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Language/Linguistics: Reference Books

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and more information about language and linguistics.

Reference Books

Reference Books

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Acronyms & Initialisms Dictionary
  R 423.1 Ac775

A Poet's Glossary
  R 808.103 H669

American Expressions: Thesaurus of Effective & Colorful Speech
  R 423.1 Am355

American Sign Language Dictionary
  R 419 C824r

Atlas of Languages
  R 400 At656 2003

British English A to Zed
  R 423.1 Sch867be 2001

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
  R 403 C889c

Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages
  R 409 C1442

Cambridge-Klett Comprehensive German Dictionary
  R 433.21 C1444

Chickasaw: An Analytical Dictionary
  R 970.3 C43mu

Code Names Dictionary
  R 423 R38c

Comanche Vocabulary
  R 497.45 G1658c

Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs
  R 398.9 C748

Concise Dictionary of Foreign Expressions
  R 423.1 P569c

Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics
  R 306.4403 C748

Concise Encyclopedia of Language & Religion
  R 403 C748 2001

Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language
  R 401 C748

Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics
  R 306.4403 C7487

Concise Oxford French Dictionary
  R 443.21 C748 1988

Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary
  R 497.3 Om2d

Dictionary of American Maxims
  R 398.9 P72d

Dictionary of American Regional English
  R  427.973 D561

Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee
  R 497.3 M3642d

Dictionary of Early English
  R 427 Sh64d

Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics
  R 417.703 T69d

Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
  R 410.3 C8898d5

Dictionary of the Choctaw Language
  R 497.503 Ok42d

Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary
  R 497.3 R3468e

Encyclopedia of English Studies & Language Arts
  R 428.007 En195

English-Cheyenne Student Dictionary
  R 497.3 En362 1999

Facts on File Dictionary of Clichés
  R 423.1 Am625f 2001

Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs
  R 082 M3175f

Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word & Phrase Origins
  R 422.03 H3848f3

Greek-English Lexicon
  R 483.21 L619g 1996

How Not To Say What You Mean: Dictionary of Euphemisms
  R 423.1 H711h3

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
  R 410.3 In851 2003

Kodansha's Basic English-Japanese Dictionary
  R 495.6321 M2898k 2002

Language and Communication: A Cross Cultural Encyclopedia
  R 410.3 F493L

Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies
  R 016.8209 H289

Newspeak: A Dictionary of Jargon
  R 427.09 G823n

Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage
  R 423.1 M272n

Osage Language
  R 497.5 L133d

Oxford Book of Aphorism
  R 082 Ox251

Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
  R 422 On4o

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
  R 427.09 Ox255

Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying & Quotation
  R 082 Ox266 2002

Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary
  R 423.924 Ox255 1996

Oxford Latin Dictionary
  R 473 Ox3

Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary
  R 453.21 Q27 2001

Oxford Russian Dictionary
  R 491.7321 Ox28 2000

Oxford Spanish Dictionary
  R 463.21 Ox28 2003

Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary
  R 495.1321 P7513 2003

Portuguese-English Dictionary
  R 469.321 T21p

Swahili-English Dictionary
  R 496.392 R24s

20th Century Words
  R 423.1 Ay93t

Western Apache-English Dictionary
  R 497.2 W5251

Words to Rhyme With
  R 423.1 Es675w 2001

Vietnamese-English Dictionary
  R 495.9223 L4615v 1975


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