DDC 400: Language

The Public Library of Westland uses the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System to classify our non-fiction materials. A top level overview is here. Below is a look at the 400s.

400 | 410 | 420 | 430 | 440 | 450 | 460 | 470 | 480 | 490

400: Language

• 401: Philosophy and theory
• 402: Miscellany
• 403: Dictionaries and encyclopedias
• 404: Special topics
• 405: Serial publications
• 406: Organizations and management
• 407: Education, research and related topics
• 408: Kinds of persons treatment
• 409: Geographic and persons treatment

410: Linguistics

• 411: Writing systems
• 412: Etymology
• 413: Dictionaries
• 414: Phonology and phonetics
• 415: Grammar
• 416: [Unassigned]
• 417: Dialectology and historical linguistics
• 418: Standard usage and applied linguistics
• 419: Sign languages

420: English and Old English

• 421: English writing system and phonology
• 422: English Etymology
• 423: English dictionaries
• 424: [Unassigned]
• 425: English grammar
• 426: [Unassigned]
• 427: English language variations
• 428: Standard English usage
• 429: Old English (Anglo-Saxon)

430: Germanic languages; German

• 431: German writing systems and phonology
• 432: German etymology
• 433: German dictionaries
• 434: [Unassigned]
• 435: German grammar
• 436: [Unassigned]
• 437: German language variations
• 438: Standard German usage
• 439: Other Germanic languages

440: Romance languages; French

• 441: French writing systems and phonology
• 442: French etymology
• 443: French dictionaries
• 444: [Unassigned]
• 445: French grammar
• 446: [Unassigned]
• 447: French language variations
• 448: Standard French usage
• 449: Occitan and Catalan

450: Italian, Romanian and related languages

• 451: Italian writing systems and phonology
• 452: Italian etymology
• 453: Italian dictionaries
• 454: [Unassigned]
• 455: Italian grammar
• 456: [Unassigned]
• 457: Italian language variations
• 458: Standard Italian usage
• 459: Romanian and related languages

460: Spanish and Portguese languages

• 461: Spanish writing systems and phonology
• 462: Spanish etymology
• 463: Spanish dictionaries
• 464: [Unassigned]
• 465: Spanish grammar
• 466: [Unassigned]
• 467: Spanish language variations
• 468: Standard Spanish usage
• 469: Portguese

470: Italic languages; Latin

• 471: Classical Latin writing and phonology
• 472: Classical Latin etymology
• 473: Classical Latin dictionaries
• 474: [Unassigned]
• 475: Classical Latin grammar
• 476: [Unassigned]
• 477: Old, postclassical and Vulgar Latin
• 478: Classical Latin usage
• 479: Other Italic languages

480: Hellenic languages; classical Greek

• 481: Classical Greek writing and phonology
• 482: Classical Greek etymology
• 483: Classical Greek dictionaries
• 484: [Unassigned]
• 485: Classical Latin grammar
• 486: [Unassigned]
• 487: Preclassical and postclassical Greek
• 488: Classical Greek usage
• 489: Other Hellenic languages

490: Other languages

• 491: East Indo-European and Celtic languages
• 492: Afro-Asiatic languages; Semitic languages
• 493: Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages
• 494: Altaic, Uralic, Hyperborean and Dravidian
• 495: Languages of East and Southeast Asia
• 496: African languages
• 497: North American native languages
• 498: South American native languages
• 499: Austronesian and other languages

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