John Benjamins Publishing Company is an independent, family owned academic publisher headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Founded over 50 years ago by John and Claire Benjamins, the company is currently under the general management of their daughter Seline Benjamins.
JB publications are selected under expert academic editorship and peer reviewing by and for academic researchers and trainers, and include, in addition to works of pure research, excellent university level course books JB takes pride in maintaining a constant dialogue with the various academic communities to stay at the forefront of research developments and needs, and in serving as an academic exchange for scholars from every part of the world.
Over the years JB has been firmly rooted in every imaginable subfield of Language and Linguistics. Further fields of focus are Cognitive Science, Psychology, (Contemporary) Philosophy, Terminology, Information Design, Literary Studies and Art History.