Portal:Language and literature
Top level portal for Class P: Language and literature.
Philology and linguistics are the study of a language's grammar, history and literary tradition; and the scientific study of human language.
Includes: A History of Sanskrit Literature (1900) by Arthur Anthony Macdonell • Graiméar na Gaedhilge (1906) • Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (1909) by Wilhelm Gesenius
Greek language and literature covers all works in or about the Greek language. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records.
Child portals: Ancient Greek drama • Odes of Pindar
Latin language and literature covers all works in or about the Latin language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and many schools and universities continue to teach it.
Child portal: Classical Latin literature
Modern languages are languages that are currently in use for day-to-day communication, as opposed to "dead" languages such as Latin, Sanskrit and Classical Chinese.
Celtic languages covers all works in or about Celtic languages, such as Gaelic, Welsh and Gaulish. Celtic languages are most commonly spoken on the north-western edge of Europe.
Romanic languages covers all works about the Romanic languages (also known as the Romance, Latin, Neolatin or Neo-Latin languages), such as Italian, French and Spanish.
Child portals: French literature • Italian literature • Portuguese literature • Romanian language and literature • Spanish literature
Germanic languages covers general works about the Germanic languages, as well as older Germanic languages such as Gothic, Vandalic and Burgundian.
Scandinavian languages covers all works about Scandinavian languages, also known as North Germanic languages, such as Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Old Norse.
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English language covers all about the English language. Originating in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, it has become the world's major trade language and the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
Child portal: English literature • Scots
West Germanic languages covers all works about West Germanic languages, such as Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, German, and Yiddish.
Slavic languages and literatures overs all works in or about the Slavic languages, such as Russian, Polish and Bulgarian.
Child portals: Czech literature • Russian literature
Baltic languages are mainly spoken in the areas extending east and south-east of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe; such as Latvian, Lithuanian and Old Prussian.
The Albanian language is an Indo-European language in a branch by itself (a "language isolate") spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo and some other parts of the Balkans.
Uralic languages and literature covers all works in or about the Uralic languages, such as Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian.
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Basque language is the language of the Basque Country, spanning parts of France and Spain.
Includes: Gabriel's Message, by an anonymous author & translated by Sabine Baring-Gould
Oriental languages and literature covers all works in or about the Oriental languages, sometimes called Afroasiatic languages, such as Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew and Sumerian.
Child portals: Amharic literature • Arabic literature • Hebrew language and literature • Islamic poetry
Indo-Iranian languages and literature covers all works in or about the Indo-Iranian languages, sometimes called the Aryan languages, such as Persian, Sanskrit, Hindi and Gujarati.
Child portals: Sanskrit • Sanskrit drama • Bengali language and literature
Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia covers all works in or about the languages of Eastern Asia, such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Child portals: Chinese classics • Chinese literature • Dravidian languages and literature • Hyakunin Isshu • Japanese literature
Languages and literatures of Africa covers all works in or about the languages of Sub-Saharan Africa; such as Swahili, Songhay and Yoruba.
Languages and literatures of Oceania covers all works in or about the Austronesian languages, the languages of the South Pacific, such as Javanese, Tagalog and Malay.
Child portals: Speeches by Philippine Presidents (Inaugural Speeches by Philippine Presidents • State of the Nation Speeches by Philippine Presidents)
Hyperborean languages covers all works in or about the languages of the Arctic Circle, such as Inuit, Yupik and Aleut languages.
American languages covers all works in or about the indigenous languages of the Americas; such as Iroquoian, Navajo and Quechua.
Artificial languages covers languages that have been consciously devised by an individual or group, instead of having evolved naturally, such as Esperanto and Volapük.
General literature covers fiction and non-fiction, prose and verse, including genre and form; as well as oration, quotation and analysis.
Genres: Adventure • Christian fiction • Cowboys • Fantasy • Horror (Cthulhu Mythos • Ghost stories • Gothic fiction) • Humour • Mystery • Romance • Science fiction (Apocalyptic fiction) • Thriller
Verse: Poetry • Ancient poetry • Christian poetry • Enlightenment poetry • Limericks • Love poetry • Medieval poetry • Modern poetry • Renaissance poetry • Romantic poetry • War poetry
Drama: Drama • Ancient Greek drama • Elizabethan drama • Operas • Plays • Scripts
Speeches: Oration • Public addresses • Speeches • Early modern speeches • Modern speeches
Correspondence: Letters • Death threats • Resignations • Suicide notes
Children: Children's literature (Stratemeyer Syndicate) • Children's poetry
Study of literature: Literary criticism • Literary history
Other: Comics • Journals • Modern fiction • Nobel Prize in Literature • Non-fiction (Modern non-fiction) • Quotations
Romanic literature covers works in the Romanic languages, also known as the Romance, Latin, Neolatin or Neo-Latin languages; such as Italian, French and Spanish.
Child portals: French literature • Italian literature • Portuguese literature • Romanian literature • Spanish literature
English literature covers works in the English language, regardless of country of origin.
Child portals: Australian literature • Australian poetry • The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers • British literature • Canadian poetry • English drama • Exeter Book • Irish drama • Old English literature • Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom • Speeches by British Prime Ministers
American literature covers works from the United States of America.
Child portals: The Charles Henry Gauss Family Papers • Speeches by United States Presidents (Inaugural Speeches by United States Presidents • State of the Union Speeches by United States Presidents) • United States Poets Laureate
Germanic literature covers works originally written in the Germanic languages, including Dutch, German, and Scandinavian literature.
Child portals: Danish literature • Dutch literature • German literature (The Sorrows of Young Werther) • Old Norse literature
Fiction and juvenile belles lettres in its modern sense, covers literary works that do not fall into other major categories.
Child portals: Children's fairy tales • Disney • Miscellaneous material • Nursery rhymes
- External links
- Class P on Project Gutenberg
- Call number P on the Online Books Page