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American Dialect Society http://www.americandialect.org/ Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America. American Russian: An Endangered Language? http://ling.ucsd.edu/~polinsky/pubs/american-russian.pdf Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition. Atlas of North American English http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/home.html A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English. Attitudes Toward Nonstandard Language in the Classroom http://homepage.mac.com/bibliophiles/attitude.htm Compares attitudes of German-speaking and English-speaking students and teacher toward dialects of their language. Includes slide show and bibliography. Undergraduate honors thesis of Kendra Banks Perry. Dialect Survey Maps http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php Online pronunciation test and maps of answers. International Dialects of English Archive http://www.ku.edu/~idea/ A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts. Language and Nationalism in Asia http://www.de-han.org Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China. Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese http://ebook.de-han.org/attitude A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system. Language Futures Europe http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/eulang.html Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe. Language Policy Web Site http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/ An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy. Language Varieties http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/ Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools. Lingva Prismo http://lingvo.info/ligiloj/listo.php?lingvo=en 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. My language http://groups.yahoo.com/group/my-language Mailing list about "unofficial" languages and varieties from Europe. North Carolina Language and Life Project http://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/code/Research%20Sites/ncllp2.htm An organization performing research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities. PBS - Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/ Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English. Promoting Community Languages http://www.cymuned.org.uk/ 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. Social Factors http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/social.html 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. Sociolinguistics - Concept of 'Language' http://www.chez.com/phiallfish/und_essays/Sociolings.html Need language be seen as a continuum of different accents, or as a fixed structure of rules? Undergraduate essay. Sociolinguistics Quizzes http://arts-humanities.cant.ac.uk/Language-Studies/distance/SOCIO/MAP.HTM Questions to assess your comprehension of the various principles of sociolinguistics. Includes a reading list. The Global Language Monitor http://www.languagemonitor.com/ Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.

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