Linguistics: A Reference Bibliography
TABLE OF CONTENTS
World Wide Web Sites for
LinguistsGUIDES, HANDBOOKS AND DIRECTORIES
- Allen, Harold Byron. Linguistics and English Linguistics. 2nd ed. Arlington Heights: AHM, 1977.
- (Olin stacks Z 7001 .A42 1977)
Intended as a guide "for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in linguistics, English, education, psychology, sociology, speech, and anthropology" (Preface), listing materials through 1975. Citations are to books and periodical articles in English.
- DeMiller, Anna L. Linguistics: A guide to the reference literature. Englewood, CO:
Libraries Unlimited, 1991.
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(Olin Ref Z 7001 .D45x 1991)
Contemporary linguistics is not one unified discipline; it is more accurate to view it as consisting of a nucleus of general areas surrounded by a growing number of interdisciplinary research fields, approaches, and applications. Thus it is no easy task to compile a guide that surveys the sources for a conglomerate of overlapping fields. DeMiller shows that it can be done successfully and professionally. Her work annotates over 700 reference sources, published mostly from 1957 to 1989, that are neatly organized and discussed in 31 chapters clustered into three parts: general linguistics, allied areas, and languages. Part 2 focuses on interdisciplinary areas and applications. Three thorough indexes (author, title, and subject) complement a work whose general and specific usefulness will be appreciated by students, instructors, and researchers in various areas and subdisciplines of linguistics. It will also be useful to those from other disciplines who want to know more about the study of language and languages.
- MLA Directory of Periodicals: a guide to journals and series in languages and
literatures. New York: MLA, 1978/79-.
- (Olin Ref Z 7006 M68 M2+)
As a companion volume to the MLA International Bibliography, the Directory contains all information available on the journals and series indexed by the Bibliography--which is to say, journals that publish articles on language, literature, or folklore with some frequency. The Directory lists journals alphabetically by title providing publishing history, subscription information, editorial description, submission requirements, and advertising information. In addition, four indexes are included: by journal abbreviation, by subject, by sponsoring organization, and by editorial personnel.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
- Asher, R.E. ed. The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Tarrytown, N.Y.:
Pergamon Press, 1994. 10 vol.
- (Olin Ref P29 .E56+)
The most comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia in linguistics and related subject areas, containing "more than 2000 articles...by more than 1000 contributing editors." (Introduction) Broad in scope, so that interdisciplinary aspects of linguistics and language studies are covered as well as various areas of linguistics. Global communication and writing systems are included, as well as extensive biographies/bibliographies of linguists. Signed articles include authoritative bibliographies. Consult the separate Index volume for alphabetical and classified listings.
- Bright, William. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 4 vols. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1992.
- (Olin Ref P29 .I61; also Uris Ref)
The intention of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive source of up-to-date information on all branches of linguistics, aimed primarily at an audience of students and professional scholars in linguistics and adjacent fields (Introduction). The longer articles consist of signed essays of up to 5000 words in length, surveying large fields of study, e.g. phonetics. Shorter essays (also signed) deal with more specific topics within those fields; or with particular language families which have been topics of extensive linguistic research (Introduction).
- Coulmas, Florian. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Cambridge, MA:
Blackwell, 1996.
- (Olin Ref Z40 .C67x 1995)
"The principal purpose of this encyclopedia is to provide basic concise information on the writing systems, scripts and orthographies of the world's major languages" (Preface). A thorough, well-presented work with excellent tables and illustrations. There are numerous cross-references which pull the work together, since it consists of many short articles rather than comprehensive treatments. Most articles have brief bibliographies and there is an extensive bibliography at the end of the work. Highly useful for overviews of every imaginable script from Cherokee to Maldivian (not to be confused with Old Maldivian) and such oddities as the finger alphabet and quipu.
- Crystal, David. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. 2nd ed. New York:
Cambridge U, 1997.
- (Olin Ref P 29 .C95 C2+; also Uris Ref)
This illustrated one-volume encyclopedia presents the major themes in language study. A glossary and index provide excellent access to the many articles. Excellent maps, plates, photographs and charts. A bibliography is appended.
- Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK; Cambridge,
MA: Blackwell, 1991.
- (Olin Ref P 29 .C95 1991)
Alphabetically arranged definitions and sometimes lengthy descriptions of terms important to the study of linguistics and phonetics. References to other works are given at the end of each definition.
- Ducrot, Oswald and Tzvetan Todorov. Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Sciences of
Language. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1979.
- (Olin Ref P 29 .D84 1979)
Originally published in French (1972), this English translation by Catherine Porter brings an excellent linguistics dictionary into the reach of the English-speaking student. Treated here are linguistics and language learning (e.g. Neo-grammarians, Saussurians, etc.); fields of linguistics (e.g. psycholinguistics, rhetoric and stylistics, etc.); methodological concepts (e.g. sign, language and speech, etc.) descriptive concepts (e.g. phonemes, etc.) and an appendix describing new concepts of linguistics and especially of semiotics. Finally, an "Index of Terms Defined" enhances its use as a dictionary.
- Hartmann, R. R. K. and Stork, F. C. Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. New
York: Wiley, 1972.
- (Olin stacks P 29 H33)
Intended as an aid to language teachers and students of linguistics. Includes terminology from the various branches of linguistic scholarship, linguistic approaches and methods, etc., plus important terms from related and applied fields.
- International Encyclopedia of Communications. 4 vols. New York: Oxford UP,
1989.
- (Uris Ref P 87.5 .I61; also Mann Ref)
This four-volume set contains articles on all aspects of communication. Articles are arranged alphabetically, many have references to other articles, and all have bibliographies. This is an extremely valuable, detailed, and scholarly work.
- Lewandowski, Theodor. Linguistisches Wörterbuch. 4. Neu bearb. Aufl.
Heidelberg: Quelle & Meyer, 1984-1985.
