本期刊提供了一个平台，讨论理论语言学研究的现代和古老的语言和方言的日耳曼语系。《比较日耳曼语言学杂志》的特色是在允许精确讨论的正式语法理论中建立了强有力的经验概括。它的覆盖面提供了跨语言的比较，在日耳曼语系，以及阐明了日耳曼语言学的问题，通过一个日耳曼语的例子分析。该杂志研究的语言学领域包括:形态学、音系学、语用学、语义学和句法。《日耳曼比较语言学杂志》还收录了讽刺、回复、书籍和论文评论。
This journal provides a platform for the discussion of theoretical linguistic research into the modern and older languages and dialects of the Germanic family. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics features contributions that establish robust empirical generalizations within a formal theory of grammar that permit precise discussions. Its coverage offers cross-linguistic comparison within the Germanic family as well as elucidates issues in Germanic linguistics through the exemplary analysis of one Germanic language.Areas of linguistics examined in the journal include: morphology, phonology, pragmatics, semantics and syntax. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics also contains squibs, replies, book and dissertation reviews.
