| Websites in Sociolinguistics |
- American Dialect Society
Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
 http://www.americandialect.org/
- American Russian: An Endangered Language?
Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition.
http://ling.ucsd.edu/~polinsky/pubs/american-russian.pdf
- Atlas of North American English
A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/home.html
- Attitudes Toward Nonstandard Language in the Classroom
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.
http://homepage.mac.com/bibliophiles/attitude.htm
- Dialect Survey Maps
Online pronunciation test and maps of answers.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php
- International Dialects of English Archive
A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
http://www.ukans.edu/~idea/
- Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese
A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
http://ebook.de-han.org/attitude
- Language Futures Europe
Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/eulang.html
- Language Policy Web Site
An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/
- Language Varieties
Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/
- Language and Nationalism in Asia
Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
http://www.de-han.org
- My language
Mailing list about "unofficial" languages and varieties from Europe.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/my-language
- North Carolina Language and Life Project
An organization performing research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.
http://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/code/Research%20Sites/ncllp2.htm
- Promoting Community Languages
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.
http://www.cymuned.org.uk/
- Social Factors
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.
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/social.html
- Sociolinguistics - Concept of 'Language'
Need language be seen as a continuum of different accents, or as a fixed structure of rules? Undergraduate essay.
http://www.chez.com/phiallfish/und_essays/Sociolings.html
- Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa
Site details people, materials as well as past and ongoing research studies into results of language contact.
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~sociolx/
- Sociolinguistics Quizzes
Questions to assess your comprehension of the various principles of sociolinguistics. Includes a reading list.
http://arts-humanities.cant.ac.uk/Language-Studies/distance/SOCIO/MAP.HTM
- The Global Language Monitor
Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
http://www.languagemonitor.com/
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