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Finding Linguistics Material in the Library

Most Linguistics and Language materials fall into the 410-419 call number range.

It's usually best to start with a keyword search, but subject headings applied to relevant books can help to refine your results. Open the item record of a book that interests you.  Scroll down to the clickable subject headings, and run another search to explore similar books.

You can also browse the headings associated with a particular topic as a way of getting started with your research.

Suggested Subject searches (use these words phrases alone or in combinaton as subjects):

  • Linguistics
  • Historical linguistics
  • Language or languages

If you interested in a specific language or culture, try combining that idea with one of the suggest subjects above

 

Selected Print Resources in Languages and Lingustics

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Empires of the Word - Nicholas Ostler
Call Number: Main 417.7 Os77
ISBN: 0060935723
Publication Date: 2000-01-01

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On the Death and Life of Languages - Claude Hagege; Jody Gladding (Translator)
Call Number: Main 417.7 H12o 2009
ISBN: 0300137338
Publication Date: 2009-09-22

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When Languages Die - K. David Harrison
Call Number: Main 417.7 H246w
ISBN: 0195181921
Publication Date: 2007-02-01

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Language in Danger - Andrew Dalby
Call Number: Main 417.7 D15L
ISBN: 0231129009
Publication Date: 2003-04-23

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Writings in General Linguistics - Ferdinand De Saussure
Call Number: Main 410 Sa879w
ISBN: 019926144X
Publication Date: 2006-09-28

 

Linguistics on the Web

  • SIL Directory of Linguistic Resources on the Internet
    A topically organized list of resources elsewhere on the Internet that may be of interest to the linguist. Developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), Inc.
  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World
    An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,909 known living languages
  • IPA: International Phonetic Association
    The aim of the IPA is to promote the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science.
  • Modern Language Association Language Map
    The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the US Census 2000 to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States.
  • Omniglot
    Omniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages.
  • Speech Accent Archive
    The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed.
  • UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
  • World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)
    The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of 55 authors (many of them the leading authorities on the subject).
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