publisher Springer Science+Business Media Frequency Quarterly Impact factor 1.1 (2022) Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) ISO 4 Nat. Lang. Semant. Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L CODEN NLSEEM ISSN 0925-854X (print) 1572-865X (web) LCCN 93643719 JSTOR 0925854X OCLC no. 243539944 Links Journal homepage Online access ***Natural Language Semantics (NLS)*** is a quarterly [peer-reviewed](/source/Peer-reviewed) [academic journal](/source/Academic_journal) covering [formal semantics](/source/Formal_semantics_(natural_language)) and its interfaces in grammar, especially in syntax. The journal features mainly research papers as well as some short essays. It is considered one of the top four journals in formal semantics, alongside [Linguistics and Philosophy](/source/Linguistics_and_Philosophy), the [Journal of Semantics](/source/Journal_of_Semantics), and [Semantics and Pragmatics](/source/Semantics_and_Pragmatics).[1] ## History *NLS* was founded in 1993 by [Irene Heim](/source/Irene_Heim) and [Angelika Kratzer](/source/Angelika_Kratzer), who served as its first editors-in-chief. It was founded in order to provide a venue for research that integrates formal semantics with other branches of [linguistics](/source/Linguistics), in contrast to previously established journals that emphasized connections to [logic](/source/Logic) and [philosophy of language](/source/Philosophy_of_language).[2][3] ## Reception *NLS* grew to be the central venue for the then-emerging study of crosslinguistic variation and typology within formal semantics.[4] The journal played a crucial role in establishing formal semantics as a core area within theoretical linguistics.[2][3] According to the *[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)*, the journal has a 2022 [impact factor](/source/Impact_factor) of 1.1.[5] ## Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: - [Social Sciences Citation Index](/source/Social_Sciences_Citation_Index) - [Scopus](/source/Scopus) - [EBSCO databases](/source/EBSCO_Publishing) - [Academic OneFile](/source/Academic_OneFile) - [Arts & Humanities Citation Index](/source/Arts_%26_Humanities_Citation_Index) - [Linguistic Bibliography](/source/Linguistic_Bibliography) - [Bibliography of Linguistic Literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bibliography_of_Linguistic_Literature&action=edit&redlink=1) - [FRANCIS](/source/FRANCIS) - [Linguistics Abstracts](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linguistics_Abstracts&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-StanfordEncyclopediaOfPhilosophy_1-0)** Janssen, Theo; Zimmermann, Ede (2021), ["Montague semantics"](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/montague-semantics/), in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), *The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy* (Summer 2021 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 2024-08-07, The most important journals in the field are Linguistics and Philosophy, the Journal of Semantics, Natural Language Semantics, and Semantics and Pragmatics 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-parteebaltic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-parteebaltic_2-1) [Partee, Barbara](/source/Barbara_Partee) (2011). "Formal semantics: Origins, issues, early impact". *The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication*. **6**. [CiteSeerX](/source/CiteSeerX_(identifier)) [10.1.1.826.5720](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.826.5720). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-biographicalnotes_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-biographicalnotes_3-1) Crnič, Luka; [Pesetsky, David](/source/David_Pesetsky); Sauerland, Uli (2014). ["Introduction"](https://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/jZiNmM4N/CrnicPesetskySauerland.pdf) (PDF). In Crnič, Luka; Sauerland, Uli (eds.). *The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim*. Cambridge, MA: MIT. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781502857477](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781502857477). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Cable, Seth (2021). ["The "Remote Past", "Recent Past", and "Current Past" of Cross-Linguistic Formal Semantic Research"](https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/3/495/files/2017/11/Cable.pdf) (PDF). *Franklin Institute Symposium: The Past, Present and Future of Formal Semantics*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoS_5-0)** "Natural Language Semantics". [*2022 Journal Citation Reports*](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports) (Social Sciences ed.). [Clarivate](/source/Clarivate). 2023 – via [Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science). ## External links - [Official website](https://www.springer.com/journal/11050/) This semantics article is a stub. 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