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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.
  
• - Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.
  
• - Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.
  
• - Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
  
• - Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
  
• - An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.
  
• - Questions to assess your comprehension of the various principles of sociolinguistics. Includes a reading list.
  
• - Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition.
  
• - An organization performing research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.
  
• - Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
  
• - A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
  
• - Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
  
• - Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
  
• - Site details people, materials as well as past and ongoing research studies into results of language contact.
  
• - A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Need language be seen as a continuum of different accents, or as a fixed structure of rules? Undergraduate essay.
  
• - Mailing list about "unofficial" languages and varieties from Europe.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Online pronunciation test and maps of answers.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.