Style Files and Guidelines

LaTeX Style Files

Articles appearing in Computational Linguistics are typeset using LaTeX. As such, a submitted paper must be formatted using LaTeX. The LaTeX style files used for the journal undergo periodic updates, so make sure you download from the following links, which will always point to the most recent versions:

• clv3.cls: this is the most recent version of the CL LaTeX macros, provided by the typesetter; by using these macros, you should get your paper looking close to the form in which it would appear in the journal [last updated 2022-02-28].
• COLI-manual3.pdf: this document, set using clv3.cls, provides instructions on how to use the style file [last updated 2022-06-21].
• COLI-manual3.tex: this is the LaTeX source file for the above style file manual [last updated 2022-06-21]
• COLI-template.pdf: this demonstrates the various elements of a CL article.
• compling.zip: this contains the style file for setting your citations and references. Please refer to COLI-manual3.pdf for instructions to use.
• alocal.sty: a patch for using clv2.cls and clv3.cls with the ArabTeX package.

Style Guidelines

You can speed up the processing of your paper by ensuring that you follow the CL Style Guide. This document is owned and updated by MIT Press; interim updates to its contents are listed below, and may occasionally supercede the information provided in the Style Guide.