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Modern Languages

General - see more specific language research guides if available.

Reference Shelf

Dictionary of Languages (2004) by Andrew Dalby
Descriptive reference guide to about 400 languages.
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2012) by Kimberly L. Meinken (Editor)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences (2011)
Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics (2001) by Rajend Mesthrie (Editor)
Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity (1999) by Joshua A. Fishman (Editor)
The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (2013) by Julia Herschensohn (Editor); Martha Young-Scholten (Editor)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning (2001)
Dictionary of Untranslatables (2014)
Nearly 400 important philosophical, literary, and political terms and concepts that defy easy--or any--translation from one language and culture to another.

The World's Major Languages
Reference (1st fl.) / P371.W6 1987
The World's Writing Systems
Reference (1st fl.) / P211 .W714 1995

Dictionaries

To locate print dictionaries in Drexel Library, go to the Books tab. Do a keyword search in the SJU Online catalog, e.g., Korean dictionaries.

Most dictionaries are in the Library's Reference collection, but a few older editions are available in the book stacks to be checked out.

For additional online dictionaries, go to the Web Links tab.