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9 February 2010

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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

 

Chief Editors
Howard Giles, University of California at Santa Barbara
Herbert D. Pierson, St. John's University

Executive Editor
Shi-xu, Zhejiang University

ISSN: 0957-6851
E-ISSN: 1569-9838

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The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC) is an international refereed journal whose academic mission is to bring together specialists from diverse scholarly disciplines to discuss and interpret language and communication issues as they pertain to the people of Asian Pacific regions and impact on their Diaspora immigrant communities worldwide.

The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language and communication studies in the Asian Pacific. Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific.

JAPC was previously published by Multilingual Matters (vols. 1-7) and Ablex (vols. 8-9).

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: IBR/IBZ, Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique, PsychInfo, Scopus

Subject classification

Communication Studies
Communication Studies
Linguistics
Afro-Asiatic languages
Altaic languages

Subscription information

Current issue: 20:1, available as of January 2010

General information about our electronic journals.

Subscription rates

Volume 20 (2010): 2 issues, EUR 218.00 (incl. postage/handling)

Individuals may apply for a special subscription rate of EUR 75.00. Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Subscriptions as of volume 10 include electronic access.

For Volumes 8-9 please contact Elsevier.

For Volumes 1-7 please contact Multilingual Matters.

Available backvolumes

Volumes 10-19 (2000-2009) 2 issues, Each EUR 218.00 (incl. postage/handling)

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Table of contents and abstracts

Volume Issues
Volume 10 (2000)   10:1 10:2 
Volume 11 (2001)   11:1 11:2 
Volume 12 (2002)   12:1 12:2 
Volume 13 (2003)   13:1 13:2 
Volume 14 (2004)   14:1 14:2 
Volume 15 (2005)   15:1 15:2 
Volume 16 (2006)   16:1 16:2 
Volume 17 (2007)   17:1 17:2 
Volume 18 (2008)   18:1 18:2 
Volume 19 (2009)   19:1 19:2 
Volume 20 (2010)   20:1 

Sample issue
Issue 18:2 is currently available online as a free sample.

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Special issues

19:2. Media Discourse in Greater China: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication volume 19:2 (2009)
Kuo, Sai-hua and Doreen D. Wu (eds.)
2009. v, 166 pp.
19:1. Biliterate Asian Students' Literacy Practices in North America: Special Issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Volume 19:1 (2009)
Yi, Youngjoo and Alan Hirvela (eds.)
2009. 180 pp.
18:1. Chinese Students: Perspectives on their social, cognitive, and linguistic investment in English medium interaction: Special Issue of Journal of Asian Pacific 18:1 (2008)
Arkoudis, Sophie and Chris Davison (eds.)
2008. 140 pp.
17:1. Culture, Contexts, and Communication in Multicultural Australia and New Zealand: An Introduction. Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 17:1 (2007)
Zhu, Yunxia and Herbert Hildebrandt (eds.)
2007. 176 pp.
16:2. Language Planning and Varieties of (Modern Standard) Chinese: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 16:2 (2006)
Zhou, Minglang (ed.)
2006. 208 pp.
16:1. Asian Business Discourse(s) Part II: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 16:1 (2006)
Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca (ed.)
2006. 164 pp.
15:2. Asian Business Discourse(s) Part I: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 15:2 (2005)
Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca (ed.)
2005. 121 pp.
15:1. Multiple Perspectives on L1 and L2 Academic Literacy in Asia Pacific and Diaspora Contexts: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 15:1 (2005)
Li, Xiaoming and Christine Pearson Casanave (eds.)
2005. iv, 207 pp.
14:1. Academic Interaction: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 14:1 (2004)
Marriott, Helen (ed.)
2004. 199 pp.
13:1. Communication and Culture in Korea: At the crosswinds of tradition and change. Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 13:1 (2003)
Min, Eungjun and Eunkyong Yook (eds.)
2003. iv, 163 pp.
12:1. Maintaining and Setting Standards and Language Variation in the Asian Pacific Region: Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 12:1 (2002)
Tsui, Amy B.M. (ed.)
2002. vi, 184 pp.
11:1. Language Management and Language Problems: Part II. Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 11:1 (2001)
Jernudd, Björn H. (ed.)
2001. vi, 100 pp.
10:2. Language Management and Language Problems: Part I. Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 10:2 (2000)
Jernudd, Björn H. (ed.)
2000. 142 pp.