Reference Resources for Linguistics
Dictionaries
These dictionaries aid in understanding the specialized vocabulary of linguistics and related disciplines by providing definitions to terms, abbreviations, and schools of thought.- Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
P29.C65 1997 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias offer a starting point for research by providing a brief summary of a topic and a bibliography that points to additional literature on that topic.There are two major multivolume encyclopedias for linguistics and language studies:
- International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, Vols. 1-4, Oxford University Press.
P29.I58 1992 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection) - The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Vols. 1-10, Pergamon Press.
P29.E48 1994 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Single volume encyclopedias and more specialized encyclopedias:
- The Linguistics Encyclopedia
P29.L52 2002 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
P51.R66 2002 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection) - Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics
P40.8.C66 1999
Handbooks
Handbooks in linguistics provide overviews to the field and guides to research.
- The Handbook of Linguistics
P121.H324 2001 - The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics
P129.O95 2002 - Handbook of Psycholinguistics
P37.H335 1994