Sociolinguistics
Subject Guide
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The reference collection is a great place to begin your research. These short relevant articles will give the basic understanding you need to formulate a good research question.
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World"...contains information on 7,102 known living languages."
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by Call Number: REF P 29 E48 2006 (14 vols.)ISBN: 0080442994Publication Date: 200514 volumes. The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by Call Number: REF P 29 C64 1997ISBN: 0521550505Publication Date: 1997Answers many questions about language such as where language came from, how many languages there are, and how we acquire a first language or learn a second one. From mystical letters to trucker talk, this book presents the variety, structure, history and theory of language in all its diversity.
