Preface of Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics

Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics （FiCL）is a book series jointly published by Springer Nature and Peking University Press. FiCL aims to publish original and innovative research outcomes in the fast expanding and developing discipline of Chinese language sciences. FiCL welcomes submissions of proposals of the following types of books on issues related to Chinese language and linguistics: selection of post-conference papers from leading edge prestigious conferences and workshops, monograph on research with potential to open new frontiers and outstanding dissertation dealing with new issues and new methodologies. FiCL volumes will be published by Springer Nature with worldwide distribution and by Peking University Press in China.

FiCL is the sister series of 語言學(xué)前沿叢書, a prestigious book series published in Chinese by Peking University Press since 2000. The series introduces new theories and new ideas in Chinese linguistics to the wide communities of linguists in China as well as Chinese linguists overseas. Since 2010, in order to bring a broader international perspective and impact, 語言學(xué)前沿叢書 has entered a collaborative publication agreement with the PolyU-PKU Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics （P2U2）. Both party work jointly to form the editorial board and academic advisory committee in order to ensure more rigorous academic review process as well as to facilitate introduction of interdisciplinary pioneering topics to the series.

The collaboration with Springer Nature adds a third world-leading partner to this joint publication series. This new arrangement will allow the series to publish excellent monographs written in English as well as ensure that all publications are equally accessible in China and overseas. With the new arrangement, we also propose to introduce two new types of publications that were not published by 語言學(xué)前沿叢書 before. One type is the thematic collection of excellent papers from international conferences, for these papers typically represents the forefront of the field. The other is from the new initiative also started by Peking University Press and P2U2 to select a Ph.D. thesis of the year on Chinese linguistics through worldwide call and competition. The award-winning theses would also represent the newest breakthroughs in the field and we plan to publish the excellent award-winning thesis of the year after review and revision.

With the competition in the field, effective indexing and sharing is essential to the reputation of the publication as well as authors whose theses are published in the series. Your contribution as author, reviewer, reader, and submitter is essential to the success of this book series.

Chu-Ren Huang and Rui Guo
20 February, 2017