BISAC Subject Headings List
Language Arts & Disciplines
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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.
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LAN000000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General |
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LAN001000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems |
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LAN004000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies |
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LAN022000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading |
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LAN006000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation |
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LAN007000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Handwriting |
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LAN008000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism |
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LAN029000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography |
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LAN025000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General |
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LAN025010 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Administration & Management |
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LAN025020 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries |
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LAN025030 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification |
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LAN025040 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Collection Development |
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LAN025060 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources |
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LAN025050 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media |
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LAN009000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Computational see COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing |
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LAN024000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology |
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LAN009010 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative |
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LAN009020 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology |
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LAN011000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology |
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LAN009030 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics |
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LAN009040 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General |
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LAN009070 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / Language Acquisition * |
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LAN009080 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / Neurolinguistics * |
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LAN016000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics |
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LAN009050 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics |
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LAN009060 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax |
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LAN010000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Proofreading see Editing & Proofreading |
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LAN026000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking & Speech Writing |
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LAN027000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishers & Publishing Industry |
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LAN012000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers |
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LAN013000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills |
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LAN015000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric |
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LAN017000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language |
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LAN018000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech & Pronunciation |
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LAN021000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary |
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LAN020000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching |
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LAN028000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Style Manuals |
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LAN023000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting |
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LAN005000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General |
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LAN005010 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly |
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LAN002000 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship |
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LAN005020 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Business Aspects |
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LAN005030 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Children's & Young Adult |
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LAN005040 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition |
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LAN005050 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing |
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LAN005060 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) |
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LAN005070 |
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Poetry |
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