Linguistics

Getting Started
Journal Articles
Primary Materials
Specialised Resources
Web Sites

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (online)

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (online)

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Linguistics (online)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition (online)

Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language (online)

Handbooks:

Handbook of Linguistics (online)

Handbook of English Linguistics (online)

Dictionaries:

Oxford English Dictionary Online

Australian National Dictionary (online)

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles:

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
This is the most detailed database of linguistic literature. It lists journal articles and books.

Linguistic Bibliography Online
Lists journal articles and books on all aspects of linguistics.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center database)
This database lists journal articles and reports on all aspects of education, including language teaching.

DELTAA (Database on English Language Teaching for Adults in Australasia)
This small database lists publications on the teaching and learning of English as a second language in Australasia.

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Flint Collection
Papers, field notes and recordings dealing (among other subjects) with English spoken in Queensland and indigenous languages of Queensland.

Sommers Collection
Research materials relating to the indigenous languages of the central Cape York Peninsula.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Corpora

Corpus of Contemporary American English

British National Corpus (simple search only)

Australian National Corpus

Indigenous Languages

OZBIB: A Linguistic Bibliography of Aboriginal Australia and the Torres Strait Islands (online)

Australian Aboriginal Languages
The Australian Aboriginal Languages site has annotated links to 140 resources for about 40 of Australia's indigenous languages.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Internet Grammar of English
Provided by University College London, The Internet Grammar of English is an online course in English grammar containing useful resources for undergraduates and those interested in the English language.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages.