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Linguistics

New Books on Language & Linguistics at UBC

Clause Chaining in the Languages of the World
Semiotic Ideologies: Patterns of Meaning-Making in Language and Society cover
The Language Dynamic book cover
Ten Lectures on Grammaticalization – An Introduction
Morphology: From Data to Theories cover
Understanding Signed Languages cover photo
The Routledge Handbook of Endangered and Minority Languages book cover
Morphology: A Distributed Morphology Introduction cover photo
Biolinguistics at the Cutting Edge: Promises, Achievements, and Challenges
Language in Deep Human History: An Evolutionary Story
Diversity in Contact cover photo
Interfaces of Phonetics
Digital Flux, Linguistic Justice and Minoritized Languages
The Making and Breaking of Classification Models in Linguistics: A Multimethod Perspective on Constructional Alternations
Public Attitudes Towards Gender-Inclusive Language: A Multilingual Perspective
Speech Dynamics: Synchronic Variation and Diachronic Change
The sounds of language: An introduction to phonetics and phonology
Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages
Academic writing with corpora: a resource book for data-driven learning cover
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
Where Gender and Corpora Meet: New Insights into Discourse Analysis
Language, Culture and Decolonisation
Language in Culture: Lectures on the Social Semiotics of Language
Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us
Probabilistic Approaches to Linguistic Theory cover photo
Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis cover photo
Why Is This a Question? Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!
Signed Language and Cognitive Grammar
Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Phonology cover
An Introduction to Child Language
Linguistic Contact and Language Change

Subject Headings

Books on Language and Linguistics can be found in the UBC Library Catalogue using the following subject headings:

Anthropological linguistics
Applied linguistics
Cognitive grammar
Comparative linguistics
Computational linguistics
Contrastive linguistics
Conversation analysis
English language
Generative grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphology
Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Historical linguistics
Indians of North America - Canada - Languages
Indians of North America - Languages
Language acquisition
Language and culture
Language and languages
Linguistics - Methodology
Linguistics - Research
Phonetics
Psycholinguistics
Second language acquisition
Semantics
Semiotics
Sociolinguistics

Browse the Stacks

One way to find books on your topic is to browse the call number range in the area of research you are interested in. You can also browse the call number virtually using the UBC Library Catalogue to see what materials on that topic are available in all locations at UBC Library. Once you find a good book on your topic, click the hyperlinked call number in the catalogue to see a list of related items.

Linguistics and Language Call Number Ranges
P – Language and Literature
  • P – Communication in general, including general linguistics. Specific numbers, or ranges of numbers, are used to sub-classify, e.g. P 37 psycholinguistics; P 41 sociolinguistics; P 215-240 phonology; P 301 discourse analysis and stylistics.
  • PA – Classical Philology (Greek and Latin)
  • PB – Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages
  • PC – Romance Languages
  • PD – Old Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
  • PE – English Language
  • PF – Dutch, Flemish, and German Languages
  • PG – Slavic Languages and Literature
  • PH – Finno-Ugrian, Basque Languages & Literature
  • PJ-PL – Oriental Languages
  • PM – American Indian and Artificial Languages

 

  • BF – Psychology (especially near BF 723, for cognition)
  • QP399 – Neurological/psychological aspects of language
  • Z 7001-04 – Some bibliographies of linguistics