Linguistics Reference Sources

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Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
P29 .C65 2003
The 1997 edition is also available online.

Dictionary of Languages
P29 .D35 1998

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages
P29 .C68 1992

Encyclopedias

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Sawyer REF P29 .I58 2003

Linguistics Encyclopedia
Sawyer REF P29 .L52 2002

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Sawyer REF P29 .C64 1997

An Encyclopaedia of Language
Sawyer REF P106 .A46 1990

Facts About the World's Languages
Sawyer REF P371 .F33 2001

Ethnologue. Languages ofthe World
Sawyer REF P371 .E83

Cambridge Encyclopedia of World's Ancient Languages
Sawyer REF P371 .C357 2004

Atlases

World Atlas of Language Structures
Sawyer Atlas Case P143 .W67 2005

Atlas of North American English
Sawyer Folio PE2808 .L26 2006

Atlas of Languages
Sawyer REF P107 .A87 2003