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Linguistics: Web Resources

Web Resources

Center for Applied Linguistics
CAL is a private, non-profit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy …
 
Center for the Study of Language and Information (Stanford)
Devoted to research in the emerging science of information, computing, and cognition.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Ethnologue.com is a place where you can conveniently find many resources to help you with your research of the world's languages.

EveryTongue.com
A site with sound clips from a great number of the worlds languages and dialects.

IPA Lab: An Interactive IPA Chart
An interactive chart of the International Phonetic Association (IPA) alphabet with sound clippings for each sound.
 

Library of Congress Call Number Ranges for Language Families

Linguistics Society of America
Website of the Society. Provides information on professional resources, publications, and news.

LINGUIST List
Provides information on language and language analysis. Features links to linguistic books and articles, linguistics programs, and technology articles and links.

Most Frequent Linguistics Subject Headings (interactive with Online Catalog)

Symbols.com
Online version of Carl G Liungman's book Thought Signs, the semiotics of symbols : Western non-pictorial ideograms.

UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
The online edition of the Atlas includes all of the information in the print edition (soon to be released) and much more. Using this interface, you can browse through the endangered languages listed in the 2009 edition of UNESCO’s Atlas, using combinations of search criteria and/or zooming in the map below.

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