Liaison in charge: Carol A. McAllister
Research: Getting Started @ Swem
Humanities International Index
JSTOR: Journal Storage Archive
LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
MLAIB: Modern Language Association International Bibliography
To browse the catalog for lists of linguistics and language journals, do begins with/subject searches using the phrases "Linguistics-Periodicals" and (as a second search) "Language and Languages-Periodicals." To search for a specific journal, enter the title of the journal and do a begins with/ periodical title search. If the library has access to online issues of a journal, the catalog record will include a link to electonic holdings.
Following is a list of core journal titles in linguistics. Swem Library subscribes to all of the titles.
American Speech
Applied Linguistics
International Journal of Lexicography
Journal of English Linguistics
Journal of Linguistics
Journal of Phonetics
Language
Language in Society
Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistics
Linguistics and Education
Modern Language Journal
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Most of these resources are shelved in the reference stacks on the first floor.
A Reference Guide
Linguistics: A Guide to the Reference Literature (REF P 121 .A1 D45 2000)
Linguistic Dictionaries
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (REF P 29 .M34 2005)
Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics (REF P 143 .T727 2000)
Dictionary of Language (REF P 29 .C68 2001)
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (REF P 29 .C65 2003)
Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics (REF P 29 .T687 1999)
Student's Dictionary of Languages and Linguistics (REF P 29 .T69 1997)
Talking About People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language (REF P 301 .M33 1997) (Available Online)
Encyclopedias
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (REF P 29 .C64 1997)
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (REF PE 1072 .C68 2003)
Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Vols. 1-8 ( REF P 40.8 .E53 1997)
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Vols. 1-4 (REF P 29 .I58 2003)
Language and Communication: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia (REF P 29 .F47 1998)
Linguistics Encyclopedia (REF P 29 .L52 2002)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning (REF P 51 .R66 2000)
Linguistic Atlases
Atlas of the World's Languages (REF P 375 .A84 1994)
Linguistic Atlas of England (REF G 1816 .E3 L5 1977)
Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States Vols. 1-7 ( PE 2970 G85 L56 1986, In Stacks)
Linguistics Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States Pts. 1 & 2 (G 1246 .E3 L5 1979, Stacks, Oversized)
Black and White Speech in the Southern United States: Evidence from the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (PE 2922 .D67 1986, In Stacks)
Language Resources
Compendium of the World's Languages, Vols. 1-2 (REF P 371 .C36 2000)
Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Ref. to More Than 400 Languages (REF P 371. D35 1998)
Ethnologue: Languages of the World (REF P 371 .E83 15th ed. 2005) (Available Online)
World's Major Languages (REF P371 W6 1990)
How to Find Dictionaries and Grammars in the Library Catalog
To find a dictionary for a specific language do a begins with/subject search using the following phrase: [name of language] -dictionaries. For example, French-dictionaries
To find grammars for a specific language do a begins with/subject search using the following phrase: [name of language] language-grammar. For example, French language-grammar
Two Major Sites
Linguist List
“The LINGUIST List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world. LINGUIST maintains a web-site with over 2000 pages and runs a mailing list with over 25,000 subscribers worldwide.”
Linguistics Society of America
“The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) was founded in 1924 and plays a critical role in supporting and disseminating linguistic scholarship both to professional linguists and to the general public. LSA is the largest linguistic society in the world and the only umbrella professional linguistics organization in the US, with over 5,000 individual and library members. Language is the official journal of the LSA and publishes across the discipline’s subfields.
Languages and Educational Materials
Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/about/index.html
“The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. CAL provides a comprehensive range of research-based language tools and resources in the fields of bilingual education, English as a second language, literacy, foreign language education, dialect studies, language policy, refugee orientation, and the education of linguistically and culturally diverse adults and children.”
Corpus Linguistics, Translation and Language Learning
http://www.federicozanettin.net/sslmit/cl.htm
A collection of links to corpus linguistics resources maintained by Federico Zanettin.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
“-- an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living
languages.”
iLoveLanguages::Your Gluide to Languages on the Web
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
“iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2400 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer.”
MLA 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 Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the U.S.
Professional Organizations
American Association for Applied Linguistics
“The United States affiliate of the International Association of Applied Linguistics, AAAL is a professional organization whose members engage in research and practice in applied language issues.”
Association for Computational Linguistics
http://www.aclweb.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
“The Association for Computational Linguistics is THE international scientific and professional society for people who work on problems involving natural language and computation.” ACL publishes the quarterly journal, Computational Linguistics and the web site has a “resources” link.
Conference Schedule for Linguists, Translators, Interpreters, and Teachers of Language
http://www.royfc.com/confer.html
Maintained by Roy Cochrum. The main menu is arranged by date. You can also search by location or key words in the conference title.