- (Olin stacks P29 .L66 1984)
Approximately 2,000 terms are listed in the new edition of this standard German dictionary of linguistics. It covers most schools of linguistic thought as well as selected terminology from allied fields such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics. Sometimes the equivalent term in one or more languages such as English, French, or Russian follows the German entry word. Many examples of the definitions are given in the text. Words used in the definitions which are themselves entries in the dictionary are so indicated. Significant entries are accompanied by bibliographies, quite extensive in some cases. Most of the references in the bibliographies are to German-language materials, but a significant number are also in English and other languages.
- Marciszewski, Witold, ed. Dictionary of Logic as Applied in the Study of Language:
Concepts, Methods, Theories. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1981.
- (Olin stacks BC9 .D55)
This dictionary, while useful to philosophers, was designed particularly for specialists in the "the study of language, "that is, those from the areas of linguistics, information science, philosophy of language, and semiotics. The main part of the dictionary consists of seventy-two alphabetically arranged articles on such topics as name; questions; sentence; syntax, logical; semantics, logical; pragmatics, logical; and grammar, formal. Each article is written and signed by one of fifteen contributors, all but two of whom are from universities or scholarly institutions in Poland. Appended to each article is a list of references. A few of these references are repeated in a bibliography at the end of the dictionary, but for the most part this general bibliography consists of further works such as classical contributions to mathematical logic and its applications, textbooks, and collections. When a term is defined within an article it is italicized. These italicized terms plus other key concepts can be found in a subject index and glossary.
- Meetham, A.R., ed. Encyclopaedia of Linguistics, Information, and Control.
Associate editor R. Hudson. 1st ed. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1969.
- (Olin stacks Q360 .M49+)
The signed articles in this interdisciplinary encyclopedia were contributed by various specialists. The editor had each contributor write on a topic within his or her own discipline with a view to having it understood by specialists in other areas. His aim was to have the encyclopedia contribute to better communications in the whole area opened up by computers and control systems and by the new thinking they generated. Each of the 145 articles is followed by a bibliography and, in most cases, cross references to related articles. For quick reference the end papers list each article title along with the numbers of associated articles. An index-glossary provides further help in searching for information. Illustrations of all types are plentiful throughout. Though dated, the encyclopedia is useful for background information.
- Nash, Rose. Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German,
French. Consultants: Mervin Alleyne, Gerd Fraenkel and Stephen Soudakoff. Coral Gables,
FL: University of Miami Press, 1968.
- (Olin stacks P 29 .N25)
The primary purpose of this lexicon is to help linguists read the works of scholars publishing in other languages. The main part of the book is an alphabetic listing of more than 5,000 English terms with their equivalents in Russian, German, and French. No definitions are given except in cases where no specific term has been established in one of the languages. Indexes for the Russian, German, and French terms provide entry points into the main section. Introductory and explanatory material is in all four languages. A bibliography listing the works from which the terminology was taken includes standard dictionaries, reference grammars, dictionaries of technical terms, language teaching manuals, introductory textbooks on linguistics, and journal articles.
- Palmatier, Robert Allen. A Glossary for English Transformational Grammar. New
York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1972.
- (Olin stacks PE 1680 .P17)
The time span covered by the terms in this glossary is the fourteen-year period from 1956 through the 1960s. The terms were derived from the author's survey of some seventy-two works in English relating to transformational grammar in general or to English transformational grammar in particular. Each definition is referenced by page numbers from one or more of these works. The works are listed in a separate bibliography at the end. Technical terms from traditional grammar or structural linguistics are not included here unless their use is maintained in transformational theory.
- Pei, Mario A. and Frank Gaynor. A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York:
Philosophical Library, 1954.
- (Olin Ref P 29 .P37)
A small but useful dictionary containing several thousand terms common to 19th and 20th century linguistics. Pei and Gaynor have attempted to compile a dictionary that includes "the general run of traditional grammatical terms, the more frequently used terminology of the field of historical linguistics, that portion of the terminology of modern descriptive linguistics concerning which there is some measure of agreement among its users and the names, affiliations and very brief descriptions of the major languages and dialects of the world, both past and present." (Pei preface)
- Pei, Mario A. Glossary of Linguistic Terminology. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books,
1966.
- (Uris stacks P29 .P37 G5 1966; also Mann Ref P29 .P37)
Included here is the general terminology of historical and descriptive linguistics, both European and American. Excluded are traditional grammatical and stylistic terms as well as names and descriptions of individual languages. Both beginning and advanced students can make use of the dictionary as short simple definitions are often followed by more technical explanations. Definitions range from one line to more than a page in length. The inclusion with each definition of synonyms, near-synonyms, and antonyms is particularly useful in sorting out the profuse terminology of linguistics. Many cross references and examples in familiar languages are also given. Compared with Pei and Gaynor's dictionary fewer terms are defined here (1,500 vs. 3,600) because of its narrower focus. In spite of this, the more advanced student of linguistics will find this glossary of greater value for its more technical definitions.
- Pullum, Geoffrey K., and William A. Ladusaw. Phonetic Symbol Guide. 2nd ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- (Olin stacks P221 .P85x 1996)
Anyone needing to find the meaning of an unfamiliar phonetic symbol will find this book very useful. Entries for characters are arranged dictionary-style according to the shape of the symbol. This system works well for the most part with cross references inserted at points where there might be confusion. A section with forty-nine diacritic entries follows the character entries. Major entries are for symbols recommended by the International Phonetic Association (IPA) as well as for those used in current American Transcriptional practice. Each major entry begins with a large, clear picture of the symbol along with its standard name, or a descriptive name made up by the authors. Other information that might be included is IPA usage, American usage, other uses, comments about what the symbol stands for, the history of the character, and typographic information about the character.
- Sebeok, Thomas A. Gen. Ed. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics. 2nd rev. ed. 3
Vols. New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994.
- (Olin Ref P 99 .E56 1994 )
An alphabetically organized listing of entries dealing with technical terms, names of major contributors to semiotics, fields with which semiotics interacts, etc. Entries contain references to further reading which are described in full in Volume 3 of the set.
- Van Ostermann, George Frederick. Manual of Foreign Languages for the Use of
Librarians... 4th ed. rev. enl. New York: Central Book, 1952.
- (Olin Ref Z 253 .U581 1952)
A useful manual of concise information about some 130 languages and dialects, giving: the alphabet in the original letters or characters in varying forms, with transliteration into English and indication of pronunciation: brief rules for punctuation, capitalization, syllabication, transliteration, phonetics and grammar; cardinal and ordinal numbers; years, seasons, months, days, etc.
WORLD LANGUAGES
- Campbell, George L. Compendium of the World's Languages. London: Routledge,
1991.
- (Olin Ref P 371 .C18)
The world contains over 5,000 separate languages, many with numerous dialects. There is considerable range; for example, Chinese is spoken by over 1.2 billion people, while Yagnob has fewer that 2,000 speakers. This two-volume reference source describes and analyzes just over 300 languages in a comparative format. Similar or related languages are grouped (e.g., Bantu, Celtic, Dravidian, Mongolian, Polynesian families), sometimes with separate entries.
- Comrie, Bernard. The World's Major Languages. New York: Oxford UP,
1987.
- (Olin Ref P203 .W92; also Uris Ref P 371 .W92)
This scholarly, authoritative work contains fifty chapters, each devoted to a language family or language and written by an expert in that field. Forty-four internationally renowned experts have contributed to this volume. The emphasis, given the expected readership of this guide, is on Indo-European languages with about half the chapters covering languages of this family. Each chapter on a language contains basic material on it structure and its social and historical background; in addition it may highlight different and unusual aspects of the language. The result is not only informative, but makes for interesting reading. References and a bibliography of grammars, surveys, histories, etc., follow each chapter. Figures, maps, tables, and examples are liberally used to illustrate the text.
- Ethnologue; Languages of the World. 13th ed., 1996 on the WWW at http://www.sil.org/ethnologue. In print:
Ethnologue : Languages of the world, 11th ed. Barbara F. Grimes, editor ; consulting
editors: Richard S. Pittman, Joseph E.Grimes. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics,
1992.
- (Olin stacks BV 2370 .W9 A6 1992 )
The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. It tries to bring together the best information available on the languages of the world. Entries represent separate languages or probable languages (highly divergent 'dialects') according to their best sources. Each entry lists number of speakers, alternate names, language family, where spoken, religion of speakers, etc. Search by virtually any variation of language name or dialect.
Ethnologue Language Name Index. A companion volume, an index of 39,304 language names, alternate names, dialect names, and alternate dialect names used in the Ethnologue. Accessed through the Web site at the Ethnologue page or in print as Ethnologue Index, Barbara Grimes, ed., Dallas TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics (Olin stacks BV2370 .A6 1988 Index).
Ethnologue Language Family Index is only available from the Web site. It provides information about language family relationships in outline form, showing the closeness of the relationship of each language to other languages.
- Giliarevskii, Rudzhero S. And Vladimir S. Grivnin. Languages Identification Guide.
Translated by Lev Navrozov. Moscow: Nauka, Central Dept. Of Oriental Literature, 1970.
- (Olin stacks P 213 G47 1970)
The Russian title of this work is Opredilitel' iazykov mira po pis'mennostiam. For identifying unknown scripts this guide is probably the best source available. More than 200 languages are covered. An alphabetical index of languages readily locates any language by name. For each language a text sample and alphabet are given. If more than one alphabet is widely used, then all of them are shown. Explanatory notes include additional letters and diacritic signs as well and graphic peculiarities and distinctive characteristics. Other information generally includes the region where used, number of people using it, and its place in the genetic classification of languages. The introduction helpfully lists procedures to use in identifying an unknown script.
- Katzner, Kenneth. The Languages of the World. London: Routledge, 1986.
- (Olin Ref P 201 .K19 1986; Uris Ref has older edition)
A very handy guide to the language families of the world. Contains brief descriptions of each language including where and by whom it is spoken. Part I covers language families (e.g. Altaic languages), Part II individual languages (e.g. Russian) including even Esperanto, and Part III a country survey of languages spoken and numbers of people speaking them. A bibliography and an index are included.
- Kloss, Heinz, and Grant D. McConnell, eds. Linguistic Composition of the Nations of
the World/Composition linguistique des nations du monde. Quebec: Presses de
l'Université Laval, 1974- .
- (Olin stacks + P 120 .I61)
The first five volumes of what is to eventually be a seven-volume set are now published. When finished it will be a complete statistical survey of the demography of the world's languages. In the aim to be comprehensive they have included all types of language figures (first language, second language, bilingualism, ethnic data, etc.) from all available sources (official, secondary, estimates, scientific, etc.). Volumes 1-5 cover central and western South Asia, North America, Central and South America, Oceania, and Europe and the USSR, respectively. Volume 6 will cover eastern and southeastern Asia, while Volume 7 will be devoted to Africa. Each volume begins with an extensive introduction providing background information on languages of the area. This is followed by a bibliography of sources for the data. The statistical tables listing the data comprise the bulk of each volume. The editors provide an index of statistical offices and a language and country index. Explanatory material and headings throughout the volumes are in both English and French.
- Ruhlen, Merrit. A Guide to the World's Languages. Volume 1: Classification.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1987.
- (Olin stacks P203 .R93)
This volume, providing a complete genetic classification of all the world's languages, has its origin in the author's earlier, self-published work, Guide to the Languages of the World (Stanford: 1975) which contained information on roughly 700 languages. The genetic classification in the guide is the most comprehensive and up-to-date presently available. It is to be followed by a second volume on language data and a third on language universals.
- Voegelin, Charles Frederick, and Florence M. Voegelin. Classification and Index of the
World's Languages. New York: Elsevier, 1977.
