Linguistics: Web Sites
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The LINGUIST List
The list provides a forum where academic linguists can discuss linguistic issues
and exchange linguistic information.
Directory of Open Acces Journals in Language and Linguistics
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subjects
and laguages. Click "Find Journals" to see complete subject listing.
Lexicon of Linguistics
From Utrecht institute of Linguistics, Utrecht University,
comes this dictionary of linguistics terminology.
Center for Applied Linguistics
A private, nonprofit organization concerned with the teaching and learning of
language, the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) conducts research, provides
information, and promotes improvements in language education.
Languages of the World
"The main purpose of this website is to provide information about the language
families of the world and their most important and populous members, including
their history, status, their linguistic characteristics, and their writing..."
EnglishClub.com
Intended for both learners and teachers of English as a second language, this site
was created in 1997 and has since grown into one of the largest ESL sites on the Web.
The site's more than 7,000 pages include lessons on grammar, vocabulary, and
pronunciation; quizzes, interactive games, and jokes; forums; and information on
study abroad.
The Modern Language Association Language Map
The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone
interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United
States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to
display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three
groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States.
"iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. Whether you're looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you've heard about, iLoveLanguages probably has something to suit your needs."
Purdue University's
list of ESL Teacher Resources
The list includes links to organizations and journals of interest to language
teachers and language policy developers, as well as to a selection of online
teaching and reference materials. Each of these links is a portal to an extensive
collection of further resources for the professional ESL community.
The Rosetta Project
The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native
speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages.
The LACITO Archive
The LACITO Archive provides free access to documents of connected, spontaneous
speech, mostly in "rare" or endangered languages, recorded in their cultural
context and transcribed in consultation with native speakers.
Ethnologue, Languages of the World
The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages
spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over
39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The
Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to
language families.
The Speech Accent Archive
The Speech Accent Archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from
a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English
read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by
people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.
The Language Museum The Language Museum is a linguistic website which offers the samples of 2000 languages in the world. Every sample includes 4 parts: (1) a sample image, (2) an English translation, (3) the speaking countries and populations, (4) the language's family and branch.
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (University of Minnesota)Coordinating office for programs devoted to research and program development in second language teaching, learning, and assessment.
Omniglot: Writing Systems
& Languages of the World
According to the author, Simon Ager, this website provides a guide to over 200
different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems, including a few you
will find nowhere else. It also contains details of many of the languages written
with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related resources,
such as fonts, online dictionaries and online language courses.
ancientscripts.com
A compendium of world writing systems from prehistory to today.
The
Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection of the Washington University Libraries
Housed in the Special Collections Department of Olin Library - Level 1. Contains
approximately 1600 volumes on the history of signs, symbols, and communication.