Linguistics - Research Guide

Overview

Each goup will consist of 5 members. Each member will be seponsible for writing one paragraph.  Use the following research apps (databases) to find the information you need for your research paper/presentation.

* Note *  The following links will open on any school computer.  If you are working from home, you must obtain the password to view from your library. 

Databases

Digital Encyclopedias

Websites

Google Scholar

Smithsonian

refseek

 Research Search Topics

• country + language ex. japanese language
• country + linguistics ex. french linguistics 
• other topics within category ex. Mayan and/or Yucatec, Chol, Tzotzil, Quiche

Articles for Topics

• American Sign Language
  • American Sign Language - Van Cleve, John Vickrey 
  • Imagine a language... American sign language, ASL - Payne, S. Megan
• French
  • French Language and Literature - Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students, edited by Paul F. Grendler, vol. 2, 
  • Old French Online - University of Texas Linguistics Research Center
• Hebrew
  • Jewish Languages and Literature - Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
• Italian
  • In search of the Italian language: integrated Italian Citation metadata - World Literature Today, vol. 71
  • Whose identity? Italy and the Italians - History Today, vol. 44, no. 11
  • The Italian Gesture - NYTimes.com Video Collection
• Japanese
  • Origins of the Japanese Language - DISCovering Multicultural America
  • Language: Instrument of change for Japanese women? - Farnsley, Kathy Wolfe
  • General semantics and the revision of romaji - ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
• Latin
  • Latin Language and Literature - Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
  • Latin revived: source-based vocabulary lessons courtesy of Harry Potter -  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
• Mayan
  • Maya - Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
  • Read the Maya glyphs: use these clues and crack the Maya code
  • Excerpt from the Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiche Maya - The Hispanic-American Experience, Primary Source Media
• Music as language
  • Musical Languages -  Notes, vol. 56
  • "Music is language and language is music" - Ethnologies, vol. 25
• Spanish 
  • Spanish Language and Literature -  Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
  • Exploring the Spanish Language: An Introduction to its Structures and Varieties - Pountain, Christopher
  • The Linguistics of Spanish - Mackenzie, Ian
• SMS 
  • Evytng u nd 2no abt txtg ;-). (Facetime) - Wireless Week
  • A corpus linguistics study of SMS text messaging - C. Tagg