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This guide suggests resources for the study of language. This page lists primarily reference books; use the blue tabs above for different types of sources.

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Classification and Index of the World's Languages Raynor, by C. F. Voegelin. Raynor Ref. P 203 .V6

Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, ed. Keith Brown. Raynor Ref P29 .C636 2009

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics (online)

A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, by David Crystal. Raynor Ref. P29 .C65 2008

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2d ed., online), ed. Keith Brown. Comprehensive and international in scope. 

Encyclopedia of Semiotics (online via Oxford)

Ethnologue; Languages of the World, ed. Barbara F. Grimes (2 vols +CD-ROM) Raynor Ref. P 371 .E83 2000

Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication, Memorial Level 4 Lower P94.6 .H36 2002

Handbook of Language and Gender, Memorial Level 4 Lower P120 .S48H36 2003

International Encyclopedia of Communication (12 vols) Raynor Ref. P 87 .I49 2008

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (online via Oxford) 4 vols. also in Raynor Ref. P29 .I58 2003

World Atlas of Language Structures, by Martin Haspelmath et al. (1 vol + CD-ROM) Raynor Ref. P 143 .W67 2005

An Analytic Dictionary or English Etymology: An Introduction, by Anatoly Lieberman.  Raynor Ref. PE 1580 .L53 2008

Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change, a Multimedia Reference Tool, by William Labov  (1 vol + CD-ROM) Raynor Ref. PE 2808 .L26 2006

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language (online)

Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (online)

Dictionary of American Regional English (4 vols, incomplete) Raynor Ref. PE 2843 .D52 1985--

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 20 vols in Raynor Ref PE 1625 .O87 1989 Also available online