Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Linguistics: Sociolinguistics
See also: This category in other languages: - Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK. - Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America. - A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English. - Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials. - 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. - Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact. - A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts. - A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University. - Research project at Victoria University of Wellington studying workplace interactions in New Zealand. - A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system. - An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy. - Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools. - Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China. - Special division of the National Communication Association promotes the understanding of language as a tool for communication. - 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. - An organization performing sociolinguistic research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities. - Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English. - Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics. - Leading graduate program in sociolinguistics includes links to associated faculty and scholars. - Brief overview of sociolinguistics describes how the social context of language can affect its use. - Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere. - Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication. - Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules. - Sociolinguistic research aids in the planning of SIL language development programs. View language survey results and publications of the SIL. - 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. - Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States. - 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.
