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Research guide to applied linguistics resources

Be efficient in your research and use the various databases, reference works and additional literature in the field of applied linguistics.

Databases

We recommend that you search the databases in order to research and review up-to-date and discipline-specific content on a topic. They mostly contain references to resources as well as full text articles from journals. Depending on the database, additional types of publications such as conference reports, book chapters, pictures, videos and much more are included.

Linguistics databases

Name Content Guide
Bibliography of German Language and Literary Studies – BDSL
  • Subjects: German studies
  • Coverage: International, predominantly German
  • Content: Books, journal articles, reviews, essays, some only abstracts
 Further information
Bibliography of Metaphor and Metonymy
  • Subjects: Metaphor, metonymy and figurative language, focus on cognitive linguistics and rhetoric
  • Coverage: International, English
  • Content: Books, essays, journal articles and other content, some only abstracts
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Bibliography of Pragmatics Online
  • Subjects: Pragmatics, language use and communication
  • Coverage: International, English
  • Content: Scholarly articles, books, conference proceedings, studies, some only abstracts
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Bibliography of Linguistic Literature Database – BLLDB
  • Subjects: General and applied linguistics, English studies, German studies and Romance studies
  • Coverage: International, mostly German
  • Content: Books, journal articles, conference proceedings, some only abstracts
  • Special feature: One of the most comprehensive bibliographic databases in the field of linguistics.
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German Studies Online
  • Subjects: German studies, cultural history
  • Coverage: International, German
  • Content: Journal articles, books, reviews, some only abstracts
  • Special feature: Online edition of the specialist bibliographic journal Germanistik
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Linguistics Portal
  • Subjects: Linguistics, language, communication, semiotics
  • Coverage: International, multilingual
  • Content: Grammars, dictionaries, linguistic maps, research articles, multimedia elements, primary sources, some only abstracts
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts – LLBA
  • Subjects: Linguistics, language behaviour
  • Coverage: International, English
  • Content: Journal articles, books, dissertations, some only abstracts
  • Special feature: Focus on sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics
 Further information

Communication and media sciences databases

Name Content Guide
Communication Source
  • Subjects: Communication studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech and language pathology, media studies and media research
  • Coverage: International, English
  • Content: Journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, some only abstracts
 EBSCO guides
Further information
Renteria
  • Subjects: Swiss PR and media directory
  • Coverage: Switzerland, German
  • Content: Addresses and contacts
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Press databases

Search the press databases for journalistic content.

Translation studies databases

Name Content Guide
Bibliography of Interpreting and Translation - BITRA
  • Subjects: Translation studies (translation and interpreting)
  • Coverage: International, multilingual
  • Content: Journal articles, books, dissertations, some only abstracts
  • Special feature: Freely accessible; international reference database
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Translation Studies Bibliography - TSB
  • Subjects: Translation studies (translation and interpreting)
  • Coverage: International, mostly English
  • Content: Books, journal articles, dissertations, some only abstracts
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Reserve collections

The following links will take you directly to the ZHAW swisscovery search portal. You can use them to display a list of the titles contained in the respective reserve collection.

Please note that physical titles in the reserve collections cannot be borrowed and are only available in the library. If available, additional copies can be borrowed.

CAS DaF/DaZ Sprachförderung für Erwachsene

Phonetik und Phonologie

Reference works

Reference works are the ideal starting point for your research. In addition to defining concepts, they help you to gain an overview of a topic, narrow down a topic and find key concepts for future work.

All electronic reference works can be found and searched in ZHAW swisscovery. The selection of titles below provides you with a quick introduction to your specialist area. General reference works can also be found with the monolingual (in German) and multilingual dictionaries (in German).

Title Additional information
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics -
Green's Dictionary of Slang There are further reference works from Oxford on the topic of language.
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK) -
Handbook of Translation Studies (HTS) -
International Encyclopedia of Communication -
Kindlers Literatur Lexikon Online -
Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Communication -
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics There are further reference works from Oxford on the topic of linguistics.
The Companion to Language Assessment -
The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics -
The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects -
Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (WSK) Online -

Bachelor's and master's theses

Selected bachelor's and master's theses from the School of Applied Linguistics are available in the ZHAW digitalcollection.