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Background/Reference Resources for Linguistics

DeMiller, Anna L. Linguistics: A Guide to the Reference Literature. 2nd ed. 2000.: P 121 D42 2000 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
1st edition: P 121 D42 1991 PCL Stacks
Online Access limited to users with UT Austin EID via: netLibrary
A guide to the reference literature of linguistics rather than scholarship
Colby, Anita Y. Thesaurus of linguistic indexing terms. 2nd ed. 1998.: Z 695.1 L2 C65 1998 PCL Stacks
While the database version of LLBA has the Thesaurus of index terms built in, this volume presents the terms in book form.

Bibliographies

While typically it is more efficient to use indexes to locate references on a topic, older bibliographies in print can be found with a keyword search of the Library Catalog: for example:

 language policy bibliography

Print Indexes

Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA.

PCL Stacks P 1 L1522 V.1 1967 through V.34 2000 NO.5 USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Linguistic Bibliography. Bibliographie Linguistique. (Available freely online at http://www.ilx.nl/blonline/)
Provides international coverage of all aspects of linguistics. Coverage includes journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, bibliographies and proceedings. The entries, arranged by subject/language classification with an author index, include bibliographic information and no abstracts. Coverage extends from 1937-, however there is a delay of several years in publishing each new volume.

P 30 P481 1948-2001 PCL Stacks

IBZ (Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens)
International bibliography of periodical literature covering all subject areas from around the world in German, French and English. With over 11,000 periodicals indexed, it is especially strong in humanities and social sciences.

PCL Stacks AI 9 I5 1896-1992

Browse by subject in the Library Catalog for other print indexes for linguistics by using Library of Congress Subjects such as:

Linguistic Dictionaries

Houde, Oliver, editor, with Daniel Kayser ... (et al.). A Dictionary of Cognitive Science: neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy. 2004.

BF 311 V56713 2004 PCL Stacks
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary

Trask, R. L. A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. 1993.

P 152 T7 1993 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Trask, R. L. The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics. 2000.

P 143 T73 2000 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Hartmann, R. R. K. Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. 1972.

P 29 H34 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Trask, R. L. Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. 1997.

P 29 T737 1997 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Dalby, Andrew. Dictionary of languages : the definitive reference to more than 400 languages. 2004.

P 371 D35 2004 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 5th ed. 2003.

P 29 C65 2003 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
2nd-4th editions circulate from PCL Stacks: P 29 C65

Trask, R. L. A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology. 1996.

P 216 T73 1996 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary

Crystal, David. An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages. 1992.

P 29 C68 1992 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary

Trask, R. L. Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics. 1999.

P 29 T687 1999 PCL Stacks
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary

Lewandowski, Theodor. Linguistisches Worterbuch. 3 vols. 1976.

P 29 L46 PCL Stacks

prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989

-Q- PE 1625 O87 1989 Vols 1-20 PCL Reference USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Comprehensive edition is available online; access limited to users with UT Austin EID

Bussmann, Hadumod. Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. 1996

P 29 B873 1996 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Available as an EBL ebook; online access limited to users with UT Austin EID.

For dictionaries of specific languages, try searching by KEYWORD for the language and the word "dictionary", for example:

	syrian arabic dictionary

or subject browse using this model: [language] language--Dictionaries, for example:

	khmer language--Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. 2nd ed. 1997.: P 29 C64 1997 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
1st edition in PCL Stacks P 29 C64 1987
Woodard, Roger D, ed. Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. 2004: P 371 C357 2004 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Brown, Keith and Jim Miller, eds. Concise Encyclopedia of Grammatical Categories. 1999.: P 240.5 C66 1999 PCL Stacks
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary
Fabbro, Franco. Concise encyclopedia of language pathology. 1994-.: RC 423 C656 1999 PCL Stacks
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary
Mesthrie, Rajend, editor. Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics. 2001.: Online Access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary
Collinge, N.E. An Encyclopedia of Language. 1989.: Available as an EBL ebook; online access limited to users with UT Austin EID.
Corson, David, ed. Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 1997.: P 40.8 E53 1997 Vols. 1-8 PCL Stacks
Asher, R.E., ed. The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 1994.: P 29 E48 1994 Vols 1-10 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Bouissac, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of Semiotics. 1998.: P 99 E64 1998 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
an additional copy circulates from P 99 E64 1998 PCL Stacks
Sebeok, Thomas A., general editor. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. 1986.: P 99 E65 1986 T. 1-3 PCL Stacks
N�th, Winfried. Handbook of Semiotics. 1990.: P 99 N6513 1990 PCL Stacks (2 copies)
Also available online: access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary
Frawley, William J., ed. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 2nd ed. 2003.: P 29 I58 2003 Vols 1-4 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Smelser, Neil J. and Paul B. Baltes, eds. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2002.: H 41 I58 2001 Vols 1-26 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Abstacts only are online in ScienceDirect
Findlay, Michael Shaw. Language and communication : a cross-cultural encyclopedia. 1998.: P 29 F47 1998 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Malmkjaer, Krisin, ed. The Linguistics Encyclopedia. 2nd ed.: P 29 L52 2002 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Wilson, Robert A. and Frank C. Keil, eds. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences. 1999.: BF 311 M556 1999 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary
Byram, Michael, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning. 2000.: P 51 R66 2000 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Access limited to users with UT Austin EID via netLibrary

Find encyclopedias of specific languages with a SUBJECT KEYWORD search for:

  [language name] Encyclopedias     
  
or browse by SUBJECT for:  
  
  [language name] language -- encyclopedias

Language Dictionaries

PCL Reference maintains a selection of dictionaries with a much larger collection in PCL Stacks and other libraries on campus.

Subject searches for dictionaries are most effective; to find all target dictionaries available, use the examples below as a guide.

Dictionaries for a specific language: Dutch language - Dictionaries
Bilingual dictionaries: Dutch language - Dictionaries - English
English language -Dictionaries - Dutch

Language Classification References

Search the catalog by subject: for Language and Languages--Classification for a comprehensive list of holdings; following is a brief selection.

Voegelin, C. F. Classification and Index of the World's Languages. 1977.: P 203 V6 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
copies also in PCL Stacks and the Benson Latin American Collection
Campbell, George L. Compendium of the World's Languages. 2nd ed. 2000: P 371 C36 2000 Vols. 1-2 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
1st edition also available in the PCL Stacks and Benson Latin American Collection
Campbell, George L. Concise Compendium of the World's Languages. 1995.: P 371 C37 1995 PCL Stacks
a selection of 100 articles from the Compendium of world's languages.
Ruhlen, Merritt. A Guide to the World's Languages. (Volume 1: Classification) 1991.: P 203 R8 1986 Vol.1 PCL Stacks
McMahon, April M. S. Language Classification by Numbers. 2005.: P 203 M37 2005 PCL Stacks
The World's Major Languages. 1990.: P 371 W6 1990 PCL Reference Dept USE IN LIBRARY ONLY

Language Textbooks and Grammars

Find language learning materials by call number range with this helpful chart.
Other strategies for finding grammars and textbooks using the library catalog (this finds both print and online version available):

[name of language] language - Grammar:  Persian language -- grammar
[name of language] language - Study and teaching: Spanish language -- study and teaching
[name of language] language - Textbooks: urdu language -- textbooks

Or browse by subject to view all of the subdivisions :

				
[name of language] language:  Maya language

**Some languages have no subject heading, and a keyword search is the only way to find these.**

Linguistic Atlases

A selection of atlases follow; to find others, try a subject browse as follows:

[language] language--Maps  for example: french language--maps

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas. 2 vols. 1996.

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