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Linguistics

On this page you will find a selection of resources concerning Linguistics. You are welcome to contact us in case you need help, or if you have suggestions for additional information for the page.

Reference works

A list of places to acquire general knowledge in technical and conceptual areas in linguistics.

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  • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
    ELL2 is the largest linguistic encyclopedia. Contains overview articles with matching reference lists about all language scientific topics, disciplines and technical terms.
     
  • International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
    An interdisciplinary encyclopedia covering historical, comparative, formal, mathematical, functional, philosophical, and sociolinguistics. The reference work is a part of the database Oxford Reference Online, where reference works on all subjects can be found. 

Bibliographies

A bibliography is a list or database of documents. Find a selection of bibliographies within your field.

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  • Bibliography of Linguistic Literature (BLLDB)
    Bibliography focusing on the English language, Germanic, Romance languages and Slavic as well as general language science.
  • EMCA Bibliography Database
    The EMCA Bibliography database tracks academic publications relevant to Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. You can browse, search and filter the database by year, author, tag/keyword and publication type. There is link to full text access for articles (etc.) held by AU Library. The EMCA bibliography was initiated and has been maintained by Paul ten Have on the EMCA news website since the early 1990s.    
  • MLA International Bibliography
    References to articles and books within literature- and language studies. Usually the articles are available in full-text. Covers European, Asian, American and Africa languages and literary fields.
  • Bibliografie van de Nederlandse taal- en literatuurwetenschap (BNTL)
    References to articles and books within Netherlands, Flemish and foreign publications on literature- and language studies. The articles are available in full-text where it is possible.

Article databases

A bibliography is a list or database of documents. Find a selection of bibliographies within your field.

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  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
    Searchable article database for research articles in linguistics

  • Psycinfo
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines in psychology, including those relevant to linguistics

  • Pubmed
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines in medical sciences, including those relevant to linguistics

  • JSTOR
    Searchable article database for research articles in all disciplines, with a focus on archiving older journal articles (back to 1880).

E-books

 A range of EBooks that are relevant to your subject.

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Data

A list of repositories and websites for data to use in teaching exercises, projects, and self-directed practice

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  • KorpusDK
    Text corpus for analysis of Danish language text data

  • CHILDES
    Repository for child language data

  • OSF
    A repository for pre-registering research projects and making research data and other materials available for the scientific community.

  • Google Dataset Search
    Specialised search function for datasets in Google

Software

A list of software useful for linguistic students

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Educational resources

A list of educational resources, such as online courses

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  • Datacamp:
    Offers short courses on programming and software. Can often be used as a leg-up for more difficult course content.

  • Google Crash Course:
    Google hosted environment for supplementary learning in machine learning.

  • Swap Language:
    Platform for language learning with lots of resources for learning Danish for international students.

  • Kaggle:
    Machine learning and data science community hosting models, datasets, and developer competitions. Can e used to extend learning from courses.

Dictionaries

A list of educational resources, such as online courses

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  • Ordbogen.com
    Collection of dictionaries which contains Ordbogen.com and Gyldendals Ordbøger. The collection of dictionaries covers a large number of subject areas and languages. The list of all relevant dictionaries is obtained when you search a word.

  • Ordnet.dk
    A website that gives access to free Danish on-line dictionaries and text corpora.

  • Ordbog over det danske Sprog (ODS)
    With about 250.000 words, expressions and terms from 1700 ontil 1950 is ODS Denmark’s  most comprehensive dictionary.
     
  • IATE
    IATE (Interactive Terminology for Europe) is the EU's terminology database. It has been used in the EU institutions and agencies since summer 2004 for the collection, dissemination and management of EU-specific terminology. The data in IATE is mostly entered by the translators and terminologists of the language services of the institutions of the European Union.

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