- (Olin Ref + P203 .V87; also Uris stacks)
This work is based on a survey of the literature, Languages of the World, published from 1964 to 1966 in the journal Anthropological Linguistics with revisions from a further review of the literature and the incorporation of additional information from readers of the first survey and consultants. Though Ruhlen's classification supersedes this, and various other works contain more up-to-date numbers for speakers of languages, it remains an important reference source, particularly for its index of names. The main body of the book consists for the most part of alphabetic entries for the names of groups of genetically related languages. After a paragraph or so discussing the internal relationships of the members of the group, the languages belonging to the group are listed. Variant names, alternate spellings, and names of dialects are given for each language. The dialect names are followed by figures for the number and location of speakers of the language. The authors caution, however, against taking these numbers too literally. If a language or dialect is no longer spoken, an asterisk precedes the name and if inclusion in a language group is doubtful, a question mark follows the name. Finally, the last item for an entry is usually a brief note stating the relationship of the group as a whole to other groups of languages.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Bibliography of Bibliographies of the Languages of the World. Troike, Rudolph C.
comp. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1990.
- (Olin stacks Z 7001 .T84)
Although a number of limitations to the scope of this work are noted, it does fill a need for a bibliography of general and Indo-European language bibliographies. The compiler makes the point that too many language bibliographies exist and, in his introduction, calls for a moratorium on new ones. On the other hand, his scholarship also indicates specialized areas that require new bibliographies.
- Collison, Robert Lewis. Dictionaries of English and Foreign Languages: A
Bibliographical Guide.... 2nd ed. New York: Hafner, 1971.
- (Olin Ref Z 7004 .D5 C71 1971)
Provides historical and critical notes on the general, special and bilingual dictionaries of the languages of Europe, Asia, and Africa, together with special lists of French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and Scandinavian dialect dictionaries, and an appendix listing technical dictionaries in various languages arranged by subject. This second edition, much revised and updated, adds new chapters on early and modern English-language dictionaries, the Celtic languages, and comparative philology.
- Gazdar, Gerald et al. A Bibliography of Contemporary Linguistic Research. New
York: Garland, 1978.
- (Olin stacks Z 7001 G28)
An author list of some 5,000 (1970-1978) articles and papers drawn from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and specialist anthologies, chiefly on the central topics of linguistics: syntactic, semantic, philological and pragmatic theory.
- Gipper, Helmut and Schwarz, Hans. Bibliographisches Handbuch zur
Sprachinhaltsforschung.... Köln: Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen der
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1961-84 (in
progress).
- (Olin stacks Z 7001 .G51)
An extensive annotated bibliography of works in various languages on semantics.
- Hammer, John H. and Rize, Frank A. A Bibliography of Contrastive Linguistics.
Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1965.
- (Olin stacks Z 7004 .H22)
Lists studies which offer "a systematic comparison of selected linguistic features of two or more languages." (Introduction). Arranged by language (other than English), with an author index.
- The Oxford Companion to the English Language. Ed. Tom McArthur. New York:
Oxford UP, 1992.
- (Olin Ref PE 1628 .O975; also Uris Ref, Mann Ref)
This Companion is an invaluable survey of the historical background and recent progress of a language that "has become a global resource." (p.xvii) Scholars have written accessible entries that discuss its varieties (Australian, Canadian, American, British, Yiddish, etc.), its precursors (French, Anglo-Saxon, Old English, etc.), its development, and its use. An excellent source of background information on the English language.
- Van Noppen, Jean-Pierre, and Edith Hols, comps. Metaphor II: a classified bibliography
of publications 1985 to 1990. Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1990.
- (Olin stacks Z 7004 .M4 N821 1990)
Both this work and a 1985 bibliography, Metaphor: A Bibliography of Post-1970 Publications (Olin Z 7004 .M4 N82) , are continuations of Metaphor: An Annotated Bibliography and History by Warren Shibles (Language Press, 1971). The main section of the bibliography lists, alphabetically by author, an estimated 3,500 entries for books, book reviews, articles, conference papers, unpublished manuscripts, and theses published or announced between 1984 and May 1990. There are also corrections and additions to the earlier bibliographies.
- Spillner, Bernd. Error Analysis: a comprehensive bibliography. Philadelphia: John
Benjamins, 1991.
- (Olin stacks Z 5818 .L35 E77x 1991)
Error analysis is a fascinating aspect of not only linguistics and foreign language teaching but also of such disciplines as psychology, medicine, information science and cybernetics, and anthropology. Since error analysis impacts so many different areas of scholarly and scientific research, it is not surprising that its literature is sizable. The main part of this bibliography lists 5,398 distinct entries in alphabetical order by author. (De Miller)
- Walford, A.J. and J.E.O. Screen, eds. A Guide to Foreign Language Courses and
Dictionaries. 3rd ed. rev. Westport: Greenwood, 1977.
- (Olin Ref Z 7004 .G7 W17 1977)
A critical guide to courses (i.e. grammar books), dictionaries and audio-visual materials covering all major languages.
COLLECTIONS
- Sebeok, Thomas Albert, ed. Current Trends in Linguistics. The Hague: Mouton,
1963-1976.
- (Olin stacks +P25 .S44)
As originally conceived, this series was to "assess the current state of linguistic activity in all fields and all countries" (Vol. 1, p. v). The fundamental organizing principle was geopolitical, i.e., orientation towards a particular area, except for volumes 3 and 11-13 which have a theoretical orientation instead. Though Sebeok was the general editor of the entire series, each volume also had its own editorial board. Contributors from all over the world were enlisted to write chapters in their areas of expertise. All but a handful of articles were either written in English originally, or translated into English before publication. As expected in a work of this size not all the volumes turned out as originally planned. Often a planned article or two are missing from the final work. In Sebeok's introductions, with which he begins most volumes, he points out these omissions. In successive volumes after the first, he also cites reviews of previous volumes in the series.
