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Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLES

Manuscripts should:

1. Range between fifteen (15) and eighteen (18) pages, with top and bottom margins of 3 cm, left and right margins of 2 cm, 1.5 space between lines, Times New Roman 12-pt font, Word format, and can be written in Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish.

2. After the article title an abstract should be included, in the same language as your default one, containing between one hundred (100) and 250 (two hundred and fifty) words, Times New Roman 10-pt font, single-spaced, followed by five (5) keywords, separated by a full stop (or period), in sentence case.

3. At the end of the text, before the references, insert the title and the abstract in a different language than your default one (Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish), followed by five (5) palavras-chave, keywords, mots-clés, or palabras claves, separated by a full stop (or period), in sentence case.

4. The editorial standard shall comply with the requirements of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). Special attention must be devoted to the following aspects:

5. Short citations (up to three lines) are inserted in the text, between double quotation marks. Long quotations (more than three lines) should figure as independent paragraphs, single-spaced and indented 4 cm from the left margin in the same font (Times New Roman 10 pt), without quotation marks.

5.1. All quotations must be followed by the author's last name, year of publication and page number in parentheses (E.g.: Martins, 1994, p. 15). A full stop (or period) should be inserted according to the quoted text. If the quote ends with a full stop (or period), it should be inserted before the quotation mark. Example: "... the whole selection process should be impartial." (Carvalho, 1977, p. 15). If the phrase does not end with a full stop (or period), i.e., only part of the sentence is mentioned, a full stop (or period) should be inserted after the quotation marks. The parenthetical citation is also followed by a full stop (or period). Example: "How to win a job". (Carvalho, 1977, p. 81).

5.2. Footnotes should be restricted to comments and / or personal remarks and are designed to provide clarification or make considerations that should not be included in the text, so as to avoid interrupting the logical reading sequence. They should be placed at the page bottom and be outnumbered throughout the article. Do not indent. The font must be Times New Roman 10-pt, single-spaced, with no space between two footnotes. The number ascribed to each note should appear soon after the end of the sentence it refers to.

5.3. References should be included at the end of the text, in alphabetical order, containing the authors’ last names, single-spaced, with no space between two references. Titles of books and journals should be in bold type.

5.4. Italics should be used only in the text, for words in a different language than your default one. As for any other purpose of highlighting information, single quotation marks (inverted commas) should be used.

5.5. Epigraphs should be typed in Times New Roman 10-pt font, single-spaced, without quotation marks, followed by its author’s name, date, and page in brackets.

5.6. Essential requirements regarding references are listed below and should be typed as in the examples provided:

5.7. Books: AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Name. Title in bold. Edition. Location: Publisher, date.

• Book chapters: AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, First Name. Chapter title without bold, quotes, or italics. In: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, Name. Book title in bold. Edition (e.g.: 3.ed.). Location: Publisher, date. Chapter number (if any), page range.

• Journal articles: AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, Name. Article title in bold, italics, or quotes. Journal title in bold, location, volume (v.), number (n.), page range of the article, month, year.

• Articles from conference proceedings: AUTHOR’S LAST NAME, First Name. Article title without bold, quotes, or italics. In: CONFERENCE TITLE (in capital letters), conference number, year, location. Publication title in bold. Location: Publisher, date. Page range of the article.

• Electronic references: statement must be identical to the conventional format, in addition to: Available at <email address>. For online documents, make sure you also add: date of access, month, year.

• In case of two or more books by the same author, repeat the author’s last and first names in the following reference. List works alphabetically by title.

• In case a given reference is only part of a book (story, book chapter, etc.) by the same author, his/her first and last names should appear both in the part being cited as well as in the book reference. Names of the piece you are citing should be typed in regular font. E.g.: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, Name. Title of the story, chapter, etc. no bold, italics, or quotes. In: AUTHOR'S LAST NAME, Name. Book title in bold. Edition. Location: Publisher, date. Page range.

• There should be no punctuation (except for question or exclamation mark) at the end of the necessary intertitles.

• Only the initial letter of the first word and proper nouns should be capitalized on work title references (Sentence case).

• In the case of organized works, write the organizer's last and first names, followed by Org., in parentheses.

• Use ellipsis marks in the case of incomplete quote, as follows: [...].

• Other publication types should comply with the ABNT Style Manual (NBR 6023/2002).

6. The Editorial Team secures the right to change the originals in order to conform them to these and other rules of the editorial standards.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWS

1. We accept review originals of recently published books, in no longer than three 3 years prior to the review publication date. Reviews may be written in Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish.

2. Reviews should not exceed five (5) pages (approximately 1,000 words or 125 lines or 4500 characters), with upper and lower margins of 3 cm, left and right margins of 2 cm, 1.5 space between lines, Times New Roman 12-pt font, Microsoft Word format.

3. Reviews must begin with the reviewed author’s last and first names, book title (in bold), location, publisher, date of publication and number of pages, as well as other relevant information for identification purposes, if any.

4. The editorial standard shall comply with the requirements of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). Special attention must be devoted to the following aspects:

4.1. Short citations (up to three lines) are inserted in the text, between double quotation marks. Long quotations (more than three lines) should figure as independent paragraphs, single-spaced and indented 4 cm from the left margin in the same font (Times New Roman 10 pt), without quotation marks.

4.2. All quotations must be followed by the author's last name, year of publication, and page number in parentheses. E.g.: (MARTINS, 1994, p. 15). The last sentence in the quotation must be immediately followed by a full stop (or period), before the parenthetical citation. Exceptions are made for quotations up to three lines, inserted in the text, provided they are not located at the paragraph end.

4.3. Footnotes should be restricted to comments and/or personal remarks and are designed to provide clarification or make considerations that should not be included in the text, so as to avoid interrupting the logical reading sequence. They should be placed at the page bottom and be outnumbered throughout the article. Do not indent. The font must be Times New Roman 10-pt, single-spaced, with no space between two footnotes. The number ascribed to each note should appear soon after the end of the sentence it refers to.

4.4. All work titles should be in bold. Only the initial letter of the first word, as well as proper nouns, should be capitalized on work title references (Sentence case). Titles of stories, poems, chapters, and other book parts should appear in regular font, without bold, quotes, or italics.

AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWS

1. We publish interviews led by researchers and conducted with relevant authors in the fields of Portuguese Language and Literatures, provided they include the interviewee’s express consent and the interviewer’s name. Interviews can be written in Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish.

2. Interviews should not exceed 20 pages, with top and bottom margins of 3 cm, left and right margins of 2 cm, 1.5 space between lines, Times New Roman 12-pt font, Microsoft Word format.

3. The interview should be preceded by a brief presentation of the respondent and the context in which it was held.

4. If the interview has been granted orally, the transcript should comply, as far as possible, with the standard rules of the language in which it was held.

4. The editorial standard shall conform to the requirements of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) for publishing interviews.