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lang-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it. Language is a generalist flagship spanning every subfield; the test is a theoretically grounded contribution legible to the whole discipline, not a description of one language or a result inside one framework. Helps frame the question; it does not collect or gloss data.
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# Topic Selection & Fit (lang-topic-selection)
*Language* is the LSA's **generalist flagship**, covering phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology,
historical and typological work, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics.
The bar is not "new data from language X" — it is **"a theoretically grounded claim, carried by
rigorous evidence, that a linguist outside my subfield should care about."** A description with no
analytic payoff, or a demonstration that runs only inside one formalism, is off-fit and often
desk-returned. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
## When to trigger
- Choosing among projects or framings for a *Language* submission
- A colleague said the paper is "descriptive," "narrow," or "only for [framework] people"
- Deciding between a **General Research Article** and a shorter **Research Report**