Each of the first thirteen volumes has biographical notes on its editors and contributors. Those volumes devoted to studies of particular areas have an index of languages and an index of names of the authors and coauthors of the bibliographies accompanying the chapters. The theoretical volumes, on the other hand, while having biographical notes and indexes of names, vary in having other features. (De Miller)
INDEXES (Note: Many of these indexes are available through online searching. Those available on CD-ROM have been so noted.)
- Abstracts in Anthropology. Farmingdale: Boywood, 1970- .
- (Olin Ref Z 5112 .A21+)
Abstracts are grouped in four sections: archaeology, ethnology (or cultural anthropology), linguistics, and physical anthropology. Covers books, articles, and conference papers. Author and subject indexes are included in each quarterly issue, and then cumulated annually. (see also Anthropological Literature)
- L'Année Philologique. Paris: Société d'édition "Les
Belles Lettres", 1924/26.
- (Olin Z 7016 .A61: Room 605)
The most important and comprehensive bibliography in the field of classical languages and literature, history, archeology, epigraphy, and numismatics. Published annually, it includes citations (in all languages) to books, articles, collections of essays and reviews. It is divided into two parts. Part I covers classical authors and textual criticism (arranged alphabetically by ancient author). Part 2 is divided into subjects (philosophy, linguistics, history), subdivided chronologically then alphabetically, by the author of the book or article. An index of ancient authors and an index of authors of books and articles are included. An electronic version for 1976-1987 is available on CD-ROM at Olin Reference. (see also Database of Classical Bibliography)
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific
Information, 1977- .
- (Olin Ref +AI 3 .A79; available online through the Library Gateway; earlier years on CD-ROM at
Olin Ref)
A multidisciplinary index to over 1200 leading international arts and humanities journals. It includes journal articles, letters, editorials, notes, meeting abstracts, discussions, poems, short stories, plays, musical scores, excerpts from books, and bibliographies. It is unique in that it allows the user to trace cited references, ie. you can locate all articles published in a given year that cited a key article on your topic. The index can also be used for general subject and author searching. The CD-ROM version covers 1980 to the present; the print version covers 1976 to the present.
- Bibliographie Linguistique de l'Année ... et Complément des
Années
Précédentes. Vol.1-, 1939/47. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1949- .
annual.
- (Olin stacks Z 7001 .P45)
This serial index is of primary importance in linguistic research since it provides comprehensive, worldwide coverage of periodical articles, dissertations, and contributions to collected works such as festschriften and conference proceedings, including substantial reviews of such publications. Though comprehensive, it is not current. The bibliography of 1985, published in late 1987, has 16,600 entries from well over 1,000 serials and 320 collective works. Most of the entries are for items published in 1984 and 1985, but a substantial number are for works earlier than this. Another drawback of this bibliography is that it does not have a subject index. A classification scheme detailed in the table of contents partially compensates for this lack.
In very broad terms the bibliography has a section on general linguistics and related disciplines that is followed by various sections devoted to language groups and languages. An author index is included at the end of each volume; writers of book reviews, however, are not included in this index. Many of the entries contain brief notes.
- Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur. (BLL) v. 4- , 1978- . Supercedes
Bibliographie Unselbständiger Literatur. Linguistik (BUL-L).
v. 1-3, 1971-77.
- (Olin Ref Z 7003 .B58 ++)
BLL covers articles in periodicals and essays in collective works, including conference and congress proceedings and festschriften. The number of periodicals it covers has gradually increased from 123 in Band 1 to about 770 titles in Band 12 (1986). Coverage is international in scope and quite current, with only a one- or two-year time lag.
Besides a division on general linguistics it also includes divisions on English, German, and Romance linguistics. Each of these divisions is subdivided into a form section, a systematic section, and a language section (the latter missing of course in the general linguistics division). The systematic section of each division contains all the entries for that division classified under appropriate subject categories. These entries may also qualify for listing again in the form and/or language sections. This whole classification scheme is fully explained in the introduction which, beginning with Band 7, appears in both German and English, as do the headings. A cumulative author index and subject and name index complete each annual volume.
This index and the Bibliographie Linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography are international in scope. The BLL, however, is more current and has the advantage of a subject index. On the other hand it does not begin to cover the variety of languages that the Bibliographie Linguistique does. (De Miller)
- The Database of Classical Bibliography (computer file): DCB. Atlanta: Scholars
Press, 1995- . Vol. 1- .
- (Olin Ref CD-ROM)
The DCB contains information about publications of all kinds dealing with every aspect of Greco-Roman antiquity. Its primary source is the Année Philologique (APh), the international bibliography of record for the field of classical studies. The APh (and DCB) contains citations of all known scholarly work published in any language anywhere in the world in the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, art, archaeology, religion, mythology, music, science, early Christian texts, numismatics, papryology and epigraphy. Each publication is classified by ancient author, text, or general subject, and all articles are abstracted. Substantial international cross-referencing and scholarly notes contributed by the editors. Covers APh volumes 47-58 (1976-1987).
- Dissertation Abstracts International.. Ann Arbor:
University Microfilms, 1969- .
- (Olin Ref Z 5055 .D61+; online [WebSpirs] through the Library Gateway and on CD-ROM at Olin Ref)
Formerly called Dissertation Abstracts (1938-1968), DAI provides abstracts for those American, Canadian and European dissertations available for purchase in microfilm or as photocopies. MLA will often refer its users to DAI. Relatively few of the theses listed are actually available in the Cornell University Library.
- ERIC. Washington, DC: Educational Resources Information Center, 1966- .
- (online [WebSpirs] through the Library
Gateway)
A database of journal articles and research reports in the field of education. In addition to providing access to the standard education journals, it provides brief summaries of educational research reports and projects (mainly supported by the U.S. Office of Education). The unpublished reports are available on microfiche at Mann Library; they are called ERIC documents and are identified by a number in the AN field that is preceded by ED.
