| Journal of Child Language | |
| Editor: | Heike Behrens |
| Cover: | Journal of Child Language cover.jpg |
| Discipline: | Linguistics |
| Abbreviation: | J. Child Lang. |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Impact: | 1.505 |
| Impact-Year: | 2010 |
| History: | 1974-present |
| Frequency: | 5/year |
| Website: | http://journals.cambridge.org/jcl |
| Link1: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=JCL&tab=currentissue |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayBackIssues?jid=JCL |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Issn: | 0305-0009 |
| Eissn: | 1469-7602 |
| Oclc: | 485704851 |
| Lccn: | 76649848 |
The Journal of Child Language is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of the scientific study of language behavior in children, the principles which underlie it, and the theories which may account for it. This includes various aspects of linguistics such as phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Its editor-in-chief is Heike Behrens (University of Basel). It was established in 1974 with David Crystal (Bangor University) as its founding editor. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press and is the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Child Language.
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2013 impact factor of 1.505 ranking it 20th out of 169 journals in the category "Area Studies".[1]