Introduction to Language

English 370, Spring Term 2007, Prof. John Lawler
Western Washington University

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Language Log, the best linguistics blog on the Web. The Linguist List, the largest, best, and oldest linguistics site Ask A Linguist, where you can ... A page of linguistics links,* rather dated, I'm afraid.	Phonetics, sounds, symbols, and diagrams. IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet (not India Pale Ale) Free IPA fonts, from SIL IPA in Unicode George Mason Accent Archives
Linguistic Terminology The SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms Utrech Institute of Linguistics Lexicon of Linguistics Linguistic Terminology, by students at Kickapoo HS, Springfield, MO English grammatical terms* with the Latin words they come from. Latin Dictionary History of the English Language Henry V page* and Notes on the Play, from A World of Words, a freshman etymology class I used to teach at Michigan. The Awful German Language, Italian Without a Master, and Italian with Grammar by Mark Twain	Proto-Indo-European stuff, from the American Heritage Dictionary: Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans, by Calvert Watkins. Chart of The Indo-European Family of Languages Dictionary of Proto-Indo-European Roots, with Users' Guide Indo-European and the Comparative Method Grimm's Law* (yes, *those* Grimms) The Ethnologue, from SIL. Every living language known, by family, with statistics. WordNet online; English words and their connections. To download Wordnet, click here English Grammar FAQ*
Linguistics Classes on the Web Linguist List: Ebonics LSA Resolution on "Ebonics"* Geoff Nunberg on the Ebonics flap* Language Construction Kit, for all you SF & Fantasy fans The Chomskybot*	Metaphor, Morality, and Politics, by George Lakoff Metaphors We Compute By* The Jargon File Computerspeak Margo's Magical Letter Page, on phonosemantics The ReadMe file* from the Lawler-Rhodes Simplex Word Database* "Style Stands Still",* a recent paper of mine about various interesting things from Style

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Last modified March 3, 2007