Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification): P - Language & Literature

Reading Library of Congress call numbers and a browsable outline of the Library of Congress Classification scheme.

P - General Lingusitics

P
 
1-1091
 
Philology and Linguistics
 
 
37-37.5
 
Relation to Psychology (General), Psycholinguistics
 
 
40-40.5
 
Relation to Sociology, Socioliguistics
 
 
87-96
 
Communication, Mass Media
 
 
101-410
 
Language (General)
 
 
101-120
 
Philosophy, Orgin, etc. of Language
 
 
121-149
 
Science of Language, Linguistics
 
 
201-299
 
Comparative Grammar
 
 
301-301.5
 
Style, Composition, Rhetoric
 
 
306-310
 
Translating and Interpreting
 
 
311
 
Prosody, Metrics, Rhythmics
 
 
327-365.5
 
Lexicography
 
 
375-381
 
Linguistic Geography
 
 
501-769
 
Indo-European Philology
 
 
901-1091
 
Extinct (Ancient or Medieval) Asian and European Languages

PA - Classical Languages & Literature

PA
 
1-8595
 
Classical Languages and Literature
 
 
227-1179
 
Greek Philology and Language
 
 
2001-2915
 
Latin Philology and Language
 
 
3051-4500
 
Greek Literature: Ancient (Classic) to ca. 600 C.E.
 
 
4505
 
Medieval and Modern Authors Writing in Classical Greek
 
 
5000-5660
 
Greek Literature: Byzantine and Modern

PB - Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages & Literature

PB
 
1-431
 
Modern Europeam Languages: General Works
 
 
1201-3029
 
Celtic Languages and Literatures
 
 
1201-1449
 
Irish
 
 
1501-1709
 
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
 
 
1801-1867
 
Manx
 
 
1950
 
Pict
 
 
2001-3029
 
Brythonic Group: Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Gallic

PC - Romance Languages

PC
 
1-5498
 
Romance Languages
 
 
601-872
 
Romanian Language and Literature
 
 
1001-1977
 
Italian
 
 
2001-3761
 
French, Provencal
 
 
3801-3976
 
Catalan Language and Literature
 
 
4001-4977
 
Spanish
 
 
5001-5498
 
Portugueses

PD - Old Germanic, Scandinavian

PD
 
1001-1350
 
Old Germanic Dialects: Gothic, Vandal, Burgundian, Langobardian
 
 
1501-5929
 
Scandinavian, North Germanic
 
 
2201-2392
 
Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Norwegian
 
 
2401-2489
 
Icelandic
 
 
2571-2999
 
Norwegian
 
 
3001-3929
 
Danish
 
 
5001-5929
 
Swedish

PE - English

PE
 
1-3729
 
English

PF - Dutch, German

PF
 
1-5999
 
West Germanic
 
 
1-979
 
Dutch
 
 
1001-1184
 
Flemish
 
 
1401-1541
 
Friesian Language and Literature
 
 
3001-5999
 
German

PG - Slavic

PG
 
1-7925
 
Slavic, Baltic, Albanian Languages and Literature
 
 
615-716
 
Church Slavic
 
 
801-1199
 
Bulgarian, Macedonian
 
 
1201-1696
 
Serbo-Croatian
 
 
1801-1962
 
Slovenian
 
 
2001-3987
 
Russian, White Russian, Ukrainian
 
 
4001-5546
 
Czech, Slovak
 
 
5631-7446
 
Polish, Sorbian
 
 
8001-9146
 
Baltic
 
 
8501-8772
 
Lithuanian
 
 
8801-9146
 
Latvian
 
 
9501-9665
 
Albanian

PH - Finnish

PH
 
1-5490
 
Dinno-Ugrian, Basque Languages and Literatures
 
 
101-1109
 
Finnish
 
 
101-405
 
Finnish (Proper)
 
