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Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics Online
Editor-in-Chief: Rint Sybesma
The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as the different linguistic traditions in which they have been investigated. In more than 500 articles, written by major specialists in the field, the Encyclopedia offers a synthesis of the most important research in Chinese linguistics and up-to-date bibliographical coverage.
Features and Benefits
• 500+ articles
• All articles written by specialists in the field.
• Full-text searchable and advanced search options
• Extensive cross-references
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online
General Editor: Georgios K. Giannakis
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work that brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek. It is an indispensable research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature. The EAGLL offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of Ancient Greek, comprising detailed descriptions of the language from Proto-Greek to koine.
Features and Benefits
• Over 500 articles
• Full Text Search, advanced search options
• Extensive cross-references, navigation via hyperlinks
• Articles covering a wide-range of topics
• All Greek transcribed
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online
Edited by Geoffrey Khan
The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day. The encyclopedia contains overview articles that provide a readable synopsis of current knowledge of the major periods and varieties of the Hebrew language as well as thematically-organized entries which provide further information on individual topics.
Features and Benefits
• Over 950 entries
• Search the full text by keyword and Hebrew character set, in addition to advanced search options.
• Navigate extensive cross-references via hyperlinks.
• Access tertiary treatment of a wide-range of topics
• Receive annual updates with new articles, images, and multimedia, in particular sound recordings, beginning the year after publication.
• Benefit from a synthesis of scholarly research from Israel, Europe, North America, and Asia.
Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online
General Editors: Lutz Edzard and Rudolf de Jong
The Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics represents a unique collaboration of a few hundred scholars from around the world and covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic and deals with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic). No other reference work offers this scale of contributions or depth and breadth of coverage.
Features and Benefits
• Over 500 entries
• Over 300 contributors
• Over 2.1 million words
• Full-text searchable and advanced searchability
• Browsable index
• Fully Unicode compliant, to facilitate the display of foreign languages
• A high-quality linguistic reference work
• A unique and widely respected authoritative source in the field
• Covers all relevant fields in Arabic linguistics, both general and language specific
Language and Linguistics Encyclopedias
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Praise for the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online
"The mere appearance of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics (EALL) on the scene carries huge importance for linguists working with Arabic, but also for scholars from other disciplines like Islamic studies, Arabic literature, social sciences, as well as general linguists, whose research cross paths with Arabic linguistics […] The strength of the EALL as a reference tool is that it brings together notions and terms from different disciplines […] By weaving together a wide variety of terms, the end product achieves a degree of disciplinary integration that remains illusive for reference works limited to one theoretical framework […] The EALL lives up to its claim […]”
- The Linguist List (20 July 2010).
"Rarely have I been so profoundly impressed by a work of collective scholarship, virtually beyond criticism in every respect. Contributions and editing alike are of exceptional quality, and its value embraces lay readers (who will find it readable, often amusing), serious students (who will make progress), and denizens of ivory towers (who will wish they had written part or whole). A brilliant contribution to knowledge, destined to be a benchmark for future research and popularisation. Recommended without reservation to all academic libraries. To quote the greetings article in Arabic: 'ahlan!, 'ahlan!”
- H.G.A. Hughes, Reference Reviews 21/6 (2007).
Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Editors-in-Chief: Marc L. Greenberg and Lenore A. Grenoble
The Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics offers the most comprehensive reference work on Slavic languages ever published. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the Slavic language family from its Indo-European origins to the present day, as well as consideration of the interaction of Slavic with other languages.
Features and Benefit
- Contributions from leading scholars worldwide.
- Up-to-date references on legal and sociolinguistic developments of languages after the fall of multiethnic states.
- Integrated articles on the interactions between linguistics, archaeology, and genetics to illuminate ancient Slavic-speaking communities.
- State-of-the art reports on pertinent issues in Slavic semantics, pragmatics, discourse studies and more.
- Coverage of theoretical approaches that emerged in Slavic linguistics.
- Detailed color maps.
