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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

SIL International

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Founded over 70 years ago, SIL International is a faith-based organization that studies, documents, and assists in developing the world’s lesser-known languages. SIL’s staff shares a Christian commitment to service, academic excellence, and professional engagement through literacy, linguistics, translation, and other academic disciplines. SIL makes its services available to all without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race, or ethnic background. SIL (initially known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) has grown from a small summer linguistics training program with two students in 1934 to a staff of over 5,000 coming from over 60 countries. SIL’s linguistic investigation exceeds 1,800 languages spoken by over 1.2 billion people in more than 70 countries.

SIL focuses on unwritten languages. People who speak these languages often live in geographic, social, and economic isolation. Studying these languages results in practical help for local people and contributes to the broader knowledge of linguistics, anthropology, and ethnomusicology. SIL publishes its research and widely distributes it to libraries, universities, governments, and international agencies.

The only weakpoint is that there are no explanations or definitions about basic linguistic terms or theories, which leads to difficulties for non-majoring visitors.

This site was last updated in May 2007.

(Last reviewed July 5, 2007.)

URL : http://www.sil.org

Keyword(s) : SIL, linguistics, spoken language

The Linguistic Society of America (LSA)

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The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) was founded in 1924. LSA is a prominent professional society in the United States that is exclusively dedicated to the advancement of the scientific study of language.

Being the largest linguistic society in the world, LSA welcomes linguists of all kinds and contains various information including upcoming linguistic meetings and lectures. LSA works on behalf of linguists and the discipline of linguistics. It often cooperates with other scholarly societies and alerting members to issues that may concern them in their own universities and other workplaces. In addition, LSA publishes a series of educational and authoritative pamphlets on language-related issues.

This site will be useful for those who are interested in linguistic meetings and journals of America although some of the information is restricted to members only.

(Last reviewed July 5, 2007.)

URL : http://www.lsadc.org/

Keyword(s) : linguistics, linguistic society, America, LSA

Linguist List

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The Linguist List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world. It maintains a web-site with over 2,000 pages and runs a mailing list with over 25,000 subscribers worldwide. It also hosts searchable archives of over 100 other linguistic mailing lists and runs research projects which develop tools for the field, e.g., a peer-reviewed database of language and language-family information, and recommendations of best practice for digitizing endangered languages data.

Among many similar websites, this homepage may have the largest and the latest linguistics sources. Above all, it is a free resource, run mainly by linguistics professors and graduate students of Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University.

Because this site deals with not only in-depth knowledge but also basic explanations of certain terms, anyone who is interested in linguistics can access this site. You can even ask specific questions to the website editors, and they will respond to you as soon as possible.

This site was last updated in Apr. 2007.

(Last reviewed July 5, 2007.)

URL : http://www.linguistlist.org

Keyword(s) : linguistics, online resource, archive

Linguistics Association of Great Britain

The LAGB is a leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain and welcomes new members. Its scope includes all branches of linguistics--formal or informal, theoretical or descriptive, synchronic or diachronic, social or psychological (or neither), concerned with one language or many. Its members favor a wide range of different theories of language structure, and all theoretical persuasions are welcome. In addition, its main activities are the following: 1) publication of the Journal of Linguistics, a highly respected international journal; 2) an annual conference, which includes an invited overseas speaker, a workshop, a language tutorial, and various specialist sessions, as well as papers reflecting a wide range of views and approaches; 3)
representation of linguistics and linguists in matters such as research funding and quality assessment; and 4) bridging the gap between academic linguistics and language education through the activities of the LAGB Education Committee (EC). The EC organizes linguistics specialists at school sessions at LAGB meetings.

This site offers a lot of information about linguistics. Moreover, it introduces the most active linguists in Great Britain.

Because most resources are papers and theses, there are no explanations for basic terms or theories. In other words, this homepage is good for advanced students who are interested in linguistics.

This site was last updated in July 2007.

(Last reviewed July 6, 2007.)

URL : http://www.lagb.org.uk/

Keyword(s) : linguistics, Great Britain, linguistics assciation