Library Sources in Linguistics

This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Linguistics available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library (WEB) on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching Sofia, the library catalogue.

• An encyclopaedia of language Ref P 106 E5 1990 WEB & Online
• Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages: REF P 371 C357 2004 VAN WEB
• Compendium of the world's languages - 2 vol.: REF P 371 C36 2000 VAN WEB
• Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture: REF CB 201 E53 1997 VAN
• Encyclopedia of language and linguistics - 10 vol.: REF P 29 E48 1994 VAN
• Encyclopedia of semiotics: REF P 99 E64 1998 WEB & Online
• Key concepts in language and linguistics: REF P 29 T687 1999 WEB & Online
• International encyclopedia of linguistics - 4 vol.: REF P 29 I58 1992 VAN WEB
• The linguistics encyclopedia: REF P 29 L52 2002 VAN & Online

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• Cambridge Companion to Chomsky: P 85 C47C36 2005 VAN WEB & Online
• Classification and index of the world's languages: REF P 203 V6 VAN WEB
• Handbook of child language: REF P 118 H316 1995 WEB
• Handbook of the International Phonetic Association : a guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet REF P 227 I52 1999 WEB
• Handbook of phonetic sciences: REF P 221 H28 1997 WEB
• Handbook of sociolinguistics: REF P 40 H3426 1997 WEB
• Languages of the world: REF P 371 K38 1995 WEB & Online
• Linguistics: a very short introduction: P 121 M343 2003 WEB
• Oxford Companion to the English Language: REF PE 1625 O85 1992 VAN WEB
• Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax Online

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• Bibliography of contemporary linguistic research (1978): Via ILL
• Bibliography of pidgin and creole languages (1975): REF PM 7802 R4+ WEB
• Bibliography on the semantics of human language (1974): Via ILL
• Current bibliography on linguistics and English linguistics 1978-1982: Via ILL
• Language origins: a bibliography: REF P 116 H46+ 1975 VAN WEB
• Linguistics and English linguistics: REF P 123 A44+ 1977 VAN WEB
• Year's work in modern language studies: REF PB 1 Y45 VAN

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• American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots: REF P 615 A43 2000 VAN
• Concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics: REF P 29 M34 1997 WEB
• Dictionary of grammatical terms in linguistics: REF P 152 T7 1993
• Dictionary of language and linguistics (1972): REF P 29 H34 VAN WEB
• Dictionary of linguistics and phonetics: REF P 29 C65 1997 VAN WEB
• Dictionary of phonetics and phonology: REF P 216 T73 1996 WEB
• Dictionary of semiotics: REF P 99 M357 2000 WEB
• Dictionary of sociolinguistics: REF P 40 D477 2004 WEB
• Dictionary of stylistics: REF P 301 W 35 1989 WEB
• Dictionnaire de didactique des langues: REF P 29 D554+ 1976 VAN WEB
• Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences du langage (1972): REF P 29 D8 WEB
• Encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages: REF P 29 C68 1992 WEB
• Glossary of applied linguistics: REF P 129 D368 2005 WEB
• Glossary of linguistic terminology (1966): REF P 29 P39 VAN WEB
• Glossary of Sociolinguistics: REF P 40 T747 2003 WEB
• Multilingual lexicon of linguistics and philology: English, Russian, German, French (1968): REF P 29 N34 VAN WEB
• Phonetics and speech science: a bilingual dictionary: REF P 217 M17 1989 VAN WEB
• Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics: REF P 29 B875 1996 WEB
• Student's dictionary of language and linguistics: REF P 29 T69 1997 VAN

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• Linguistics & language behavior abstracts (LLBA) (1973 onwards)
• MLA International Bibliography (1963 onwards)
• Project Muse 
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (Full text): part of the Oxford Reference Online Premium

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• ALA-LC Romanization Tables
• Association canadienne de linguistique | Canadian Linguistic Association - Resource for career/conference opportunities, scholarship and funding, and association membership.
• Canada Institute of Linguistics
• Ethnologue
  A catalogue of more than 6,900 languages spoken around the world. Includes information on number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliation, alternate names, language descriptions, etc.
• International Phonetic Association
  The IPA is the major as well as the oldest representative organization for phoneticians. It provides the academic community worldwide with a notational standard for the phonetic representation of all languages. This site includes links to other websites on phonetics.
• Less Commonly Taught Languages
  Includes lists of courses at approximately 2,000 institutions in North America.
• Linguist List
  Offers many links to Linguistic sites. Covers such topics as: applied linguistics, creoles, computational linguistics, endangered languages, word frequency, metaphor, nonverbal communication, nostratic, translating, etc.
• Linguistic Links
  Provides many interesting links. They include university departments, organizations, linguists, archives, conferences, linguistic topics, mailing lists, journals, publishers, bookstores, job listings, etc.
• Linguistic Rights - Links and Resources
  Includes links to research institutions, international organizations, foundations, NGOs, etc. These offer access to vast amounts of documents on language rights, language legislation, and linguistic minorities worldwide.
• Linguistic Society of America
  Includes information on membership, grants, jobs, publications, resources, etc.
• The Speech Accent Archive
  Compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers. Over 1500 samples.
• yourDictionary.com
  Provides links to more than 1800 language and specialty dictionaries.
• UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger  

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