Language & Linguistics - Reference Works
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The Library holds over 1270 reference works relevant to Language and Linguistics. An indicative selection is given below:
| Title | Shelfmark |
|---|---|
| Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics | 306.44 Mes |
| The encyclopedia of language and linguistics | Ref 403 Ash |
| Encyclopedia of language & linguistics | Ref 403 Bro |
| An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages | Ref 403 Cry |
| International encyclopedia of linguistics | Ref 403 Int |
| Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe | Ref 403 Pri |
| The linguistics encyclopedia | Ref 410 Mal |
| The Oxford English dictionary | Ref 423 Oxf |
| Euphemisms | Ref 423.1 Ayt |
| Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable | Ref 423.1 Bre |
| Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary | Ref 423.1 His |
| The Oxford thesaurus | Ref 423.1 Oxf |
| Random House word menu | Ref 423.1 Ran |
| A dictionary of the older Scottish tongue | Ref 427.9411 Old |
| Buchan claik | Ref 427.9412 Buc |
| A concise Ulster dictionary | Ref 427.9416 McAf |
| A dictionary of South African English | Ref 427.968 Bra |
| Dictionary of American regional English | Ref 427.973 Cas |
| Chambers guide to grammar and usage | Ref 428 Cha |
| Collins cobuild English usage | Ref 428 Col |
Electronic
Oxford English dictionary online (OED)
Use this link from campus PCs. Off-campus you will need to set the web proxy.
Varieties of English
CD-ROM. It includes phonology, morphology and syntax of English throughout the world. This is held in the Reference Section on floor 4 of the Sir Duncan Rice Library.
Accents of the British Isles
Sound files of accents from 14 regions around the British Isles.
Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (2nd ed.)
On the ScienceDirect site (from Elsevier), this academic database can be personalised with online registration to save searches and customise favourite journals and books. You can browse Authors, Article Titles, Languages, Glossary, or the Subject Index; or you can limit searches by Classification, with component subjects ranging from Animal Communication to Writing Systems, including Applied Linguistics, Languages of the World, Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Speech Technology and Variation and Language.
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