Library of Congress Classification System

P - Language and Literature

 

P General Linguistics
PA Classical Languages and Literature.
PB Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages and Literature.
PC Romance Languages.
PD Old Germanic, Scandinavian.
PE English.
PF Dutch, German.
PG Slavic.
PH Finnish.
PJ Oriental, Semitic.
PK Indo-Iranian.
PL East Asian, African, Oceania.
PM Indigenous American, Artificial Languages.
PN Literary History and Collections.
PQ Romance Literature.
PR English Literature.
PS American Literature.
PT Germanic Literature.
PZ Children's Literature.

 

P 1-1091 Philology and Linguistics
  37-37.5 Relation to Psychology (General), Psycholinguistics
  40-40.5 Relation to Sociology, Sociolinguistics
  87-96 Communication, Mass Media
  101-410 Language (General)
  101-120 Philosophy, Origin, 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 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 1-431 Modern European 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 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 Portuguese
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 1-3729 English
PF 1-5999 West Germanic
  1-979 Dutch
  1001-1184 Flemish
  1401-1541 Friesian Language and Literature
  3001-5999 German
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 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 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 Syrian
  6001-8517 Arabic
  8991-9293 Ethiopian
PK 1-6996 Indo-Iranian
  8001-8835 Armenian
  9001-9201 Caucasian, Georgian
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 Africana Languages and Literatures
PM 1-9021 Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages
  1-95 Hyperborean Languages of America
  101-7356 American Indian Languages
  8001-9021 Artificial Languages
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, Prose 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 1-9999 Romance Literatures
  1-3999 French Literature
  4001-5999 Italian Literature
  6001-8929 Spanish Literature
  9000-9999 Portuguese Literature
PR 1-9680 English Literature
PS 1-3576 American 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 5-90 Juvenile Belles Lettres (All Languages)

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