Linguistics 100.4: Language, Thought, and Reality: English outside the box
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Dictionaries
Dictionary of American Regional English. 4 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985- .
(Olin Ref PE 2843 D55, also in Uris Ref)
Historical Dictionary of American Slang. 2 vols. New York: Random House, 1994- .
(Olin Ref PE 3721 R19 1994)
OED online. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2000]-
(Library Gateway - Find Databases)
The OED presents in alphabetical series the words that have formed the English vocabulary from the time of the earliest records down to the present day, with all the relevant facts concerning their form, sense-history, pronunciation, and etymology. It embraces not only the standard language of literature and conversation, whether current at the moment, or obsolete, or archaic, but also the main technical vocabulary, and a large measure of dialectical usage and slang. This online edition contains the complete A to Z sequence of the Second Edition, its three-volume Additions Series, and also draft material from the revision programme, which represents the latest progress towards the Third Edition.
Oxford Dictionary of New Words. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
(Olin Ref PE 1630 O94x 1997, also in Hotel Library Ref)
This new edition is similar in scope to the first (CH, May'92) but includes "new words which have been 'in the news' in the decade and a half between the beginning of the eighties and the mid-nineties." The new editors do not indicate the amount of overlap between the two editions, but entries for many words in the first edition have been revised or expanded, reflecting the dynamic nature of the English language. The length of this edition appears to be about the same as the first--approximately 2,000 entries. Full entries list headwords in boldface, followed by definitions, etymologies, history and usage, and illustrative quotes. Graphic icons are again provided to suggest broad subject fields to which the headwords relate. The International Phonetic Alphabet is used for pronunciation guidance. (Choice)
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Contains over 350,000 entries and meanings. Word definitions are further enhanced by examples of use, usage notes and a newly revised appendix of Indo-European roots.
Merriam-Webster Online: The Language Center
Contains an electronic version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as well as a thesaurus. Both Merriam and American Heritage are commercial products with busy sites and pop-up ads.
WordSpy.
(Library Gateway)
An excellent source of newly coined words, existing words that have been revived, and older words that are being used in new ways. Like the OED, Word Spy provides illustrative quotations of the words cited.
Worldwidewords.
(Library Gateway)
An e-mail list that forwards weekly discussions of the origins of unusual, obscure and slang English words and phrases to subscribers. Subscribing is free. The searchable database of the words and phrases discussed on the list is archived back to December 1998.
The American Heritage dictionary of idioms.
Not a web resource but an full text electronic book from NetLibrary.
NTC's American idioms dictionary : the most practical reference for the everyday expressions of contemporary American English.
Another dictionary of idioms in NetLibrary format.
Oxford Reference Online.
Art and Architecture -- Biological Sciences -- Classics -- Computing -- Earth and Environmental Sciences -- Economics and Business -- English Dictionaries and Thesauruses -- English Language Reference -- Food and Nutrition -- General Reference -- History -- Law -- Literature -- Medicine -- Military History -- Modern Languages -- Mythology and Folklore -- Performing Arts -- Physical Sciences and Mathematics -- Politics and Social Sciences -- Quotations -- Religion and Philosophy -- Science. Searchable database of 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works of Oxford University Press. Each topical division contains searchable versions of the latest editions of published dictionaries and encyclopedias. Includes English and bilingual dictionaries, dictionaries of quotations, etymology and euphemisms, and the World Encyclopedia. Covers general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professional subjects.
Linguistics
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. David Crystal. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge U, 1997.
(Olin Ref P29 .C95 C2+)
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.
Concise encyclopedia of pragmatics.
Jacob L. Mey ed., R.E. Asher consulting ed., Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1998.
(Olin Stacks P99.4.P72 C62x 1998 +)
Pragmatics, the study of speech in current use, was once considered a poor relation of theoretical linguistics, a view this work attempts to disprove. It is concise only in comparison to its parent set, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, ed. by R.E. Asher and J.M.Y. Simpson (10v.,CH, Jun'94). The articles range in length from several paragraphs to nearly 20 pages and are arranged alphabetically, with biographical sketches at the end. All but 20 articles and 12 biographies are reprinted from the larger set, but most contributors have revised their sections and updated the bibliographies. Several sections need further revision: "Hypertext" makes no mention of the Web. Although many articles deal with aspects of conversation analysis, the editor includes topics shared with anthropology, child psychology, and computer science. The tone is accessible and academic, but many articles require a strong linguistics background. The contributors are experts in their fields, and their research in a variety of the world's languages gives this work an international focus. (Choice)
The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.
R.E. Asher, editor-in-chief ; J.M.Y. Simpson, coordinating editor. Tarrytown, NY: Pergamon Press, 1994. 10 vol.
(Olin Ref P 29 .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.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics.
William Bright, editor in chief. 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
(Olin Ref P 29 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)
Linguistics: a guide to the reference literature.
Anna L. DeMiller, 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
(Olin Ref Z 7001 .D45x 1991, also online through the Library Gateway)
Contemporary linguistics is not one unified discipline; it is moreaccurate 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.
