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377 - ASSOCIATED LANGUAGE (R)

MARC 21 Authority

Draft of approved field 2009

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Source of code
# - MARC language code
7 - Source specified in subfield 2


Subfield Codes
$a - Language code (R) $2 - Source of code (NR)	$6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Records the language code and source of code representing the language used by a person or corporate body:

Language of the person: the language a person uses when writing for publication, broadcasting, etc.

Language of the corporate body: a language a corporate body uses in its communications.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First indicator position is undefined; it contains a blank (#).
Second indicator position is defined as the source of the language code:
# - Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
7 - Source of the language code is indicated by a code in subfield $2.

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Language code

Language of the person: code representing the language a person uses when writing for publication, broadcasting, etc. (RDA 9.14.1.1)

Language of the corporate body: code representing a language a corporate body uses in its communications. (RDA 11.7.1.1)

$2 - Source of code

Subfield for specifying a controlled vocabulary or source list from which a code is used.

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

EXAMPLES

100 1# $a Nabokov, Vladimir, $d 1869-1922  
377 ## $a rus $a eng

110 2# $a Canadian Standards Association  
377 ## $a eng $a fre  
377 #7 $a en $a fr $2 [code for iso639-1]

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Subfield $a is repeatable to allow the recording of multiple languages associated with a person or a corporate body. Field 377 is repeatable to allow the recording of languages from different sources (e.g. MARC language codes, ISO639-3, etc.). Field 377 has been modelled on bibliographic field 041 for consistency.

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