Library Research Guides: LING 244: Form and Meaning: Terms, Concepts, Background

Why Use Reference Works?

Reference works such as specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks can provide

a concise overview of a topic, often written by scholars in the field	definitions of key terms & concepts
suggestions for further sources	vocabulary (keywords) for database searching

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Annotated bibliographies for a variety of subject areas.
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Hundreds of full-text academic encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other sources for introductions to topics, definitions, or factual information. Includes subject-specific titles from art, literature, education, science, religion, history and more.
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Over 400 full-text academic encyclopedias, language dictionaries, books of quotations, and other sources. Includes subject-specific titles from art, classics, history, law, linguistics, literature, media studies, medicine, performing arts, philosophy, religion, science and technology, politics, and more.

General

Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory (e-book)
Publication Date: 2008
Includes definitions of key terms within syntax and syntactic theory, as well as outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field.
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax (e-book)
Publication Date: 2005
A general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains on linguistic inquiry.
Syntax - Theory and Analysis: An International Handbook (e-book)
3 volumes, 2015.
The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory (e-book)
(2001)
The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (e-book)
(2013)

Language-specific

Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (e-book)
Publication Date: 2014
Comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics
The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics (e-book)
Publication Date: 2012
"Includes chapters on all main areas of language structure (phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics) as well as chapters on sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic research." (from the Editor's Note)
Handbook of Japanese Syntax (e-book)
Publication Date: 2017
A comprehensive survey of Japanese syntax from three research strands: studies based on the traditional research methods developed in Japan, those from broader functional perspectives, and those couched in the generative linguistics framework
The Handbook of Korean Linguistics (e-book)
Publication Date: 2015
Overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language