About Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

Subject
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.

Over 398,774 records as of January 2008.
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--More information.

Sources
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. Serials list.

Coverage
1973 to present. Updated monthly, with approximately 14,000 new records added per year

Provider
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of CSA)

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Revised: 07/16/2009