[Lingtyp] Encyclopedias of linguistics

[Paolo Ramat]

Dear Sebastian,
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 *Competing Motivations* *in Grammar &
Usage,* or the Cambridge Handbooks such as *Historical Syntax)*
Best wishes,
Paolo


Prof. Dr. Paolo Ramat
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Socio corrispondente
'Academia Europaea'
'Societas Linguistica Europaea', Honorary Member
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Il giorno lun 27 gen 2025 alle ore 18:37 G. Khan via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> ha scritto:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> On Behalf Of
> Sebastian Nordhoff via Lingtyp
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 1:39 PM
> To: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
> 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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