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Learning About Languages

Books in these call number ranges are about the study of languages

  • PC: Romance Languages
  • PD: Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
  • PE: English Language
  • PF: West Germanic Languages
  • PG: Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian languages
  • PH: Uralic and Basque languages
Languages and Literatures

Books in these call number ranges cover both study of language and literatures

  • PJ: Oriental languages and literatures
  • PK: Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
  • PL: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
  • PM: Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages
Literature

Books in this section are classified as literature (not language learning)

  • PN: Literature (general)
  • PQ: French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Literature
  • PR: English Literature
  • PS: American Literature
  • PT: Germanic and Scandinavian Literature
  • PZ: Fiction and Young Adult