Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Rutgers University Libraries)

Description

CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations. It also provides links to web sites and to scholars active in the field. Includes items in English and thirty other languages.

Major areas of coverage include:

Anthropological Linguistics
Applied Linguistics
Descriptive Linguistics
Discourse Analysis / Text Linguistics
Hearing and Speech Physiology
Hearing - Pathological and Normal
History of Linguistics
Interpersonal Behavior and Communication
Language Classification
Language - Pathological and Normal
Learning Disabilities
Lexicography / Lexicology
Mental Retardation
Morphology
Nonverbal Communication
Orthography, Writing Systems
Philosophy of Language
Phonetics
Phonology
Poetics / Literary Theory
Psycholinguistics
Psychometrics
Semantics
Semiotics
Sociolinguistics
Special Education
Syntax
Theory of Linguistics
Typology

Includes a searchable thesaurus that allows searchers to narrow from broad terms like "Semantics" to narrower terms like "Event Semantics" or "Deixis." Allows relevance rankings of results or sorting them by publication type (e.g. "peer reviewed journals," "books," "book chapters," "dissertations").

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Dates covered

1973+ (with some items from as far back as 1968).

Updating frequency

Monthly.

Sources

Journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, web sites, and other materials.

Type of coverage

Citations and abstracts.

Print Counterpart or related resources

LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1985+).
Available at DANA and ALEXANDER REF. PB35.L55 (1985-2000).
Continues LLBA: Language and Language Behavior Abstracts (1967-1984).
Available at DANA and ALEXANDER REF. PB35.L55 (1967-1984).

Producer/content provider

CSA

Vendor/electronic presentation provider

CSA