LANGUAGE/LINGUISTICS
Oklahoma Baptist University
September 2002
Introduction
Looking
for information on the origin of words?
Need a translation dictionary of the Hebrew language? These and many other questions can be
answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding
information you need.
General Background Information
Abbreviations Dictionary
Ref 423.1 D46a6
Acronyms & Initialisms Dictionary
Ref 423.1 G15a2
American Heritage Dictionary
Ref 423 A512m2
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Ref 403 C957ce
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
Ref 420 C957ca
Chickasaw: An Analytical Dictionary
Ref 497.5 M968c
Code Names Dictionary
Ref 423 R92c
Collins German Dictionary
Ref 433 C712te
Concise Oxford French Dictionary
Ref 443.21 C744fe2
Concise Dictionary of Foreign Expressions
Ref 422.4 P999c
Concise Scots Dictionary
Ref 491.6 C744ro
Dictionary of American Slang
Ref 427.09 W478d2
Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage: A Guide to Nondis
Ref 428 M193du
Dictionary of Classical Hebrew
Ref 492.4321 D554cs
Dictionary of Word Origins
Ref 422 Sh55d2
Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts
Ref 428 E56esl
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
Ref 403 E52as
Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe
Ref409.4 E56prc
English Dialect Dictionary
Ref 427 W95e
English-Old English, Old English-English Dictionary
Ref 429.3 J49e
Expository Dictionary of Bible Words
Ref 220.3 R516ew
Glossary of Linguistics Terminology
Ref 410.3 P37g
International Dictionary in 21 Languages
Ref 410 OUU94i
Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet
Ref 419 R555jo2
Juba to Jive: Dictionary of African-American Slang
Ref 427.973 J91mj
Kenkyusha’s New Japanese-English Dictionary
Ref 495.63 K33m4
Morrow Book of New Words
Ref 423 M192mo
New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
Ref 220.2 S92ec
Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage
Ref 423 M193no
Oxford Companion to the English Language
Ref 420 O98tmc
Oxford Dictionary of Allusions
Ref 422.03 D333ox
Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Ref 423 ON580
Oxford English Dictionary
Ref 423 M98o2
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Ref 473.21 O98gle
Oxford Russian Dictionary
Ref 491.7321 O98w3
Oxford Spanish Dictionary
Ref 463.21 O98ga2
Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language
Ref 423 W18r
Seven Language Dictionary
Ref 413 S497s
Slang and Euphemism: A Dictionary
Ref 427 S491sg
Standard English-SerboCroatian, SerboCroatian-English Dictionary
Ref 491.82321 B474sd
Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament
Ref 221.447 T391jni
Theological Lexicon of the New Testament
Ref 487.4 S754tnt
Vietnamese-English Dictionary
Ref 495.92232 N576v
Webster’s Italian Dictionary
Ref 453.21 L897wi
Also check the On-line Library Catalog for additional
listings of materials.
Locating the Language/
Linguistics Collection
Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories. The major categories for materials on the language and linguistics include:
400 Languages
410 Linguistics
420 English Language
430 Germanic & Scandinavian Languages
440 French
450 Italian
460 Spanish & Portuguese
470 Latin
480 Classical Greek
490 Other Languages
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
SI Smithsonian Institute
Materials on the languages and linguistics may be found in the following areas:
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st floor annex Periodicals
2nd floor General Books
3rd floor General Books
Sources of Journal Articles
America: History and Life
Education Index
Humanities Index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
Social Sciences Index
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
Middle Search Plus (EbscoHost)
MLA Bibliography (FirstSearch)
NewsFile Collection (NewsBank)
Professional Development Coll. (EbscoHost)
Internet Resources
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary: Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First Search: Periodical and information indexes
ANCIENT SCRIPTS.COM
ANIMATED ASL DICTIONARY
http://www.bconnex.net/~randys/
ASK A LINGUIST
http://linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/
BRAILLE ON THE INTERNET
http://www.nyise.org/braille.htm
CMU PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY
http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict/
CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR
DIALECTOLOGY
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~heeringa/dialectology/dial.htm
EDUCATION WORLD-FOREIGN LANGUAGES CENTER
http://www.education-world.com/foreign_lang/
ENGLISH TO AMERICAN DICTIONARY
ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
ETHNOLOGUE
ETYMOLOGICALLY SPEAKING
http://www.westegg.com/etymology/
EVOLUTION OF ALPHABETS
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/alphapage.html
FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR TRAVELERS
http://www.travlang.com/languages/
HANDSPEAK.COM
HELPFUL SITES FOR STUDENTS
http://www.oberoi-net.com/language.html
ILOVELANGUAGE
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCES
http://www.virginia.edu/~asmedia/flitig.html
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR KIDS
http://kidslangarts.about.com/
LANGUAGE HUB
http://www.cetrodftt.com/translate.htm
LANGUAGES ON THE WEB
http://www.languages-on-the-web.com
LINGNET
LINGUISTIC OLYMPICS
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tpayne/lingolym/
LOGOPHILIA
http://www.logophilia.com/logophilia.html
MESOAMERICAN WRITING SYSTEMS
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/writing.html#maya
METAPHOR PROJECT: ENGLISH TEACHER’S TOOL BAG
http://ntas-kl.sv.cc.va.us/svphilc/metcov.htm
NATIONAL APHASIA ASSOCIATION
NONSENSICON
PHONOLOGICAL ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICA
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/
PSEUDO DICTIONARY
http://www.pseudodictionary.com
RAP DICTIONARY
SEMIOTICS OF THE WEB
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~codognet/web.html
SLANGSITE.COM
SOUNDS OF THE WORLD’S ANIMALS
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/
STUDYING PHONETICS ON THE NET
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/PhonResources.html
SYMBOLS.COM
TEACHING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html
THE ALTERNATIVE DICTIONARIES: INTERNATIONAL SLANG
http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/
TRANSPARENT.COM-INTERNET LANGUAGE COMMUNITY
????UNIVERSAL SURVEY OF LANGUAGES
http://www.teleport.com/~napoleon/
UNWORDS.COM
VIRTUAL CALL LIBRARY
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/CALL.html
VOCABULARY TRAINING EXERCISES
WORD CENTRAL
WORD LAB
WORD NET
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
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