First Language (journal)

{{Infobox journal

| title = First Language

| cover = First Language Journal Front Cover.jpg

| editor = Kevin Durkin

| discipline = Language

| former_names =

| abbreviation = First Lang.

| publisher = SAGE Publications

| country =

| frequency = Tri-annually

| history = 1980–present

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact =

| impact-year = 2010

| website = http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201667?siteId=sage-uk&prodTypes=any&q=First+Language&fs=1

| link1 = http://fla.sagepub.com/content/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://fla.sagepub.com/content/by/year

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 0142-7237

| eISSN =

| OCLC =715601304

| LCCN =2004204734

}}

First Language is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers three times a year in the field of language. The journal's editor is Chloë Marshall (University of London) who has taken over at the start of 2017 from longtime editor Kevin Durkin (University of Strathclyde).{{Cite web |last=UCL |date=2017-07-06 |title=Chloë Marshall appointed Professor of Psychology, Language and Education |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2017/jul/chloe-marshall-appointed-professor-psychology-language-and-education |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=IOE - Faculty of Education and Society |language=en}} It has been in publication since 1980 and is currently published by SAGE Publishing. The journal is also a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.{{Cite web |title=First Language |url=https://publicationethics.org/members/first-language |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics |language=en}}