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Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.

Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.

A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.

Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.

Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.

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.

A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.

Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere.

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.

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.

Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials.

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.

Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK.

Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication.

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.

A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.

An organization performing sociolinguistic research and leading educational programs in representative speech communities.

Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules.

A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.

Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics.

An exchange of news and views on English Only legislation, bilingual education, endangered languages and related issues of U.S. language policy.

Special division of the National Communication Association promotes the understanding of language as a tool for communication.