Focus Areas
The journal welcomes studies on dialect atlases, corpus-based dialect research, phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, language documentation, field methods, language contact, geolinguistics, and language education. Interdisciplinary work is welcome when it contributes clearly to language and dialect studies.
Article Types
Diarus publishes research articles, review articles, data and method notes, book reviews, and invited editorial materials. Research articles should present a clear question, transparent method, well-documented evidence, and a contribution to the relevant scholarly conversation.
Methodological Expectations
Submissions should explain data sources, participant information, transcription practices, analytical procedures, and limitations. Where possible, authors are encouraged to provide reusable datasets, appendices, maps, scripts, or supplementary documentation.