本期刊提供了一個平臺，討論理論語言學研究的現代和古老的語言和方言的日耳曼語系。《比較日耳曼語言學雜志》的特色是在允許精確討論的正式語法理論中建立了強有力的經驗概括。它的覆蓋面提供了跨語言的比較，在日耳曼語系，以及闡明了日耳曼語言學的問題，通過一個日耳曼語的例子分析。該雜志研究的語言學領域包括:形態學、音系學、語用學、語義學和句法。《日耳曼比較語言學雜志》還收錄了諷刺、回復、書籍和論文評論。

This journal provides a platform for the discussion of theoretical linguistic research into the modern and older languages and dialects of the Germanic family. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics features contributions that establish robust empirical generalizations within a formal theory of grammar that permit precise discussions. Its coverage offers cross-linguistic comparison within the Germanic family as well as elucidates issues in Germanic linguistics through the exemplary analysis of one Germanic language.Areas of linguistics examined in the journal include: morphology, phonology, pragmatics, semantics and syntax. The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics also contains squibs, replies, book and dissertation reviews.