[Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics

[G. Khan]

Dear Sebastian,
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.

Best wishes
Geoffrey

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From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> On Behalf Of Wiemer, Bjoern via Lingtyp
Sent: 27 January 2025 16:06
To: Sebastian Nordhoff <sebastian.nordhoff at glottotopia.de>; lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics

Dear Sebastian,
sometimes I use Wikipedia, indeed. But as for Slavic, my favorite one has become
        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.

Best,
Björn.

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Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 1:39 PM
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Subject: [Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics

Dear all,
most larger publishing houses have something called "Encyclopedia of Linguistics" or similar.

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.

I have found the following:
1) Elsevier:   Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics
2) Oxford:     International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
3) Routledge:  Encyclopedia of Linguistics
4) de Gruyter: Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
5) Brill:      Encylopedia of (Slavic|Greek|Arabic|Hebrew) Linguistics
6) Cambridge:  Encyclopedia of Language (much shorter than the rest)
7) Glottopedia.org
8) Wikipedia.org
9) Lexicon of linguistics: https://lexicon.hum.uu.nl/

I would also like to know whether there are some comparable projects which I may have missed.

Best wishes
Sebastian






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