《第二语言研究》是一份国际同行评审的季刊，发表有关第二语言习得和第二语言表现的原创理论研究。这包括实验性研究和旨在探索概念问题的贡献。除了为非母语学习领域的研究者提供一个论坛，它还寻求促进跨学科研究，将习得研究与相关的非应用领域联系起来，如神经语言学、心理语言学、理论语言学、双语和第一语言发展心理语言学。请注意，外语教与学的研究不属于第二语言研究的范围，除非它们对理解第二语言习得的过程和性质有实质性的贡献。各类出版物包括全文研究论文(约9000字)、研究笔记(约4000字)、近期书籍或时点评论文章(约5000字)、讨论与评论(约5000字)、特邀主题文章(约11000字)和客座编辑的专题文章。
Second Language Research is an international peer-reviewed, quarterly journal, publishing original theory-driven research concerned with second (and additional) language acquisition and second language performance. This includes both experimental studies and contributions aimed at exploring conceptual issues. In addition to providing a forum for investigators in the field of non-native language learning, it seeks to promote interdisciplinary research which links acquisition studies to related non-applied fields such as neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, theoretical linguistics, bilingualism, and first language developmental psycholinguistics.Note that studies of foreign language teaching and learning are outside the scope of Second Language Research, unless they make a substantial contribution to understanding the process and nature of second language acquisition. Types of publications include full-length research articles (about 9,000 words), research notes (about 4,000 words), review articles of recent books or timely topics (about 5,000 words), discussion and commentary (about 5,000 words), invited keynote articles (about 11,000 words) and guest-edited, thematic issues.
