New Books on Language & Linguistics at UBC
Subject Headings
Items in the Library catalogue have been assigned one or more subject headings, which are used to group together books on the same topic, regardless of their authors or words in their titles. For more information, please consult the Using Subject Headings guide.
Books on language and linguistics can be found in the UBC Library Catalogue using the following words:
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
Another way to find books on your topic is to browse the call number range in the research area you are interested in. You can use call numbers to browse the physical stacks in the library, or to browse them virtually through the UBC Library Catalogue, to see what materials on your topic are available in all UBC Library locations.
Once you find a good book on your topic, click the hyperlinked call number in the catalogue to see a list of related items. For more information, consult our guide on Finding Books.
Sample of Call Number Ranges
Linguistics
- 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
Languages and Literatures
- 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
Related Areas
- BF – Psychology (especially near BF 723, for cognition)
- QP399 – Neurological/psychological aspects of language
- Z 7001-04 – Some bibliographies of linguistics
