 Based on the online "SpecGram" archives, the journal has been published sporadically under several names ("Psammeticus Quarterly, Babel," and "The Journal of the Linguistic Society of South-Central New Caledonia") since 1988, with consecutive issues being anywhere from one month to six years apart.From 2004 to 2006, the journal was published more consistently on a quarterly basis, with occasional special issues throughout the year.In 2007, the journal was published bimonthly, and since the summer of 2008 it has been published monthly.