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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, Second Edition, covers the full range of topics in contemporary linguistics from fundamental linguistic disciplines such as phonetics, syntax, and morphology to applications in other disciplines such as anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition, cognitive science, media, computer science, sociology, medicine, and the law.
E76.2 .H36 Info Commons Ref. and the Main Reference Collection.
Fourteen volumes of this projected 20 vol. set have been published. It provides an encyclopedic summary of what is known of the prehistory, history and culture of Native Americans living north of the urban civilizations of central Mexico. The handbook is arranged geographically. Volume 17 is titled Language and gives a great deal of background on Indian languages and includes valuable bibliographic information. The language of a particular tribe may also be covered in the handbook volume which includes the tribe.
P211 .W714 1996 Main Library (Reference)
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