- Humanities Index. New York: Wilson, 1974- .
- (Olin Ref AI 3 .H91)
An author and subject index to over 250 English language scholarly journals. "Subject fields indexed include archaeology and classical studies, area studies, folklore, history, language and literature ...philosophy, religion, and theology." (Prefatory Note) Also includes an author index to book reviews which have appeared in journals indexed. Continues in part Social Sciences and Humanities Index and the International Index.
- Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1982- .
- (Olin stacks PB 1 .L28)
International in coverage although all abstracts appear in English. Includes coverage of materials on English as a second language as well as other material pertinent to modern language teaching. Subject and author indexes appear in the last issue of each volume. This quarterly has undergone several name changes since it first began (i.e. Language Teaching Abstracts (1968-1974) and Language Teaching and Linguistics Abstracts (1975-1981)).
- Linguistics Abstracts. Oxford: Blackwell, 1985- .
- (Olin Ref Z 7003 .L75+)
A quarterly abstracting service covering the theory and practice of general linguistics. It does not attempt to serve the literature of applied linguistics or the historical study of language and dialects. Many of the abstracts are written by the authors of the articles cited, coming from just over 100 journals.
- LLBA; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts. San Diego: Sociological
Abstracts Inc., 1967- .
- (Olin Ref Z 7001 .L114; online [WebSpirs] through the Library Gateway)
Formerly edited at the University of Michigan Center for Research on Language and Behavior in collaboration with the Bureau pour l'Enseignement de la Langue et de la Civilisation Françaises a l'Etranger and now published in San Diego by Sociological Abstracts, Inc., LLBA is designed to provide rapid access to scholarly articles relevant to language and language behavior, regardless of disciplinary focus. Abstracts are grouped under such headings as linguistics, psychology, communication sciences, hearing, etc. with appropriate subdivisions. Entries are drawn from more than 1,000 journals, reports, occasional papers, etc., in some 30 languages. Publication is quarterly with an annual cumulated index.
- Modern Language Association of America. MLA International Bibliography of Books
and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures. New York: Modern Language Assn.,
1963-.
- (Olin Ref Z 7006 .M68+; online [OCLC FirstSearch] through the Library Gateway)
Linguistics has been included in MLA's coverage since the beginning issue, and as its scope and language coverage increased through the years so did its inclusion of linguistic items. As the American Bibliography it covered less than a dozen journals plus book sources and was limited to American writers on literature of various countries. The change to the title of Annual Bibliography in 1956 signaled a shift from national to international coverage with articles written in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Dutch. By 1962 ten east European languages had been added and the master list of periodicals expanded to about 1,000 sources. This expanded coverage continued with Celtic, Rumanian, medieval and neo-Latin, modern Greek, oriental, and African languages being included in the volume issued for 1968. All areas of linguistic study are covered with no restrictions concerning either the place of origin or publication or original language of works. It includes articles from journals, monographs, and collections (such as working papers, festschriften, conference papers and proceedings) as well as indexes, bibliographies, catalogs, handbooks, dictionaries, and reference works, plus citations to Dissertation Abstracts International. Reviews are generally not included unless they survey a number of scholarly works or make an independent contribution to scholarship. A look at the guide to the classified listings in volume 3 shows headings for topics of general linguistic interests well as headings for specific languages organized around such groupings as Indo-European, Caucasian, African, Native American, Sino-Tibetan, and invented languages. There is comprehensive coverage of theoretical and descriptive linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, mathematical linguistics, paralinguistics, stylistics, and translation. The inclusion of a subject index since 1981 greatly increases the usefulness of this bibliography. Publication lags about two years. It is somewhat more up-to-date in its online versions.
- PsycInfo. Washington: APA, 1984- .
- (online [Infoshare and WebSpirs] through the Library Gateway)
Indexes and abstracts 1300 leading international journals in psychology and related behavioral disciplines including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, and pharmacology. The online version available on the Web, updated monthly, includes a periodical article index from 1967 to the present and a book chapters index from 1987 to the present. The online version on the Mann Gateway [DIALOG] covers 1967 to the present and is also updated monthly. They both contain all the records from the print version Psychological Abstracts available at Olin Ref (+Z 7203 P973) which began in 1927. All versions of this abstracting service use the vocabulary and index terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms in Olin Ref (+Z 7203 P9731 1994).
- Second Language Instruction/Acquisition Abstracts. San Diego, Calif. : Sociological
Abstracts, Inc. 1991-.
- (Olin Ref + Z7001 .S45 )
This twice-yearly publication abstracts books, dissertations and articles in the field of second language acquisition. Topics covered include child language acquisition, bilingual education and translation. SLIA is an offshoot of LLBA and uses LLBA's thesaurus and reproduces some of LLBA's abstracts. Articles are selectively abstracted from around fifty specialized journals with some relevant articles from general linguistics journals. There is representative coverage of major European languages. For those involved in any aspect of second language acquisition this is a valuable snapshot of the literature in the field. Includes a book review bibliography, author index, source index and subject index.
- Social Sciences Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information,
1970- .
- (Olin Ref Z7161 .S68+; online through the Library Gateway; earlier years on CD-ROM at Olin
Ref)
An index to works cited in the current periodical literature of the social sciences, covering over 2,000 journals. The unique feature of SSCI is that it allows the user to find relevant material based on where a particular reference has been cited. Using a key reference on a topic, other articles which have cited that article are identified. The index can also be searched by keywords in the titles of articles. Available on CD-ROM in Olin Reference (1981 to date) and Mann Reference (1989 to date).
- Social Sciences Index. New York: Wilson, 1974- .
- (Olin Ref AI 3 .S67)
The Social Sciences Index is an author and subject index to more than 260 of the most important scholarly periodicals in the fields of anthropology, area studies, economics, environmental science, political science, psychology, public administration, sociology, and related subjects. Lists book reviews at the back of each issue.
