LINGUISTICS
Welcome to the General Linguistics Web page! I hope that it has a lot to offer to both teachers and those who are professionally involved in the vast field of linguistics. The links capture very diverse aspects of linguistics starting from a glossary of linguistics terms to the developmental stages of a West Germanic language such as English. In assembling the links together and making a choice of what to include in this resource page, the emphasis was put on compiling information that would fit different learners with different levels of familiarity in the field of linguistics.
Glossary of Linguistic Terms
SIL
At this link, you can find comprehensive explanations for various linguistics terms. This site suggests not only explanations and a glossary, but also methodology on linking various linguistics concepts with one another. It includes sections of glossary terms ordered alphabetically concerning phonology, morphology, syntax and more.
Linguistic Resources
Blackwell Publishing
Would you like to learn more about different aspects of linguistics? The number of linguistics-related sites can be overwhelming, and some are far more useful, helpful, and current than others. My hope is that this site can help steer you toward the information you would consider to be useful for you.
Languages in General
University of Michigan
Comparative linguistics is fascinating from the prospective of finding linkage among a great number of languages that seem little likely to be genetically related. Learn about it more by surfing this website. It also focuses on different aspects of language use, style and meaning in general and particularly for the English language.
The Linguist List
The Linguist List
Arranged alphabetically, this web page seems the most popular resource center for contemporary issues in the field of linguistics. It is sectioned into the following parts: all issues addressed to all subscribers,
publishers' book announcements,
calls for papers,
conference announcements,
discussions on various topics,
Dissertation Abstracts,
FYI (for your information),
list of archived job issues,
media postings,
queries
review Book,
summaries of query responses,
journal tables of contents,
support for students, and
notices of useful software
Language Identifier
The Identifier
A valuable web page created to identify a language. It is as simple as entering a fragment of text and the language will be guessed. The accuracy of the identification is prompted by observing the diacritics.
Endangered Language Repository
Your Dictionary
An interesting collection of languages is put together on this web page an interesting example of which is the old language Aramaic which is believed to be the language that Jesus spoke. The valuable component of the website is that it provides historical background of a particular language and its linguistic growth, as well as the facts that cause make the language to be on the verge of becoming extinct. Moreover, it also addresses the attempts in trying to improve the status of the endangered languages.
Old English
Language Family Trees
Within the Indo-European family tree and among the centum languages, we find language families like the Germanic, Celtic, or Latin families. Some authors refer to the early Germanic language as "Proto-Germanic". The Germanic language family is again split up in the West-, East-, and North-Germanic groups. In the case of English, interaction with other languages was very important during its history.
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