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Sociolinguistics
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American Dialect Society
Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
http://www.americandialect.org/
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
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
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/
Lingva Prismo
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.
http://lingvo.info/ligiloj/listo.php?lingvo=en
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/
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/