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Welcome to the Subject Guide for Language and Linguistic Science

These pages bring together key resources and information for language and linguistics.

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Welcome to the Subject Guide for Language and Linguistic Science

These pages bring together key resources and information for language and linguistics.

Use the tabs above to Find resources, Evaluate what you've found and Organise your work. You'll also find lots of help and advice on the Tutorials and guides tab.

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Recently ordered books

The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics by Les Bell; Allan Bell
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9780631228653
Publication Date: 2013
Io e te by Niccolo Ammaniti
ISBN: 9788806206802
Publication Date: 2010
The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics by Merja Kytö (Editor); Päivi Pahta (Editor)
ISBN: 9781107039353
Publication Date: 2016
Sociolinguistics by Nikolas Coupland (Editor)
ISBN: 9781107062283
Publication Date: 2016
The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics by Juan M. Hernandez-Campoy (Editor); Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405190688
Publication Date: 2012

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Key databases

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
The Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations. The database is updated monthly.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.
LION - Literature Online
This resource is a searchable, online library of over 300,000 works of English and American poetry, prose and drama. It also provides access to a growing collection of online journals, reference works, author biographies and the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL).

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.
Cairn.info
The University subscribes to the following collections:
- Revues (French language interface)
- International Edition (English language interface)

Provides access to over 400 French language journals covering a wide range of subjects. English translations of articles from a selection of these journals are also available via Cairn.info International Edition (English language interface).
Humanities Index (ProQuest)
Formerly British Humanities Index.

An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities which indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK and the United States.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
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This bibliography contains citations for journal articles, books, book chapters and theses in literature, language, linguistics and folklore. It is the major literature bibliography.

The publication years covered by this resource are from the 1920s onwards.

For help with this resource, take a look at our Quick Guide.
Nexis UK
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Personalisation options are available via this link

Alternative access if you have problems via the link above: Nexis UK

Nexis UK is a major source of global news and business information. It provides full-text access to over 34,000 publications, with more than 12,000 news sources including UK daily and regional newspapers, current affairs magazines, and professional journals. Updated daily; back issues archive varies by title.

Nexis UK also includes 80 sources of company information, plus thousands of biographies of government officials, politicians, celebrities, investors and business contacts.

The Financial Times is not included in any preselected groups of sources within Nexis UK, e.g. UK Newspapers etc. The Financial Times can be searched on its own or combined with other sources. To search the Financial Times on its own go to the Sources tab and use the Find Sources options. The Sources tab will also allow you to combine the Financial Times with other selected sources e.g. UK Broadsheets. Search the Nexis help on "combine sources" for further information.

For further information regarding the Financial Times, see Finding Financial Times articles on Nexis UK.

For help with Nexis UK, take a look at our Quick Guide.