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International Dialects of English Archive
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A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
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Lingva Prismo
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Promoting the concept of interlingualism (balancing language equality with effective communication), with language maps, quizzes, and information on world languages and writing systems. In English, Esperanto, and several European languages.
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PBS - Do You Speak American?
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Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.
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The Global Language Monitor
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Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
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American Dialect Society
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Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
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American Russian: An Endangered Language?
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Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition.
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Atlas of North American English
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A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
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Centre for Language and Ecology
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Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.
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Dialect Survey Maps
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Online pronunciation test and maps of answers.
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Language and Nationalism in Asia
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Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
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Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese
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A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
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Language Futures Europe
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Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
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Language Policy Web Site
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An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.
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Language Varieties
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Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
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LSA Fields of Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
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A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.
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My language
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Mailing list about "unofficial" languages and varieties from Europe.
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North Carolina Language and Life Project
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An organization performing research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.
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Promoting Community Languages
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From the Welsh Language Board. Ideas and suggestions to agencies, groups or individuals who wish to promote the use of minority languages in their communities.
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Social Factors
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When two people speak with one another, there is always more going on than just conveying a message. The language used by the participants is always influenced by a number of social factors which define the relationship between the participants.
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Sociolinguistics
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Introduction to the social aspects of language. Pidgin and creoles, politeness and gender, social factors and politeness strategies.
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Sociolinguistics - Concept of 'Language'
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Need language be seen as a continuum of different accents, or as a fixed structure of rules? Undergraduate essay.
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Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa
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Site details people, materials as well as past and ongoing research studies into results of language contact.
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