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This guide is created to assist those researching topics in linguistics
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Departmental Information

Departmental Homepage

http://www.clas.wayne.edu/linguistics/

Contact Information

Linguistics Program 
5057 Woodward  Suite 10303.1
Detroit, MI 48202
ph: (313) 577-8642
fax: (313) 577-0404
contact: Janelle Wolak linguistics@wayne.edu  Assistant to the Director

About the Department

Linguistics is devoted to the scientific study of language structure and use. The Linguistics Program at Wayne State offers an interdisciplinary approach to this field, permitting students to explore a wide range of topics and issues in language research.

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    Internet Resources

    GENERAL GUIDES
    Center for Applied Linguistics
    CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems.
    Linguistic Links
    Provides a large amount of links that are useful to linguists. The links are broken down into logical categories including: organizations, conferences, journals, mailing lists, topics in linguistics, and job listings.
    Linguistics Resources
    Provides information on the programs of the Summer Institute for Linguistics, many of the Institute's on-line publications including Ethnologue: languages of the world, Languages of the Americas, SIL Bibliography and SIL electronic Working Papers and Links computer and electronic support systems and other linguistic resources.
    Linguistics, Natural Language, and Computational Linguistics Meta-Index
    Probably no more complete than the listings of linguistics related sites included in some of the source listed above but this site may be easier to use if you are just looking for linguistics sites. The brief evaluative comments for each site are valuable.
    The Human Language Page
    Brings together information about the languages of the world from dictionaries to language tutorials to spoken samples of languages. One of the best sources on individual languages. Coverage of linguistics is less complete.
        
       

      Print Resources

      Linguistic Bibliography for the Year ... and Supplement for the Years .... (1948 - )--Latest 10 years in the Purdy/Kresge Library   Z 7001 .P4
      The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies (1929/30 - )--Latest 10 years in Purdy/Kresge Stacks, PB 1 .Y45

      Background Works

      A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics, Purdy/Kresge Library  P 29 .C65 1997

      Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics,10 vols.-- Purdy/Kresge Library Reference Stacks, P 29 .E48 1994

      International Encyclopedia of Linguistics,4 vols.--Purdy/Kresge Library Reference Stacks, P 29 .I58 1992

      An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages,--Purdy/Kresge Library Reference Stacks, P 29 .C68 1992

          
         
         

        Welcome!

        Welcome to the Guide for Linguistics!

        I hope that you will find this guide a useful starting place for your research in Linguistics. I have assembled a core collection of resources available through the Wayne State University Library System, as well as high quality, freely available web resources. This guide is a collaborative work-in-progress, developed with the suggestions and feedback from students and faculty in Linguistics.

        I am available by appointment to assist students and faculty with research related to Linguistics. You may also contact me to schedule research workshops for classes or to suggest items for purchase.

        Judith Arnold

        Liaison Librarian for Linguistics

         

        Recommended Databases

        Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
        Provides selective access to the world's literature on language and language behavior. Corresponds to the printed index of the same name.Coverage: 1973-present

        MLA Bibliography
        This electronic version of the MLA International Index is a comprehensive international index covering modern languages and literature. Linguistics coverage includes modern, ancient and extinct languages.
        (1963 - )
        Web of Science
        An international, multidisciplinary database that corresponds to the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
        Coverage: Arts and Humanities Search (1980 - )
        PsycINFO
        Provides extensive coverage of scholarly linguistics articles and some books in the field of psychology. Inculdes citations and brief abstracts.
        (1887 - present)
        Sociological Abstracts
        Includes some scholarly articles and books on lingusitics in the area of sociology.
        (1963 - present)
        ERIC
        Includes some linguistics information as it pertains to education. Provides citations and abstracts for journals and Eric documents.
        (1966-present)
            
           

          Online Journals

          Brain and Language
          (1993 - present)
          Computer Speech and Language
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Memory and Language
          (1993 - present)
          Journal of Phonetics
          (1995 - present)
          Language Learning
          (1998 - present)
          Linguistic Inquiry
          (1998 - present)
          Psychological Science
          (1998 - present)
          Studia Linguistica
          (1998 - present)
          Transactions of the Philological Society
          (1998 - present)
          World Englishes
          (1997 - present)
          English Journal
          (1992-current)
          JEGP--Journal of English and German Philology
          (1997-2002)
          Journal of Language & Social Psychology
          Not full-text
          (1996-present)
          Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Rockville
          (1997-present)
          Philological Quarterly
          (1997-current)
          Cognitive Science
          (1995 - present)
          English for Specific Purposes
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Communication Disorders
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Fluency Disorders
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Neurolinguistics
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Pragmatics
          (1995 - present)
          Journal of Second Language Writing
          (1995 - present)
          Language & Communication
          (1995 - present)
          Language Sciences
          (1995 - present)
          Lingua
          (1995-present)
          Linguistics and Education
          (1995 - present)
          System
          (1995 - present)
          Trends in Cognitive Sciences
          (1997 - present)
              
             

            Specialized Internet Resources

            Ethnologue.com
            Comprehensive website about world languages
            Linguist List
            The LINGUIST List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world. LINGUIST maintains a web-site with over 2000 pages and runs a mailing list with over 17,000 subscribers worldwide. LINGUIST also hosts searchable archives of over 100 other linguistic mailing lists and runs research projects which develop tools for the field, e.g., a peer-reviewed database of language and language-family information, and recommendations of best practice for digitizing endangered languages data. Essentially a forum where academic linguists can discuss linguistics issues and exchange linguistic information, this site has grown to be one of the most comprehensive international sources of linguistic information. Aside from the many links to linguistic sites, this source contains book announcements/reviews, journal tables of contents, dissertation abstracts, linguistic classes/syllabi, computer support, and language resources including dictionaries. Currently maintained by Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University.
            Linguistic Society of America
            Aside from information on the main professional linguistics organization in the U.S., this site provides general information on the profession of linguistics, information on academic linguistics programs, job openings, available grants, and publications/resources with which the society is involved.
            Linguistics Glossary
            This is a glossary of terms used in the morphological, syntactic, and pragmatic analysis of text. It does not necessarily include terms specific to particular theoretical models (e.g. tagmeme).
            Linguistics Online
            Linguistics Online is your virtual linguistics campus. (Includes fee based services)
            Links and Papers on Pragmatics
            Provides a list of place on the web to visit for information about pragmatics.
            Rutgers Optimality Archive
            A distribution point for research papers in Optimality Theory. Posting in ROA is open to all who wish to disseminate their work in, on, or about OT.
            SIL Encore IPA Fonts
            The SIL IPA Fonts are scalable outline fonts for both Macintosh and Windows systems. They contain every base character, diacritic, and suprasegmental mark currently prescribed by the International Phonetic Association.
            Sociolinguistics
            This site is an introduction to some exciting aspects in the field of social linguistics is designed to encourage you to read further. There are many fascinating and odd phenomena that occur in the social aspects of language.
            Web of Linguistic Fun
            This page is your entree to a wide range of information about linguistics. Each page deals with a different fundamental subdiscipline of linguistics: historical linguistics, phonology (the study of sounds), syntax (the study of sentence structure), semantics (the study of meaning).
            Web of Morphology
            This page contains links with works on the morphology of various languages around the globe. The links are selected both for their theoretical significance and the empirical data that they contain. However, most are very useful tools for language-learning.
                
               

              Liaison Librarian

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