Sociolinguistics

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• Society: Issues: Language: Preservation  (5)

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• Accents and Dialects of the UK - Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK.
• 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. [PDF]
• Atlas of North American English - A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
• BBC - Voices - Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials.
• Buckeye Natural Speech Corpus - Corpus of conversations recorded in Columbus, Ohio provides data for the study of variation in speech. Data access information, forums and details about the project.
• Centre for Language and Ecology - Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.
• The Global Language Monitor - Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
• International Dialects of English Archive - A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
• Language and Nationalism in Asia - Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
• Language and Social Action Research Project - Collaborative research project studies the social organization of affiliation and disaffiliation using sociolinguistic conversational analysis.
• Language and Social Interaction Division of NCA - Special division of the National Communication Association promotes the understanding of language as a tool for communication.
• Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese - A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
• 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.
• 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.
• LSA Fields of Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.
• LWP - The Language in the Workplace Project - Research project at Victoria University of Wellington studying workplace interactions in New Zealand.
• North Carolina Language and Life Project - An organization performing sociolinguistic research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.
• PBS - Do You Speak American? - Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.
• Sociolingo’s African Linguistics - Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics.
• Sociolinguistics and Computer Mediated Conversation - Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication.
• Sociolinguistics as a Concept of 'Language' - Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules.
• Sociolinguistics at the Summer Institute of Linguistics - Sociolinguistic research aids in the planning of SIL language development programs. View language survey results and publications of the SIL.
• Sociolinguistics Graduate Program at UPenn - Leading graduate program in sociolinguistics includes links to associated faculty and scholars.
• Sociolinguistics Introduction - Brief overview of sociolinguistics describes how the social context of language can affect its use.
• Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa - Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere.
• Stanford University Sociolinguistics - Stanford Sociolinguistics focuses on social influences of language variation. The corpus-based research program investigates regional and ethnic varieties of American English as well as pidgins and creoles.
• University of Edinburgh Sociolinguistics Research Group - University of Edinburgh sociolinguistics discussion group examines how the context of language shapes its forms and uses. Find topic lists, participant biographies and meeting schedules.