<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Sebastian, </div><div>Usually I start with what can easily be found in Google (e.g. Wikipedia, Glottopedia) and than go on with the references found there that deal with the problem(s) I'm busy with in the particular moment (e.g. the Oxford Linguistic series with titles such as <i>Competing Motivations</i> <i>in Grammar & Usage,</i> or the Cambridge Handbooks such as <i>Historical Syntax)</i></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Paolo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Prof. Dr. Paolo Ramat</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div>Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Socio corrispondente<br><div>'Academia Europaea'</div><div>'Societas Linguistica Europaea', Honorary Member</div></div><div><div>Università di Pavia (retired)</div><div>Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS Pavia) (retired)</div></div><div><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">piazzetta Arduino 11 - I 27100 Pavia</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">##39 0382 27027</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">347 044 98 44</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno lun 27 gen 2025 alle ore 18:37 G. Khan via Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear Sebastian,<br>
I and my students regularly use Brill's Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (for which I was one of the editors) and Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. The problem is that they are behind a very high pay wall. Many people across the world have contacted me over the years regarding the Hebrew encyclopedia complaining that they cannot afford get access due to this pay wall.<br>
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Best wishes<br>
Geoffrey<br>
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From: Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> On Behalf Of Wiemer, Bjoern via Lingtyp<br>
Sent: 27 January 2025 16:06<br>
To: Sebastian Nordhoff <<a href="mailto:sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de" target="_blank">sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de</a>>; <a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics<br>
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Dear Sebastian,<br>
sometimes I use Wikipedia, indeed. But as for Slavic, my favorite one has become<br>
Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics (ESLL), not alone because I'm one of the subject editors (😊), but because it is the most comprehensive and new one. At present, it is available only online (as you certainly know), but should start appearing in a print version (with additional entries) in the course of this year.<br>
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Best,<br>
Björn.<br>
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From: Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> On Behalf Of Sebastian Nordhoff via Lingtyp<br>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 1:39 PM<br>
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Subject: [Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics<br>
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Dear all,<br>
most larger publishing houses have something called "Encyclopedia of Linguistics" or similar.<br>
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I would like to whether fellow list members a) use any of them and b) if you do use them, whether you have a preference and why, and which ones you would recommend, and why.<br>
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I have found the following:<br>
1) Elsevier: Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics<br>
2) Oxford: International Encyclopedia of Linguistics<br>
3) Routledge: Encyclopedia of Linguistics<br>
4) de Gruyter: Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft<br>
5) Brill: Encylopedia of (Slavic|Greek|Arabic|Hebrew) Linguistics<br>
6) Cambridge: Encyclopedia of Language (much shorter than the rest)<br>
7) Glottopedia.org<br>
8) Wikipedia.org<br>
9) Lexicon of linguistics: <a href="https://lexicon.hum.uu.nl/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lexicon.hum.uu.nl/</a><br>
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I would also like to know whether there are some comparable projects which I may have missed.<br>
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Best wishes<br>
Sebastian<br>
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