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lang-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a Language (LSA) manuscript within the literature so it reads as in dialogue with current linguistics across frameworks. Language reviewers are drawn from across subfields; the positioning must engage the strongest rival accounts fairly, not build a subfield-only wall. Maps the conversation; it does not write the literature review.

When to use

• Drafting or restructuring the literature/positioning section
• Writing a Discussion Note or Perspectives Commentary
• Deciding which debates to foreground for a general linguistics readership
• Engaging the strongest rival account fairly
• Cross-framework positioning
• Building a three-column map of debate, tension, and delta
• Returning a ledger of claim, evidence, risk, and location
• Comparing against sibling journals for re-routing

When not to use

• Writing the literature review
• Refereeing a framework war
• Building a subfield-only wall
• Straw-manning the rival account
• Filling an empty descriptive cell
• Giving submission-ready advice before checking official source map

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