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• Language and literature (~723)
  Afrikaans literature (1)
  American literature (~60)
  Biography, memoirs, letters, etc. (1)
  Collections of American literature (~6)
  Essays (1)
  Individual authors (~9)
  Juvenile literature (General) (~3)
  Poetry (~6)
  Prose (~2)
  Special regions, states, etc. (~3)
  Wit and humor. Satire (1)
  Women authors (~5)
  Canadian literature (1)
  Classical literature (1)
  Classical philology (~7)
  Danish literature (1)
  English (~25)
  Modern English (~11)
  English literature (~69)
  17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770) (~2)
  1900-1960 (1)
  19th century, 1770/1800-1890/1900 (~5)
  Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle (1)
  By period (1)
  Drama (~3)
  English literature: Provincial, local, etc. (~3)
  English renaissance (1500-1640) (~2)
  Folk literature (1)
  Literary history and criticism (~14)
  Poetry (~7)
  Prose (~2)
  Women authors (~3)
  Fiction and juvenile belles lettres (~3)
  Fiction in English (1)
  Juvenile belles lettres (~2)
  French literature (~12)
  History and criticism (~3)
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  German literature (~3)
  Individual authors or works (1)
  Literary history and criticism (1)
  Germanic (~2)
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  Greek literature (~3)
  Individual authors (1)
  Literary history (1)
  Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages (~2)
  American languages (Aboriginal) (1)
  Mixed languages (1)
  Italian literature (1)
  Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania (~13)
  African languages and literature (~6)
  Chinese language and literature (1)
  Japanese language and literature (~2)
  Languages of Oceania (1)
  Sino-Tibetan languages (1)
  Literature (General) (~249)
  Authorship (~7)
  Collections of general literature (~11)
  Criticism (~4)
  Drama (~47)
  Journalism. The periodical press, etc. (~22)
  Literary history (~13)
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  Periodicals (~10)
  Prose. Prose fiction (~6)
  The performing arts. Show business (~6)
  Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics (~6)
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  Modern languages (~13)
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  Arabic (~4)
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  General (~3)
  Hebrew (1)
  Semitic philology and literature (1)
  Philology. Linguistics (~120)
  Communication. Mass media (~54)
  Computational linguistics. Natural language processing (~2)
  General (~35)
  Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar (~20)
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  General (~3)
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  Spanish (~3)
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  Spanish literature (~3)
  History and criticism (~2)
  Individual authors and works to 1700 (1)
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  Samoyedic languages (1)
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  German (~3)

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• Library of Congress Classification
• Library of Congress Classification:Class A — General Works
• Library of Congress Classification:Class B — Philosophy Psychology Religion
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class C — Auxiliary Sciences of History
• Library of Congress Classification:Class D — History General and Old World
• Library of Congress Classification:Class E — History of America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class F — Local History of the United States and Latin America
• Library of Congress Classification:Class G — Geography Anthropology Recreation
• Library of Congress Classification:Class H — Social Sciences
• Library of Congress Classification:Class J — Political Science
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class K — Law
• Library of Congress Classification:Class L — Education
• Library of Congress Classification:Class M — Music
  
• Library of Congress Classification:Class N — Fine Arts
• Library of Congress Classification:Class P — Language and Literature
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Q — Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class S — Agriculture
• Library of Congress Classification:Class T — Technology
• Library of Congress Classification:Class U — Military Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class V — Naval Science
• Library of Congress Classification:Class Z — Bibliography Library Science Information Resources

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• AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)
• AAUSC (American Association of Supervisors and Coordinators of Foreign Language Programs)
• ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
• ADFL (Association of Departments of Foreign Languages)
• ALMIG/ACTFL (Association of Language Managers and Instructors in Government)
• AQEFLS (L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants de français langue seconde in Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• CASLT (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers)
• CIEE (Council on International Cultural Exchange)
• LCTL (Less Commonly Taught Languages Project–University of Minnesota)
• MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
• NCBE (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)
• NCLIS (National Council for Languages and International Studies)