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» American Dialect Society - Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
» American Russian: An Endangered Language? - Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition.
» Atlas of North American English - A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
» 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.
» Dialect Survey Maps - Online pronunciation test and maps of answers.
» International Dialects of English Archive - A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
» LSA Fields of Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.
» Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese - A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
» Language Futures Europe - Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
» 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.
» Language Varieties - Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
» Language and Nationalism in Asia - Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
» My language - Mailing list about "unofficial" languages and varieties from Europe.
» North Carolina Language and Life Project - An organization performing research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.
» 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.
» 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.
» Sociolinguistics - Concept of 'Language' - Need language be seen as a continuum of different accents, or as a fixed structure of rules? Undergraduate essay.
» Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa - Site details people, materials as well as past and ongoing research studies into results of language contact.
» Sociolinguistics Quizzes - Questions to assess your comprehension of the various principles of sociolinguistics. Includes a reading list.