Reference Materials
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International encyclopedia of linguisticsEncompasses the full range of topics in linguistics, including such areas as historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. Special attention is given to interrelations within these branches of the field and to relations of linguistics with other disciplines.
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Living language: an introduction to linguistic anthropologyAn exploration of the prominent theoretical issues in linguistic anthropology and a student-friendly introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world.
Online Databases
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LLBA: Linguistics & Language Behavior AbstractsContains abstracts of the world's literature in linguistics and language-related research, including journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations and some conference proceedings. Covers all aspects of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology,syntax and semantics. Includes historical, comparative, theoretical and social linguistics and related disciplines such as anthropology, education, and ethnology. Covers 1973-present.
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CogPrintsAn electronic archive of papers related to the study of cognition, including such areas as psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, many areas of computer science, philosophy, biology, medicine, and anthropology.
Other Online Resources
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Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin AmericaAILLA is a digital archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America.
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EthnologueContains information on the world's 6,912 known living languages. Includes alternate names, dialects, number of speakers, multilingualism, demographic and sociolinguistic information when known. Includes country index with maps, language names index, language codes and language families index.
- Haverford and Swarthmore have access to all Ethnologue content via a subscription; Bryn Mawr has access to the freely available content only.
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Living TonguesLiving Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
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MLA Language MapSearch by county or zipcode to compare linguistic diversity in the United States.