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Language and languages

Topic sh85074518 · id.loc.gov

Scope Notes

Here are entered works on language in general, works on the origin and history of language, and surveys of languages. Works dealing with the scientific study of human speech, including phonetics, phonemics, morphology and syntax, are entered under [Linguistics.]

Used for

  • Foreign languages
  • Languages

Examples

Note under [Linguistics]

Editorial Notes

individual languages and groups of languages, e.g. [English language; Semitic languages;] also subdivision [Language] under names of individual corporate bodies, names of individual persons, and under classes of persons, disciplines, types of publications and individual wars; and subdivision [Languages] under names of countries, cities, etc., and under ethnic groups

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