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Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK.
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A list of links to Web sources on Black English.
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Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials.
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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.
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Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.
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A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
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A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.
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Research project at Victoria University of Wellington studying workplace interactions in New Zealand.
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A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
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Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
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An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.
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Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
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Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
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Collaborative research project studies the social organization of affiliation and disaffiliation using sociolinguistic conversational analysis.
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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.
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Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.
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Results of a telephone survey of the major urbanized areas of the U.S. and Canada.
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Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics.
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Leading graduate program in sociolinguistics includes links to associated faculty and scholars.
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Brief overview of sociolinguistics describes how the social context of language can affect its use.
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Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere.
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Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication.
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Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules.
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Sociolinguistic research aids in the planning of SIL language development programs. View language survey results and publications of the SIL.
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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.
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Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
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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.
