BISAC Subject Headings List, Language Arts and Disciplines |
Note: If you need to download and incorporate this list into your databases and systems, you need to purchase an End Users' License Agreement. If you need more information on how to select a BISAC code go to our, we have a page that walks you through the process. If you can't find the code you're looking for please go back and review other Major Subjects to find an alternate code or use our Suggestion Form to suggest revisions to the next version of the list. Step 2: Determine the specific term which describes your book. An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2019 Edition. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESUse 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. LAN000000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General LAN001000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems LAN004000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies LAN022000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Editing & Proofreading LAN006000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation LAN007000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Handwriting LAN008000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism LAN029000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography LAN025000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General LAN025010 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Administration & Management LAN025020 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries LAN025030 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification LAN025040 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Collection Development LAN025060 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources LAN025050 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media LAN009000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Computational see COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing LAN024000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology LAN009010 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative LAN009020 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology LAN011000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology LAN009030 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics LAN009040 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics LAN016000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics LAN009050 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics LAN009060 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax LAN010000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Proofreading see Editing & Proofreading LAN026000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Public Speaking & Speech Writing LAN027000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Publishers & Publishing Industry LAN012000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers LAN013000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reading Skills LAN015000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric LAN017000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language LAN018000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech & Pronunciation LAN021000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary LAN020000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching LAN028000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Style Manuals LAN023000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting LAN005000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General LAN005010 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly LAN002000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship LAN005020 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Business Aspects LAN005030 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Children's & Young Adult LAN005040 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition LAN005050 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing LAN005060 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs) LAN005070 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Poetry
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12/18/2019
Metadata Committee Meeting
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