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Periodical indexes
identify and locate articles in magazines, journals and newspapers. Periodical
indexes provide the authors, titles, and sometimes abstracts, of relevant
articles, along with the name of the periodical, volume, pages and date.
Some online periodical indexes also provide the full-text of the article.
When full-text articles are not provided, use the Cornell Library
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Multidisciplinary:
AltPressIndex
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Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary, with citations drawn from alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Subjects covered include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe.
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An online database created for lawyers, businesses, and broadcast
and print news organizations. It contains the full text of a number of
large- and medium-size newspapers; transcripts of broadcast news shows,
interviews, and press conferences; local and state business publications;
wire services; some popular magazines; and legal materials. Since it is
updated daily, it is an excellent index to current topics and events,
as well as to reviews of plays, books, and films.
Periodical Abstracts. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1986- .
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Indexes and abstracts over 1600 general interest magazines and scholarly journals including all the magazines in Reader's Guide and most of the scholarly journals from Social Sciences Index, Humanities Index, General Science Index. It also includes citations and abstracts to selected television and radio programs. The Library subscribes to most of the periodicals indexed. Holdings can be found easily since the titles are linked to the online catalog. The full text of some transcripts from the television and radio programs can be found by searching the Transcript Files on LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe.
Web of Science: Arts & humanities citation index (AHCI). 1975-
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ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic. Linguists should probably search all three databases together, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Cited reference searching can be tricky. Don't hesitate to ask for help.
GenderWatch
Stamford, CT: Softline Information, 1970-
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GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives, including family, childbrith, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles.
Linguistics Abstracts
[Oxford, England]: Blackwell Publishers, [1998]-
(Olin Ref Z 7003 L75; also online through Library Gateway - Find Databases)
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
(Olin Ref Z 7001 L114; online from 2003 through Library Gateway - Find Databases)
Published 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.
MLA Bibliography.
[New York]: Modern Language Association of America, 1963-
(Olin Ref Z 7006 M68+; also online through Library Gateway - Find Databases)
The largest and most comprehensive online database covering scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literatures, folklore, theater, and drama. Indexes approximately 4,000 journals and series as well as some books; entries appear both for collections of essays and for their contents. Updated ten times per year. Online access is restricted to the Cornell community. Also available in print as the MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures, from 1921 to the present.
PsycINFO.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1967-
(Olin Ref Z 7203 P9731 1994+; also online through Library Gateway - Find Databases)
Contains citations and summaries of the international literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Includes applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, educational psychology, social processes and issues. Two versions of this database are available. The INFO/Share version is similar to the Cornell Library Online catalog and contains a link to Cornell holdings of the journals cited. Both versions of this abstracting service use the vocabulary and index terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
Sociological Abstracts. New York: Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1952- .
(Library Gateway - Find Databases)
Indexes approximately 200 periodicals
in English and some foreign languages. Covers most areas of sociology and anthropology.
Citations are arranged by subject areas, such as "divorce", "family", "women".
Each issue includes subject and author indexes, which are cumulated annually.
Supplements to Sociological Abstracts contain abstracts of papers presented at
conferences. Currently issued five times per year.
Electronic Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal Collections:
JSTOR: The scholarly journal archive
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JSTOR is a fully-searchable database containing the back issues of several
hundred scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics,
music, ecology and botany, business and other fields. It includes the following
collections: Arts & sciences I, II and III, General science, Ecology and botany, Business, Language and literature.
Project MUSE. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995-
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Searchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Covers such fields as literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and others. Proquest Periodical Abstracts and Lexis Nexis Academic Universe also provide a great number of "full text online" newspaper and magazine articles.
For more databases see Find Databases.
Proquest Periodical Abstracts and
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe also provide a great number of "full text online" newspaper and magazine articles.
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- iLoveLanguages (formerly The Human Language Page)
Could be a useful site with lots of information on specific languages, tutorials, online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools,
etc. iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2000 links at iLoveLanguages have been reviewed to bring you the best language links on the Web.
- The Linguist List
More for professional linguists than students, 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 19,000 subscribers worldwide. Their archive Worldwidewords (described above) is useful for discussions of usage and new words.
Language Dictionaries Online: A Guide.
Our guide to online language dictionaries at Cornell.
Search Engines and Subject Guides
Use search engines or Internet subject guides to find resources or sites
on the World Wide Web on your topic. Search Engines are software that
allow you to search the contents of web pages and Subject Guides are
web pages that use menus and lists to sort and classify web sites.
Question and evaluate the information that you find on web pages. As
you would do with books and journal articles, look to see who is responsible
for producing the web page or site that you are accessing. How objective is
the information? How accurate or truthful? How authoritative? Go to the Evaluating
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Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of library research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.
How to write an annotated bibliography lists the steps for creating and give an example of an annotated bibliography.
How to Critically Analyze Information Sources lists some of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.
Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria shows
how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance.
Evaluating
Web Resources lists ways to analyze the Web sites you find.
Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites offers a table of suggestions.
For additional suggestions specific to Web sites, see Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools.
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Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th
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Africana,
Hotel, Management, Olin, and Uris Libraries
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Also in ILR and Mann Reference at BF 76.7 .A51 2001.
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MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.)
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