Resources for Linguistics

Bibliography of Contemporary Linguistics A 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. Willis 1st floor GenRef  Z7001 .G38

Current Trends in Linguistics Assesses 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. Willis Library 3rd floor P25 .S4  v. 1-13

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 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. 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. Willis 1st floor GenRef P29 .E48 1994

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics 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. Willis 1st floor GenRef P29 .I58 1992 v. 1-10

Linguistics and English Linguistics 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. Willis 1st floor GenRef  Z7001 .A4 1977 v.1-4

Oxford Companion to the English Language  A 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. Willis 1st floor GenRef  PE31 .O84 1992