BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS

2007 Edition
Approved: September 28, 2007
Posted: October 23, 2007
 

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Use subjects in this section for general works on language, for works about the English language in particular, or for works on disciplines closely related to language arts.  For works about specific languages other than English, or about English as a second language, use subjects in the FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY section.

An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2007 Edition.

Step 2:  Once you have selected your major heading, determine the specific term which describes your book. 
 

LAN000000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General

LAN001000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabet

LAN002000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Authorship

LAN003000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Braille

LAN004000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication

LAN005000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing

LAN022000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading

LAN024000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Etymology

LAN006000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar

LAN007000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Handwriting

LAN008000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism

LAN025000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science

LAN009000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics

LAN010000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy

LAN011000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Phonetics & Phonics

                     LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Proofreading see Editing & Proofreading

LAN026000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking

LAN027000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishing

LAN012000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers

LAN013000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills

LAN014000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference

LAN015000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric

LAN016000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Semantics

LAN017000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language

LAN018000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech

LAN019000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling

LAN020000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching

LAN023000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

LAN021000    LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Vocabulary

 

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