TeX/LaTeX Guidelines
Important: you are submitting text only; we will apply our own
forum style to the paper you submit. (This is done to give a
consistent appearance to the papers in the Proceedings.)
As a result, do not include any \usepackage commands in your file
that only affect the appearance of the document -- only use external
styles when they affect the content of the paper. For example,
setspace, geometry, and times are packages that generally have no
semantic effect. In contrast, packages for generating diagrams (circ,
xypic, etc.) or symbols (stmaryrd, amslatex) are okay.
If you have questions about these guidelines, or about any aspect
of your paper not mentioned here, please contact the editors.
File Format
- Do not include a \documentclass line in the file you submit to us.
- At the beginning of the document, insert the following command
(comment it out while compiling the document on your own setup, of
course):
\titlepg{title}{author name}{author address and thanks}
- The last argument is mandatory and has the following format:
address, email address (with no carriage returns). You can optionally
add acknowledgements or thanks. For example:
\titlepg{Michael W. Daniels}{On a Type-Based Analysis of Feature
Neutrality and the Coordination of Unlikes}{222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil
Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43201. Thanks go to Chris Brew, Martin Jansche,
Bob Levine, Roger Levy, Detmar Meurers, Carl Pollard, Ivan Sag, and
Neal Whitman for detailed comments on earlier drafts.}
General Appearance
- For text in titles and headings, as well as any captions that
consist of a single noun phrase (as opposed to a full sentence),
capitalize any word following a colon as well as all other words
except for articles, conjunctions of four or fewer letters, and
prepositions of four or fewer letters.
- The document will be set with a non-zero \parindent, so please use
\noindent where appropriate (most often, the continuation of a
paragraph after an interruption (table, display, etc.).
- In a list of three or more elements, there should be a comma
immediately before the "and": e.g. "lions, tigers, and bears".
- When scientific quantites are given, the proper format is: digits,
one space, unit (either written in full or abbreviated). For example,
530 nm, 7 meters, 47 °C. When an approximation sign is needed, it
is written directly in front of the digits, with no intervening space:
~4 mm. Following standard American style, give liter-based units
with a capital L: "47 mL", not "47 ml".
- For all other cases where numbers are used, give number names for
all numbers from 0 to 100, as well as all "simple numbers" above 100
(that is, those that only need one or two non-zero digits when
written). Use digits for all other numbers. Examples: four, ten,
twenty-three, seven thousand; but 145, 7162. Exception: when two
numbers are being directly contrasted and only one of them would be
written in digits according to these guidelines, write both in digits.
Example: "One particular savant variously claimed to know between 47
and 123 languages". (Not: "between forty-seven and 123" or "between
forty-seven and one hundred twenty-three").
- Write out (instead of abbreviating) all references to parts of the
document (e.g. "Figure", "Table", "Section" rather than "Fig.",
"Tab.", or "Sec.").
Footnotes
- Footnotes (if needed) are used for supplemental remarks only (see
notes on citations below). Do not use endnotes.
Figures (including Tables, Charts, Photos, etc.)
- The proceedings will be published in black-and-white. All figures
should be submitted as grayscale; we take no responsibility for the
converted quality of any image submitted to us in color.
- Place all figures in the text using the "figure" environment. All
figures must be labelled and captioned (e.g. "Figure 1: Population
Data") using a \caption command.
- Figures (except for tables) must be submitted as separate
files. Check with the CGS office for a list of acceptable figure file
formats. In general, .emf (enhanced metafile) or vector-based .eps
(encapsulated postscript) files are required for line art (graphs,
schematic diagrams, etc.); we can accept a wider range of formats for
photographs. Do not use Adobe Photoshop on files containing line art.
- Tables should be submitted in the main file using the table
environment. All tables should be labelled and captioned with a
\caption command.
- By default, each figure will be scaled to fit within the page
margins (4.75 inches). If a smaller size is desired, you should
indicate so in a comment in the main file. In no cases may
figures/tables exceed a width of 4.75 inches. Any text appearing in a
figure/table should be 11pt Times New Roman. If this would prevent
your table from fitting within the margins, you will need to divide
the table into smaller units.
Headings
- Use \section, \subsection, \subsubsection, etc. for all section
headings.
Citation and Bibliography
- Please use the natbib package for citation commands (e.g. \cite,
\citep, \citet, etc.) and submit a bibtex file containing just those
works actually cited in the paper.
- Write out all journal names in bibtex entries. For example, rather
than citing "IJAL", cite "International Journal of American
Linguistics".
- Do not give first initials only unless the original work cited
the authors that way. We will ask you to re-do any bibliography that
only uses first initials! In all cases, you will need to actually look
at the work in question to determine if first names should be
included.
- Use a middle name or initial only if the author normally does so.
Submission
- Submit a floppy disk (or CDROM if size warrants) containing the
following:
- The .tex source file and .bib bibliography file.
- All other files necessary for compiling the document:
- Any non-standard .sty files used (i.e. that cannot be downloaded
from CTAN).
- Any supplemental files (eps graphics, etc.)
- We must be able to compile your LaTeX file with our TeX
installation for the paper to be accepted.
- If you are not in Columbus, contact the editors for alternate
instructions.