Web-based resources

Lexicon of Linguistics

An extremely useful and comprehensive hypertext version of the Lexicon of Linguistics which was issued by the University of Utrecht in 1996. Definitions of linguistics terminology from A-bar binding to Zero morpheme. It includes an inbuilt keyword search function.

Glossary of linguistic terms

A glossary of terms used in the morphological, syntactic, and pragmatic analysis of text. It does not necessarily include terms specific to particular theoretical models (e.g. tagmeme). The glossary was compiled by the International Linguistics Department of the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online

The Web-based new edition of the OED. Click on the link ENTER OED ONLINE on their website to use the dictionary.
The online Dictionary contains the complete A to Z sequence of the Second Edition, its three-volume Additions Series, and also draft material from the revision programme, which represents the latest progress towards the Third Edition. Provides etymology, definition, part of speech, date of origination, pronunciation, quotation and cross references.
You need to be a member of the Adelaide University community, and connected to the Adelaide University computer network, to be able to use OED Online.

To get the most out of this resource you should make use of the excellent online help page which provides comprehensive information about using the powerful search facilities. I find it useful to have the Quick Reference Guide on hand; download a copy in .pdf format and make a print.

To find out more about this marvellous project, have a look at About the Oxford English Dictionary for interesting features on: History of the Dictionary; The revision program; Guide to the Dictionary; Dictionary milestones; Dictionary facts.
You can keep up with developments by subscribing to Oxford English Dictionary News. A newsletter designed to keep OED users abreast of current research and developments on the OED, it includes articles by editors, researchers, and contributors on their work for the OED, as well as regular updates on the overall progress of the revision programme, and reports on other items, both interesting and entertaining, that the editors come across in the course of their research. Each issue also contains an Appeals List, consisting of words and phrases for which entries are currently being drafted or revised, and for which further evidence is needed.
There's a review of OED Online: ''The world's greatest dictionary' goes online' in issue number 23 of Ariadne.

Australian National Dictionary

First published in 1988, The Australian National Dictionary was the first comprehensive, historically based record of the 10,000 words and idioms that make up the Australian contribution to the English language. Each entry provides its own fascinating insight into Australia's rich and diverse linguistic heritage.
It is a dictionary of Australianisms - those words and meanings of words which originated in Australia, which have greater currency here than elsewhere, or which have a special significance in Australian history. It records the historical development of Australian words and phrases from their earliest use to the present day, providing evidence of this history in some 60,000 dated and referenced quotations drawn from more than 9000 Australian sources.

International Phonetic Alphabet

Reproduction of The International Phonetic Alphabet(Revised to 1993, updated 1996).

Omniglot: a guide to writing systems

'A guide to over 200 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. It also contains details of many of the languages written with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related resources.'

Printed reference works

There are some splendid printed reference works in the Barr Smith Library's Reference collection -- ask me to show you what is available next time you visit the Barr Smith.

You'll find a good selection of linguistics dictionaries if you use the Subject Headings Language and languages-Dictionaries and Linguistics-Dictionaries in the Library Catalogue.

We also have linguistics encyclopedias which you can use to give you a preliminary overview of your topic. Use the Subject Headings Language and languages-Encyclopedias and Linguistics-Encyclopedias

One of the most useful encyclopedias is the ten-volume:
Encyclopedia of language and linguistics, edited by R.E. Asher. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1994.
BSL Reference collection 403 A825e

Shorter, but more up to date is:
The linguistics encyclopedia, edited by Kirsten Malmkjaer. 2nd edition. London, Routledge, 2002.
BSL Reference collection 410.3 M256l.2

I also often make use of:
Atlas of the world's languages, general editors Christopher Moseley and R. E. Asher. London, Routledge, 1994.
BSL Reference collection oversize 403 M898a
[a large, navy blue volume kept on the Atlas stand at the southernmost end of the Reference collection.]

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