Guide for authors

Publishing guidelines for LANACOM 2026.

Research papers accepted at LANACOM will be published in the official proceedings, provided they meet the required formatting and citation standards below. Please review every section before submitting your final manuscript.

Section 01

General formatting rules

The manuscript should not be less than 5,000 and not more than 9,000 words, and should be accompanied by an abstract (150–250 words) and keywords (5 to 6). Manuscripts written in languages other than English must include an English abstract.

Requirement	Specification
Page size	Letter, 8.5″ × 11″, written in a word processing package.
Font size	12-point text.
Font type	Times New Roman.
Line spacing	Single-spaced throughout, including endnotes.
Margins	1 inch (2.54 cm) on all sides — top, bottom, left, and right. Full text justified.

Section 02

Manuscript structure

Organize your manuscript in the following order:

Title of the paper
Authors and affiliations
Abstract (150 to 250 words)
Keywords
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
References (APA) / Works Cited (MLA)

Section 03

In-text citation

Linguistics & Translation Use APA 7th edition for in-text citation and references.

Literature Use MLA 9th edition for in-text citation and works cited.

Footnotes and endnotes should be numbered and appear on a separate page at the end of your document, before the References/Works Cited page. Title this page "Notes" (centered at the top).

Section 04

References

Provide an alphabetical list of all and only sources cited in your manuscript. Entries must conform to APA or MLA style depending on your track (see In-text citation above), and this list must be included at the end of your paper.