Linguistics

Collection overview

The collection covers most aspects of applied and theoretical linguistics. Subjects covered include:

History of linguistics/History of language
Semantics
Pragmatics
Morphology
Writing systems
Grammar
Translating/interpreting
Pidgins and creoles
Sociolinguistics

Material relevant to the linguistics of a specific language can be found with the relevant language collection, eg English, German, or French.

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 5th floor
All items available on open access will display the location LINGUISTICS, with the classmark prefix 3 eg LINGUISTICS 5th floor (3) WEX Tan
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room – 4th floor
Most older periodicals are located at PERIODICALS Upper Library 3rd Floor PS. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

The other main language collections – English, French, Germanic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American, and United States Studies
Palaeography collection – particularly material on the development of scripts and other writing systems
Social Sciences collections – including material on linguistic anthropology, language and gender, language in social contexts, discourse analysis
Psychology collection – considerable holdings on the psychology of language and language acquisition (especially child language acquisition)
Dictionaries and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor

Classmarks for Linguistics

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg LINGUISTICS 5th floor (3) WEX Tan

Bi-/Multilingualism	WAU
Extinct languages/pidgins/creoles	WAY
Discourse analysis	WGR
Gender and language	WEX
Grammar	WG
History of language	WAH
History of philology and linguistics	W3
Language acquisition	WAJ
Lexicography	WA8
Linguistic anthropology	WAF
Morphology	WD
Phonology and Phonetics	WB
Psychology of language	WAI
Semantics	WE
Semiotics	WAO
Sociolinguistics	WAK
Translation	WAT
Writing/alphabets	WC

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Linguistics holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk