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The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

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The homepage of The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics spans key developments and ideas in applied linguistics, historic and emerging areas of research. It provides an overview of all the key areas in applied linguistics—including Bilingual Education, Language Policy and Planning, Language Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse and Conversation Analysis, Literacy, Technology and Language, and more. It includes 250 biographies of prominent figures who have helped shaping this diverse, and ever-growing field.

URL : http://www.encyclopediaofappliedlinguistics.com/public/

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Speech Accent Archive, George Mason University

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This is a unique website of George Mason University that archives a large set of English speech accents from a variety of language backgrounds. Both native and non-native speakers of English from many different regions read the same English paragraph, and their productions are carefully recorded. This site is frequently updated; currently 740 samples are archived.

For each sample, the website provides the speaker's demographic information, a phonetic transcription of the sample, a set of the speaker's phonological generalizations, a link to a map showing the speaker's place of birth, and a link to the Ethnologue language database. Users may listen to the sample. Thus, this website allows users to compare the demographic and linguistic backgrounds of the speakers and to investigate their accents effectively. In addition, users may post their own recordings.

This site is constructed as a teaching tool and as a research tool. Phoneticians and phonologists who do research on speech accent and who do phonetic transcriptions will particularly find this website useful. Moreover, ESL teachers and students will also find it useful.

This site was last updated on July 23, 2007.

(Last reviewed July 27, 2007.)

URL : http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent

Keyword(s) : phonetics, speech accent, archive

iLoveLanguages

iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2400 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. 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. To use iLoveLanguages, click on one of the tabs near the top of the page to browse the database of web sites, or use the Search box to look for sites matching your criteria. The buttons below the tabs let you learn more about iLoveLanguages, suggest a new site to add, or contact the webmaster. Formerly known as The Human-Languages Page, iLoveLanguages is still your biggest and best guide to language-related web sites.

This site provides a huge amount of information about language from trivial words to teaching resources. This site even notifies visitors of schedules for several conferences and lectures. Also, the information which is offered through this site is basic, so anyone can get some knowledge about language and linguistics.

However, it lacks in-depth studies or important theses. Therefore, it will be useful to those beginners who have interest in language and linguistics in general.

This site was last updated in May 2007.

(Last reviewed July 3, 2007.)

URL : http://www.ilovelanguages.com

Keyword(s) : language, linguistics, teaching

Ethnologue: Languages of the World

English Linguistics->General Studies of Linguistics->In-depth Study

The electronic version of Ethnologue: Languages of the World presents the data used to prepare printed volumes, along with links to the SIL Bibliography and the International Academic Bookstore. The purpose of this website is to provide a comprehensive listing of the known living languages of the world.

The Ethonologue was founded by Richard S. Pittman, who was motivated by the desire to share information on language development needs around the world with his colleagues in SIL International as well as with other language researchers. As knowledge of the world’s languages increases, so does the number of identified languages. Complete information on all of the world’s languages is not available since languages are dynamic and undergo constant change. However, this edition of the Ethnologue reflects an increase of 103 previously unidentified languages which had been considered dialects of another language. Information at the Ethnologue comes from numerous sources and is confirmed by consultation of both reliable published sources and of a network of field correspondents. The visitors will have access to a full listing of the known living languages of the world.

The website suggests that the information given here can be useful to linguists, translators, anthropologists, bilingual educators, government officials, aid workers, potential field investigators, missionaries, students, and others with language interests.

(Last reviewed July 5, 2007.)

URL : http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp

Keyword(s) : ethnologue, languages of the world

London Linguistics Circle

English Linguistics->General Studies of Linguistics->In-depth Study

This site is designed as a one-stop source of information on linguistics. There are lists of institutions (universities, colleges), departments, and degree programs. (This site cannot list individual lecture courses or timetables, for which leaders should consult the departmental websites.) There is also a catalogue of members of academic staff, visitors, and graduate students. You can find information on current events (visiting speakers, seminars, workshops, etc.), and also permanent events (reading groups). There are copious links throughout.

This website facilitates communication, making readers more accessible to linguists from elsewhere who would like to know what is going on in London. The site is updated roughly once a week.

This site was last updated in July, 2007.

(Last reviewed July 6, 2007.)

URL : http://www.londonling.ucl.ac.uk/index.html

Keyword(s) : linguistics, London