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A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it.
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Install Lang Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selection --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .claude/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .claude/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selectionType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .agents/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .agents/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .cursor/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .gemini/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selectionInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .github/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .github/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills lang-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection .opencode/skills/lang-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lang-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/lang-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lang-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
lang-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 677 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it.
- Works in 4 steps: Theoretical stakes. It changes how… → Rigorous, transparent evidence. Glossed… → Cross-subfield significance. A… → …
- Deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, The Language fit test, Language vs. a subfield venue… and Framing by subfield (write…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Lang Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it. Language is a generalist flagship spanning every subfield; the test is a theoretically grounded contribution legible to the whole discipline, not a description of one language or a result inside one framework. Helps frame the question; it does not collect or gloss data.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it
Example prompts
- “/lang-topic-selection”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Theoretical stakes. It changes how linguists analyze something — an interface, a typological
- Rigorous, transparent evidence. Glossed primary data, a corpus, an experiment, or historical
- Cross-subfield significance. A phonologist and a syntactician can both see why it matters —
- Framework-fluent, not parochial. The claim engages rival analyses; it does not assume one
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Lang Topic Selection loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 102 tokens; SKILL.md has 677 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 677 words, ~1,542 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/lang-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- lang-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it. Language is a generalist flagship spanning every subfield; the test is a theoretically grounded contribution legible to the whole discipline, not a description of one language or a result inside one framework. Helps frame the question; it does not collect or gloss data.
Topic Selection & Fit (lang-topic-selection)
Language is the LSA's generalist flagship, covering phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, historical and typological work, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics. The bar is not "new data from language X" — it is "a theoretically grounded claim, carried by rigorous evidence, that a linguist outside my subfield should care about." A description with no analytic payoff, or a demonstration that runs only inside one formalism, is off-fit and often desk-returned. Use this skill to pressure-test fit before you invest.
When to trigger
- Choosing among projects or framings for a Language submission
- A colleague said the paper is "descriptive," "narrow," or "only for [framework] people"
- Deciding between a General Research Article and a shorter Research Report
- Weighing Language against a subfield venue (e.g., Phonology, NLLT, Journal of Semantics, Language Variation and Change)
The Language fit test
A strong Language paper usually clears all four:
- Theoretical stakes. It changes how linguists analyze something — an interface, a typological generalization, a processing mechanism — not just what one language happens to do.
- Rigorous, transparent evidence. Glossed primary data, a corpus, an experiment, or historical
sources documented well enough that a reader could check the pattern (see
lang-data-and-transparency). - Cross-subfield significance. A phonologist and a syntactician can both see why it matters — because it bears on a shared question about grammar, meaning, variation, or change.
- Framework-fluent, not parochial. The claim engages rival analyses; it does not assume one
formalism and ignore the alternatives (see
lang-theory-building).
Language vs. a subfield venue (frame to the right journal)
| Language (LSA) | Subfield venue | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | the whole discipline | specialists in one area |
| Premium on | general theoretical import + broad legibility | depth within the subfield's assumptions |
| Framework stance | engage across frameworks | often assumes the house framework |
| If your paper is | a claim that reshapes a general question | a fine-grained result for insiders |
Sending framework-internal work to Language invites a "why not [subfield journal]?" reviewer note. Send it here when the payoff travels beyond the framework and the subfield.
Framing by subfield (write past your home area)
| Home subfield | Reach the discipline by… |
|---|---|
| Phonology / phonetics | state the general claim about representations or the phonetics–phonology interface, not just the alternation |
| Syntax / morphology | show what the pattern reveals about architecture (e.g., locality, the lexicon–syntax boundary), not one derivation |
| Semantics / pragmatics | tie the analysis to a general question about meaning composition or inference |
| Sociolinguistics / variation | connect the variable to a mechanism of change or a general model of variation |
| Historical / typological | extract the portable generalization, not a single-language chronology |
| Psycho- / computational | link the model or experiment to a claim about grammar or processing the field can carry |
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Fit-screen decision table (what to do with each verdict)
| Signal from the four-part test | Action |
|---|---|
| All four clear; claim travels | proceed to lang-theory-building |
| Rigorous data but thin stakes | climb from description to analysis before submitting |
| Framework-internal result | broaden the engagement, or send to the subfield venue |
| Pure description of one language | reframe around a general claim, or it is off-fit |
Calibration (Language appetite, hedged)
Orienting contrasts, not rankings; confirm scope on the current author pages. Language is unusual in asking a phonetician's paper to be readable by a semanticist: breadth of readership is the constraint that shapes framing. It rewards new empirical territory raised to a general claim — a well-documented pattern from an under-described language is welcome when it is a case of something. Illustrative: fieldwork on an evidential system framed as "language Y has four evidentials" reads as descriptive; reframed as "the evidential–tense interaction adjudicates between two theories of how evidentiality composes," it speaks to semantics broadly and flips the verdict to strong fit.
Anti-patterns
- A description of one language with no theoretical claim (a classic desk return)
- A result that holds only inside one framework, with rivals ignored
- "First study of X in language Y" as the whole contribution
- Defaulting to Language for prestige when a subfield venue fits the contribution better
- A quantitative pattern with no model and no shared data behind it
Output format
【Question】one sentence
【Theoretical claim】the general point a linguist outside my subfield can use
【Evidence base】glossed data / corpus / experiment / historical sources
【Cross-subfield significance】who beyond my area cares, and why
【Framework stance】which rivals it engages
【Type】General Research Article / Research Report / other section
【Fit verdict】strong / needs reframing / off-fit / better at a subfield venue
【Next】lang-theory-buildingSupplementary resources
../../resources/external_tools.md— linguistics data sources by subfield../../resources/official-source-map.md— Language scope and section definitions
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Lang Topic Selection
What does Lang Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it. Lang Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it.
When should I use Lang Topic Selection?
Lang Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a linguistics project fits Language (Linguistic Society of America) and how to frame it.
How do I install Lang Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/lang-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Lang Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Language-Linguistic-Society-Skills/skills/lang-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/lang-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Lang Topic Selection in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill lang-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lang-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/lang-topic-selection, .github/skills/lang-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/lang-topic-selection in your project.
What does Lang Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Lang Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Lang Topic Selection access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Lang Topic Selection safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Lang Topic Selection use?
Lang Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Lang Topic Selection use?
About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Lang Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lang Topic Selection: Lang Attribute (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Table Fit (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Furniture Fit Check (pascalorg/editor, 25k stars) and Topics (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 576 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Lang Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.