University of Kragujevac

The Faculty of Philology and Arts

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Seminar Paper Writing Instructions

Academic Year 2014/2015

Seminar Paper Submission Date: 22 December 2014

Prior to submitting their papers, students are strongly advised to recheck, or have
checked, their text carefully for usage and spelling either British or American conventions
should be used consistently throughout.
Seminar papers should be prepared in accordance with the following guidelines:
Page

format: A4
2.54 cm / 1 in.
Line spacing: 1.5
Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
Paragraph alignment: justified; Headings or Subtitles should be numbered
Pagination: bottom right-hand corner
Length of the paper: between 10 and 15 pages
Italics: for examples and for titles of books and journals
Bold: for terms defined and for emphasis
Margins:

Title of the paper up to 20 words, including subtitle; centred, bold, preceded and
followed by two blank lines
References heading centred, bold, preceded and followed by a blank line; the list
should include works quoted or cited, should be arranged alphabetically, by the
authors last name, and should be formatted as follows:

BOOKS BY ONE AUTHOR

Mey, J. L. (2001). Pragmatics. An Introduction. 2nd edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Mey, J. L. (ed.). (2009). Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier.
BOOKS BY TWO AUTHORS / EDITORS:
Brown, P. and Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
BOOKS BY MORE THAN TWO AUTHORS / EDITORS:
Quirk, R., et al. (1985). A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London and
New York: Longman.
PAPERS IN JOURNALS:
Haberland, H. and Mey, J. L. (1977). Editorial: Linguistics and Pragmatics. Journal of
Pragmatics 1: 1-12.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS / PAPERS IN BOOKS OF PROCEEDINGS:
Peters, P. (2006). English Usage: Prescription and Description. In: B. Aarts and A.
McMahon (eds.). The Handbook of English Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 759
780.
ONLINE SOURCES:
Beaugrande, R. A. de (2004). A New Introduction to the Study of Text and Discourse.
Available at: http://www.beaugrande.com/new_intro_to_study.htm. Retrieved on: 30 August
2010.

Quotations or paraphrases in the text are to be followed by references in brackets, as

follows:
QUOTES (In quotation marks ... with names of authors (if more than two then, e.g Rau et
al.) followed by the year of publication and the exact page the quote was taken from, given in
brackets):
culture is negotiated in large part through language, and language codifies many cultural
assumptions and values (Brody 2003: 40)
PARAPHRASE (Names of authors (if more than two then, e.g Rau et al.) followed by the
year of publication):
English interdental fricatives are acquired late by L1 speakers of English and usually
have the following variants [t], [f] and [d], [v] for [] and [] respectively (Lee 2006).
QUOTING OR PARAPHRASING WITHOUT PROVIDING REFERENCES OR
DIRECT COPYING FORM ONLINE SOURCES IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN AND
CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM!
Example of the Title Page:
University of Kragujevac (font size: 16)
The Faculty of Philology and Arts (font size: 14)

Academic Subject: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (font size: 14)

Seminar Paper Title (eg.):
Language choice in multilingual communities
(font size 16)

Student: Petar Petrovi (font size 14)

Index no.: 090653

Kragujevac, 2015
(font size 14)