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- At the end of the article, a bibliography should be included containing all items cited in the main text and in the footnotes, as well as a list of sources and linguistic abbreviations used by the Author.
- Please mark quotations and bibliographic references in the text according to APA standards (for details, see: https://apastyle.apa.org/).
EXAMPLES
Reference in the main text – (Milewski, 2022, p. 49)
In the bibliography, we use the following entries:
- journal paper:
Casasanto, D., Fotakopoulou, O., Boroditsky, L. (2010). Space and Time in the Child's Mind: Evidence for a Cross-Dimensional Asymmetry. Cognitive Science, 34, 387-405.
- paper in a collective work:
Milewski, S. (2022). Phonotactics and phonostatics in speech therapy theory and practice. In: A. Domagała, U. Mirecka (eds.), Preschool and early school speech therapy (pp. 48-87). Gdańsk: Harmonia Universalis.
- monograph:
Kandel, E.R. (2021). Disturbed mind. What unusual brains say about us. Kraków: Copernicus Center Press.
- collective work:
Domagała, A., Mirecka, U. (ed.). (2022). Preschool and early school speech therapy. Gdańsk: Harmonia Universalis.
