The following is a list of abbreviations used in the Bibliography of Sign Languages. Please note that wherever these abbreviations appear in the titles of publications, they were used so by the authors.
| ab. |
abstract |
| Acad. |
Academy |
| Afr. |
African |
| art. |
article |
| ass. |
association |
| biblio. |
bibliography |
| cf. |
confer (compare, “see”) |
| ch. |
chapter |
| Chin. |
Chinese |
| comm. |
commentary |
| conf. |
conference |
| cont. |
continuation, continued |
| contr. |
contribution(s) |
| coord. |
coordinator, coordinated |
| dir. |
direction, directeur, directrice |
| disc. |
discussion |
| diss. |
dissertation |
| Du. |
Dutch |
| E. |
English |
| ed. |
edited, editor, edition |
| fac. |
faculty |
| Fr. |
French |
| G. |
German |
| Hrsg. |
Herausgeber, herausgegeben |
| inst. |
institute |
| introd. |
introduction, introductory |
| LB |
Linguistic Bibliography |
| lg. |
language |
| ling. |
linguistic, linguistics |
| n.s. |
new series, nouvelle série |
| p. |
page(s) |
| Pol. |
Polish |
| publ. |
publication(s), published |
| rev. |
review |
| s.l. |
sine loco (no place) |
| s.n. |
sine nomine (no publisher) |
| Sp. |
Spanish |
| summ. |
summary |
| suppl. |
supplement |
| transl. |
translation, translated, translator |
| univ. |
university |