You can use dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works to:
Some useful dictionaries and encyclopedias are listed below.
Springer is an important publisher in Linguistics, and we have access to reference works in the Humanities & Social Sciences through their SpringerLink platform. Some of these encyclopedias are "living reference works" which are regularly updated with new content.
Two important resources from Oxford University Press that cover Linguistics and are regularly updated with high quality content are:
Oxford Bibliographies provides a seamless pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a variety of academic topics. Written and reviewed by academic experts, every article in our database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, containing original commentary and annotations
Oxford research encyclopedias provides access to in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries published by Oxford University Press on a wide range of topics. Users can cross-search the five titles to which we subscribe: criminology and criminal justice, international studies, Latin American history, linguistics, and politics.
Other useful online encyclopedias include:
Encyclopedia of linguistics / edited by Philipp Strazny (2007)
Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics / edited by Rajend Mesthrie (2001)
The Routledge encyclopedia of second language acquisition / edited by Peter Robinson (2013)
Encyclopedia of language and education, 2nd ed. / series editor by Nancy Hornberger (2007)
Encyclopedia of language and education, 3rd ed. / series editor Stephen May (2017)
The following sources are available in print form in the library, many at classmark P 29 on floor 5:
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal (2010)
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics by Carol A. Chapelle (Editor) (2013)
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by Keith Brown (Editor-In-Chief) (2006)
The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia by Kirsten Malmkjaer (Editor) (2010)
If you are researching aspects of Sociolinguistics and need help with sociological concepts then please take a look at the range of online academic encyclopedias listed on the Sociology subject guide
Language dictionaries are inter-filed with the loanable books on floor 5. You can use the keyword "dictionary" in library search and combine with other keywords (e.g. "english language", "slang", etc.)
