Linguistics publishes articles addressing research questions of current or general relevance that make a significant contribution to our understanding of human language as a system of communication or a cognitive, social, and historical phenomenon. This includes aspects of the grammatical organization (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax) as well as questions of meaning and use (semantics, pragmatics, discourse). Studies may deal with linguistic systems as instantiated in speaking, signing, writing, and other modes of communication, as well as the language users themselves and their communities (e.g., psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics).