Publication Language: Articles must be written either in English or the language investigated, provided that it is an official language. Contributors should, however, keep in mind that not every language will be familiar to the editors and consulting editors. Contributors writing in a non-native language are advised to have their article proof-read by a native speaker before submitting it to OnOn. Each article (no matter what the language of the main text is) should be preceded by an English summary.
Text Processing: Due to the presumably high number of diacritic signs, articles cannot be edited in the HTML format, but only as PDF files. Contributors are therefore asked either to submit articles as a Word document (*.doc), an OpenOffice document (*.odt or *.sxw), a Star Office document (*.sdw), a WordPerfect document (*.wpd) or as an RTF file (*.rtf). In all instances the file must be e-mailed to one of the chief-editor, accompanied either by a PDF version or a print-out of the file.
General Layout: Articles should be double-spaced, with a 3.5-cm margin on the left side and 2-cm margins on the other sides. The general font should be Times New Roman, 12 pt. (If special fonts must be used, this should be indicated to the editors). The author's name is given in small caps in the first line, centered. The second line shows the title of the article, in small caps, 14 pt, and bold print, also centered. The abstract is preceded by two empty lines and is written in 10 pt. Then two empty lines precede the main text. In the body of the text each new paragraph should be preceded by one empty line. Headings within the article are in 14 pt, subheadings of the first degree in 12 pt and boldprint, all other headings in the general font. Glosses are given in single quotation marks, while word forms and letters are italicized. Emphasized words are in bold print. The main text is followed by the name of the author and his or her address (to the right) plus e-mail, then by the references. Short quotations are surrounded by double quotations marks; long quotation marks (longer than 4 lines) are written as a separate paragraph, with the left margin indented. At the end of the article the author(s)'s name(s) and addresse(s) (including e-mail) should be given on the right side in italics (preceded by one empty line). Then follows the bibliography, preceded by two empty lines (each entry as an indented hanging paragraph).
Annotations: Annotations outside the main text should appear in the form of footnotes and should be kept to a small number.
Citing and References: Quotations are given in double quotation
marks, quotations in quotations in single quotation marks. Reference to
a publication in the text should be given as
Miller (1950: 12)
or
(Miller 1950: 12)
The list of works cited is preceded by the word References and
should take the following form (in petit):
Brown, Henry (1971), Onomasiological Observations, [Nowhere University Studies 5], Nowhere: Nowhere University Press. (= layout for monographs
Brown, Henry (ed.) (1991), New Onomasiological Observations, Paradise: Paradise Press. (= layout for article collection)
Miller, Steve (1990a), "Onomasiology Yesterday", Onomasiology Around the World 1: 20-40. (= layout for journal article; if a year occurs more than once with a certain author, add letters)
Miller, Steve (1990b), "Onomasiology Today", in: Smith, John et al. (eds.), Onomasiology: Why and How?, 75-100, [Nowhere University Studies 50], Nowhere: Nowhere University Press. (= layout for book article)
Miller, Steve / Jones, Will (1991), "Onomasiology Tomorrow", in: Brown 1991: 100-110. (= layout for articles in books quoted more than once)
Smith, John (1991), "Onomasiological Data Bases", in: Brown 1991: 50-60.
Smith, John (2006), "The Names for the Book in Some European Languages", Onomasiology Online s.v. Smith1-00/1. or this form: Onomasiology Online 6: 17-37.