- Sociological Abstracts. Wellesley Hills: Silver Platter, 1974- .
- (online [Infoshare] through the Library
Gateway)
Sociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts the world's leading journals in sociology. It covers articles published since 1974. There is extensive coverage of sociolinguistics. It is the online version of Sociological Abstracts, San Diego: Sociological Abstracts, Inc. 1952/53-. (Olin Ref + Z7163 .S67). Note the earlier coverage of the print version.
- Tozzer Library. Peabody Museum. Anthropological Literature. Microform.
Cambridge: Tozzer Library, 1979- .
- (Olin Ref Z 5112 .A62 paper and fiche; available online [Eureka] through the Library Gateway)
"The purpose is to provide a current index to anthropological articles that appear not only in serials, but also in books, such as colloquia, festschrifts, symposia, and collections of readings." The emphasis is on materials in English, French, German, Spanish and the Slavic languages. Entries are arranged within five main sections: cultural/social; archaeology; biological/physical; linguistics; and general/method/theory. Indexes offer access by joint author name, archaelogical site and culture, ethnic and linguistic group, and geographic location. Available from 1979 in paper; after 1982, in fiche.
- Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. London: Modern Humanities Research,
1929/30- .
- (Olin PB 1 .Y39 in Room 301)
An annual publication which lists literary and linguistic research arranged by languages covered (mainly Western European languages). Although English and American language and literature are not included here, many of the articles on other languages are written in English. Indexed in British Humanities Index and MLA.
STYLE MANUALS
- The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1993.
- (Olin Ref Desk Z 253 .C53; also Uris)
"A standard work, thoroughly revised and updated, which serves as a how-to book for authors and editors. In three main sections (Bookmaking; Style; Production and printing), offering practical information and advice on all aspects of manuscript preparation, copyediting, and seeing a work through the press. Glossary of technical terms; bibliography; index." (Sheehy)
- Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th ed. New
York: MLA, 1995.
- (Olin Ref Z 253 .M68 1995; also Uris Ref)
This handbook is based on the MLA Style Manual and is intended as an aid for college students writing research papers. Included here is information on selecting a topic, researching the topic, note taking, the writing of footnotes and bibliographies, as well as sample pages of a research paper. Extremely useful for the beginning researcher.
- Modern Language Association of America. MLA Style Manual. 3rd ed. New
York: MLA, 1985.
- (Olin Ref Z 253 .A29 1985; also Uris Ref)
Although somewhat scholarly in tone, the purpose of the MLA Style Manual is to provide for the researcher, at whatever level, a systematic, consistent format for all forms of citation. In addition, it provides information about proofreading, the use of abbreviations, transliteration and such simple, but not always obvious items, as margin width, pagination, and typeface.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations. 5th ed. Chicago: U Chicago P, 1987.
- (Uris Ref PE 1478 .T92 1987)
A newly revised and expanded version by B. Honigsblum, of Kate Turabian's standard guide for student writers. Fourteen chapters cover everything you've ever wanted to know about putting a paper together, from its introductory chapters to its bibliography.
BOOK CATALOGS
- Center for Applied Linguistics. Library. Dictionary Catalog of the Library of the
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington D.C.. 4 vols. Boston: GK Hall, 1974.
- (Olin Ref Z 7005 .C39 ++)
A G.K. Hall book catalog of the photographed cards from the library of the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington D.C. These catalogs provide access to the monograph holdings of a major linguistics library but do not include listings for the periodicals held by that library.
NATIONAL CATALOGS
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OCLC/WorldCat (online through the Library Gateway)
- WorldCat is produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), Inc. WorldCat consists
of over 35 million records that cite material owned by libraries around the world. Books,
magazines, recordings - virtually any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries is
included. WorldCat is updated daily.
- RLIN/Eureka (online through the Library Gateway)
- RLIN (the Research Libraries Information Network) is the computer network for members
of the Research Libraries Group, a nationwide network of research libraries of which Cornell is a
member. RLIN and the Eureka search software provide access to millions of records for books,
serials, musical scores, maps, films and recordings. These records can be searched by words or
phrases from titles, authors, and subjects.
TRANSLATORS AND TRANSLATIONS
- American Translators Association. Professional Services Directory. 3rd ed. rev.
New York: The Association, 1976.
- (Olin stacks P 306 .A1 A51w 1976 +)
Divided into two sections. In Section One, languages and subjects are listed alphabetically with translators listed below them. Section Two is an alphabetical listing of translators. Now quite out-of-date, but not replaced.
- Congrat-Butlar, Stefan, ed. Translation & Translators: an International Directory
and Guide. New York: Bowker, 1979.
- (Olin Ref P 306 .A2 C74+)
A marvelous little volume covering information about the field of translating, associations, awards and prizes, training, copyright, book and journal sources and a register of translators and interpreters. There is also a section called "the Interpreter's Market Place" and an index by name and subject.
- Cumulative Index to English Translations, 1948-1968. Boston: GK Hall, 1973. 2
volumes.
- (Olin Ref Z 6514 .T7 C97+)
A cumulation (taken from volumes 1-21 of the Index Translationum) of translations done in countries in which English is either the primary or one of the primary languages (i.e. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States). The arrangement is alphabetical by author, except where no author is given (then the first key word in the title is used). The translations are mainly into English.
- Index Translationum. Paris: UNESCO, 1949- .
- (Olin Ref Z 6514 .T7 I38+ and CD-ROM)
An ongoing bibliography, published by UNESCO, of translated books from a given year or years. Arrangement is alphabetical by author under the name of the country where the work was translated. (If, for example, you wished to know whether the French had translated Thomas Berger's Little Big Man, you would look first under FRANCE and then under BERGER, THOMAS.) Since these volumes appear every year or so and are not cumulated they can be somewhat frustrating to use. See the Cumulative Index listed above for a simpler approach to English translations.
