Language Science Press
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Led by the renowned linguistic scholars Stefan Müller (Humboldt-Universität Berlin) and Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History), Language Science Press (LSP) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed Open Access books in the fields of linguistics. By leveraging existing institutional infrastructures and utilising highly efficient work processes, Language Science Press titles are offered at significantly lower prices compared to traditional publishers. At the same time, these titles are made freely accessible to readers worldwide, broadening the impact of the works.
Language Science Press publishes fully Open Access books under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY). They are a community-based worldwide organisation with supporters from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Zurich, Berlin, Sydney, Hong Kong, and others. To name but a few, Noam Chomsky, Adele Goldberg, and Steven Pinker have all lent their support to Language Science Press and the library partnership model set up by Knowledge Unlatched.
LSP is the leading academic-led Open Access initiative in the field of linguistics and much of its success is due to the very active community of linguists, now totalling over 1,000 members. The community has also played an active role in promoting the Language Science Press initiative to institutions worldwide. Thanks to the cooperative financing model, there are no publishing costs to authors as these are covered by the funding from institutions from all over the world.
Thanks to library support in 2017, a total of 90 books were made available Open Access in the period between 2018 and 2020. And thanks to library support in 2020, another 90 books will have been published Open Access by the end of 2023.
Why Support Language Science Press?
Cooperative Model
The Benefits
Pricing Structure
Cooperative Model
Through Knowledge Unlatched, Language Science Press seeks to raise enough financial support from libraries, institutions, and individuals for a period of three years.
With this support, Language Science Press can make 33 titles per year freely available to readers all around the world, completely free of any Book Processing Charges (BPCs).
The Benefits
Low Price per Title
The amount of support per institution translates to €40 for an online version of a title (DRM-free). This represents about a 50% discount compared to traditional multi-user license deals.
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Support a New Way of Publishing
Language Science Press is a new, innovative way of publishing. You can support a way for scholars to take back control of publishing. Your researchers can submit and publish Open Access without any BPC charges.
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High Quality Content
Language Science Press has a unique network of reputable scholars who are already publishing with them. With your support, LSP will make 99 new titles in linguistics with assured quality accessible to scholars worldwide.
Pricing Structure
Price per year over a period of 3 years. (Price excl. VAT):
$ 1,400 / € 1,300 / £ 1,150
Supporting Institutions
| Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (University of Freiburg) | Northwestern University | Université de Paris |
| Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne (BCU Lausanne) (University of Lausanne) | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Université de Rouen (University of Rouen) |
| Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations (BULAC) | Palacký University, Olomouc | Université de Tours (University of Tours) |
| Brigham Young University | Pennsylvania State University | Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Carl von Ossietzky-Universität (University of Oldenburg) | Purdue University | University at Buffalo: The State University of New York |
| Claremont Colleges | Queen Mary University of London | University of Amsterdam |
| CNRS Centre Haudricourt (LLACAN, LACITO, SEDYL) | Radboud University Nijmegen | University of Arizona |
| Cornell University | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (University of Bonn) | University of Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona |
| Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (University of Tübingen) | Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) (University of Bochum) | University of California, Berkeley |
| Freie Universität Berlin (FU) (Free University of Berlin) | Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (University of the Saarland) | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena/ThULB Jena (University of Jena) | SIL International | University of California, Merced |
| Georg-August-Universität (University of Göttingen) | Simon Fraser University | University of California, San Diego |
| Ghent University | SLUB Dresden (Technical University of Dresden) | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Goethe-Universität-Frankfurt/M (University of Frankfurt am Main) | Staats- und Universitäts-bibliothek Bremen (State and University Library Bremen) | University of Cambridge |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover/TIB Hannover (University of Hannover) | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library) | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Stockholm University | University of Eastern Finland |
| Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Humboldt University of Berlin) | Syracuse University | University of Edinburgh |
| IDS Mannheim (Institute for the German Language) | The British Library | University of Gothenburg |
| Johns Hopkins University | UiT The Arctic University of Norway | University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) |
| Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (University of Graz) | Universität Duisburg-Essen (University of Duisburg-Essen) | University of Hawaii At Manoa |
| Karlstad University | Universität Kiel (Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel) | University of Helsinki |
| Kenyon College | Universität Potsdam (University of Potsdam) | University of Manchester |
| KU Leuven | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (University and State Library Düsseldorf) | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| La Trobe University | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster (University of Münster) | University of Melbourne |
| Labex EFL (Empirical Foundations of Linguistics) | Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln (University of Cologne) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
| Lancaster University | Universitätsbibliothek Basel (University of Basel) | University of Missouri Columbia |
| Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics Library) | Universitätsbibliothek Bern (University of Berne) | University of Oregon |
| Leiden University | Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld (University of Bielefeld) | University of Oslo |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (University of Munich) | Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU University Erlangen-Nürnberg) | University of Rhode Island |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Universitätsbibliothek Koblenz-Landau (University of Koblenz-Landau) | University of Rochester |
| Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) | Universitätsbibliothek Konstanz (University of Konstanz) | University of Saskatchewan |
| Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (University of Leipzig) | University of Surrey |
| Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) | Universitätsbibliothek Mainz (University of Mainz) | University of Sussex |
| McGill University | Universitätsbibliothek Marburg (University of Marburg) | University of Sydney |
| McMaster University | Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg (University of Regensburg) | University of Texas at Austin |
| Meertens Instituut / KNAW | Universitätsbibliothek St. Gallen (University of St. Gallen) | University of Virginia |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (University of Wuerzburg) | University of Virginia |
| New York University | Université de Liège | Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Central Library of Zurich / University of Zürich) |
| Newcastle University | Université de Neuchâtel (University of Neuchâtel) | Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Central Library of Zurich / University of Zürich) |
