Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics - Developers

Abbreviations and symbols
All rarely used abbreviations that are to be found in the text or in linguistic literature are
listed on p. xxi.
The list of symbols (p. xvii)—structured according to the areas linguistics, logic, and
set theory—provides an overview of all symbols used in the text, as well as alternative
symbolic conventions, examples and cross-references to the respective entries in which
these symbols are explained or used.
The abbreviations for journals used in the bibliographies are based mainly on the
practice of the Bibliographie linguistique.
Phonetic transcription
The phonetic-phonological transcriptions of the examples are generally based on the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as given on p. xix. Depending on the context, a
‘narrower’ or ‘broader’ transcription is used ( phonetic transcription). Historical
examples are usually—if a more exact phonetic-phonological differentiation is not
required—given in the (quasi-orthographical) way commonly used in historical
grammars (e.g. Old High German consonant shift).