- Olmsted, Hugh. Translations and Translating: a Selected Bibliography of
Bibliographies. Binghamton: SUNY, 1975.
- (Olin Ref Z 6514 .T7 O51)
A selective list of bibliographic sources for translations and translating, including guides, bibliographies and indexes.
ATLASES (this is a highly selective list)
- Atlas linguarum Europae (ALE). Sous la rédaction de A. Weijnen, et al.
Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1975-1979.
- (Olin stacks ++ G 1797.21 .E3 A88 1983)
The purpose of this atlas is to present side-by-side comparisons of linguistic data taken from the languages on the European continent regardless of whether the languages are related or not. In doing so it hopes to reveal aspects of language contact.
- Kurath, Hans, et al. Linguistic Atlas of New England. Providence: Brown
University, 1939-1943.
- (Olin stacks ++PE 2845 .L5 K96)
Supervised by Hans Kurath, fieldwork for this seminal American survey took place between 1931 and 1933. It was finally published in three volumes with an accompanying handbook just before the end of World War II. Both the atlas and handbook have since been reprinted. Each volume of the atlas, also known as LANE, is in two parts. They contain double maps showing how residents pronounce certain words. The words are divided into topical areas such as time, family, farm, weather, and social relations. The handbook outlines the regional and social dialects of New England and provides a background for the critical evaluation and historical interpretation of the materials in LANE. (De Miller)
SPECIALIZED RESOURCES
- ARTFL. (online through the Library Gateway)
- A Cooperative Project of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the
University of Chicago, ARTFL is a research tool for scholars and students in all areas of
French Studies. It evolved from the construction of the dictionary Trésor de la Langue
Française, Paul Imbs, ed., Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la recherche
scientifique, 1971-1994. (Olin Ref ++ PC2625 .I32)
A corpus totaling some 150 million words was created, representing a broad range of written French -- from novels and poetry to biology and mathematics -- stretching from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. At present the corpus consists of nearly 2000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. A Provençal database that includes 38 texts in their original spellings has recently been added. The Web interface allows one to search the corpus easily for words, stems, phrases and co-occurrences. Output is Keyword in Context or highlighted in a paragraph of text.
- Dictionary of American Regional English. Frederic G. Cassidy, chief ed. Cambridge,
MA: Belknap Press, 1985- .
- (Olin Ref PE 2843 .D55)
The first volume (introduction and letters A-C) of this long-awaited work is finally a reality. Thinking and planning for it actually began with members of the American Dialect Society long before the official project start date in 1965. The dictionary, or DARE, as it has become known, is the rich reward for a massive effort by hundreds of contributors aided by funding from government and nongovernment sources, and the generous support of various institutions. An entry begins with the basic information: headword or words, part of speech, pronunciation (only when DARE has supporting oral data), variant spellings, etymology, geographical labels, usage labels, cross-references, and editorial notes. This information is followed by the meanings, numbered and with alphabetic subdivisions if necessary. Last come dated quotations supporting the meanings. (De Miller)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
- Index to Languages and Dialects: Classification, Class P, Subclasses P-PM. 3rd
ed. Washington, DC: Subject Cataloging Division, Processing Services, Library of Congress,
1983.
- (Mann Cataloging Z 696 .U5 P65 1991)
The first edition of this was published in 1936, while the second edition originally issued in 1957 was reprinted in 1965 with supplementary pages containing additions and changes. This third edition is essentially an integration of the supplementary pages into the second edition. For each language or dialect listed here (sometimes qualified by the language group or geographic area to which it belongs) the appropriate Library of Congress subject classification is given. Many cross-references are provided. While it is designed for use by cataloging librarians, students doing research on a language or dialect might find this useful for determining the subject classification or subject heading used by the Library of Congress, but should not consider the language group or geographic qualifiers as definitive.
For the person who likes to browse the stacks, knowing the area classification for his/her subject matter is a must. Listed here are some of the classification numbers for modern languages:
Language Literature Portuguese PC 5001-5498 PQ 9001-9990 Spanish PC 4001-4977 PQ 6001-8921 Italian PC 1001-1977 PQ 4001-5991 French PC 2001-3761 PQ 1-3999 Russian PG 2001-2850 PG 2900-3698 German PF 3001-5999 PT 1-3961, PT 4801-4899, PF 3985-4000 Linguistics Generally found in the P's Note: In Olin Library the oversized books (indicated by the + or the ++ in their call numbers) are shelved separately from books of average size.
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- THE ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTER (ETC)
- The Electronic Text Center, on the first floor of Olin Library, is a laboratory for the use of full-text primary sources in electronic form (such as CD-ROM). The ETC provides access to the library's electronic texts for scholarly textual analysis and editing from a set of dedicated workstations.
WORLD WIDE WEB SITES FOR LINGUISTS - Cornell University Library Literature Page
- A great source with links to other resources in literature and linguistics.
- Linguistic Materials on the Web
- From the University of Rochester. Extensive links, but not annotated.
- Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL)
- Located at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas. The focus of this site is the
study of minority languages and cultures around the world. Academic domains represented here
include linguistics, anthropology, literacy, language learning, translation, and computing. This site
is intended to serve both SIL members and those in the general academic community.
- Ethnologue
- A database of basic information on several thousand languages and their speakers, around
the world. A project of SIL.
- Linguistics Resources
- A good general listing of linguistics on the Web from the WWW Virtual Library.
SOME LOCAL SITES
- The Electronic Text Center
(ETC)
- Linguistics Department
- Department of Modern Languages
- Asia Collections
- Olin & Uris Libraries
- Linguistics Department
- This is a key site for information about classes, tours and schedules. It has links to class
bibliographies, departmental bibliographies, class outlines, and much else.
- Rare and Manuscript Collections
- The Rare and Manuscript Division houses several special collections including the Fiske Icelandic Collection and the Rhaeto-Romance Collection.
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