 
601-671
 
Estonian
 
 
701-735
 
Lapp
 
 
801-836
 
Mari
 
 
1201-3445
 
Ugrian, Hungarian
 
 
5001-5490
 
Basque

PJ - Oriental, Semitic

PJ
 
1-995
 
Oriental Languages and Literatures: General Works
 
 
1001-2199
 
Egyptian, Coptic
 
 
2353-2367
 
Libyan Group
 
 
2369-2399
 
Berber
 
 
2401-2594
 
Cushitic
 
 
3001-9293
 
Semitic
 
 
3101-4083
 
Assyrian, Sumerian
 
 
4501-5192
 
Hebrew
 
 
5201-5329
 
Aramaic
 
 
5403-5909
 
Syriac
 
 
6001-8517
 
Arabic
 
 
8991-9293
 
Ethiopian

PK - Indo-Iranian

PK
 
1-6996
 
Indo-Iranian
 
 
8001-8835
 
Armenian
 
 
9001-9201
 
Caucasian, Georgian

PL - East Asian, African, Oceania

PL
 
1-8844
 
Languages and Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
 
 
1-481
 
Ural-Altaic Languages
 
 
501-889
 
Japanese Language and Literature
 
 
901-998
 
Korean Language and Literature
 
 
1001-3207
 
Chinese Language and Literature
 
 
5001-7511
 
Oceanic Languages and Literatures
 
 
8000-8814
 
Africna Languages and Literatures

PM - Indigenous American, Artificial Languages

PM
 
1-9021
 
Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages
 
 
1-95
 
Hyperborean Languages of America
 
 
101-7356
 
American Indian Languages
 
 
8001-9021
 
Artificial Languages

PN - Literary History & Collections

PN
 
1-6790
 
Literary History and Collections (General)
 
 
80-99
 
Criticism
 
 
101-245
 
Authorship
 
 
441-1009.5
 
Literary History
 
 
1010-1551
 
Poetry
 
 
1560-1590
 
The Performing Arts, Show Business
 
 
1600-3307
 
Drama
 
 
1660-1693
 
Dramatic Composition
 
 
1865-1999
 
Special Types of Drama
 
 
2000-3307
 
Dramatic Representation, The Theater
 
 
3311-3503
 
Prose, Proce Fiction
 
 
4001-4355
 
Oratory, Elocution, Recitations, etc.
 
 
4400
 
Letters
 
 
4500
 
Essays
 
 
4699-5650
 
Journalism
 
 
6010-6790
 
Collections of General Literature
 
 
6080-6095
 
Quotations
 
 
6099-6110
 
Poetry
 
 
6110.5-6120
 
Drama
 
 
6120.15-6120.95
 
Fiction
 
 
6121-6129
 
Orations
 
 
6130-6140
 
Letters
 
 
6141-6145
 
Essays
 
 
6147-6231
 
Wit and Humor, Satire
 
 
6249-6790
 
Miscellaneous

PQ - Romance Literature

PQ
 
1-9999
 
Romance Literatures
 
 
1-3999
 
French Literature
 
 
4001-5999
 
Italian Literature
 
 
6001-8929
 
Spanish Literature
 
 
9000-9999
 
Portuguese Literature

PR - English Literature

PR
 
1-9680
 
English Literature

PS - American Literature

PS
 
1-3576
 
American Literature

PT - Germanic Literature

PT
 
1-9999
 
Germanic Literature
 
 
1-4897
 
German Literature
 
 
5001-5980
 
Dutch Literature
 
 
6000-6471
 
Flemish Literature
 
 
6500-6592.36
 
Afrikaans Literature
 
 
7001-9999
 
Scandinavian Literatures
 
 
7001-7099
 
General Works
 
 
7101-7338
 
Old Norse, Old Icelandic
 
 
7351-7550
 
Modern Icelandic Literature
 
 
7601-8260
 
Danish Literature
 
 
8301-9155
 
Norwegian Literature
 
 
9201-9999
 
Swedish Literature

PZ - Childrens' Literature

PZ
 
5-90
 
Juvenile Belles Lettres (All Languages)