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Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants |
Subject: Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants
Last Revised 2011-08-27 (27 Aug 2011)
* = recently revised, including deletions
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Contents -- Intro B: Useful Web Sites for AUE Participants
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- Where to find previous postings
- Where to learn about ASCII IPA
- Learning English as a Foreign Language
- Audio Archives & Phonetics
- Word lists
* - Dictionaries, On-line: General
- Dictionaries, On-line: Historical and Special Purpose
- Acronyms and abbreviations
* - Words and language
* - Grammar: Frequently Requested Topics
- Writing and Grammar Guides On Line
- Encyclopedias & Search Engines
- British English; Scots
- Black English (African-American Vernacular English, Ebonics)
- Historical English, and English Literature
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where to find previous postings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you suspect your topic has already been discussed, even though it is not in the FAQ, please check for articles, following the appropriate search guidelines, at the Google Usenet archive, which holds articles since approximately 1991: http://groups.google.com/advanced_search ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where to learn about ASCII IPA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASCII IPA is a way of expressing pronunciation on Usenet. It is a version of the International Phonetic Alphabet, using only the ASCII symbols (basic keyboard characters). There's a guide to ASCII IPA, including illustrative sound files, at http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ascii_ipa_choice.html A detailed specification of the ASCII IPA transcriptions scheme, including tables showing the mapping to and from IPA characters, can be found at http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/ascii-ipa.pdf See also "Audio Archives" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learning English as a Foreign Language ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good entry points to the many resources on the Web are: English as a Second Language http://www.rong-chang.com/ Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com/ English as 2nd Language http://esl.about.com/?once=true& ESL Resources at Purdue University - covers common grammar issues http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ 1-language.com - The Comprehensive ESL Site http://www.1-language.com Paltalk chat room on "English Usage and Grammar" - listen and speak. http://www.paltalk.com VOA's Special English - easy-to-read articles and sound files, too http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/about_our_website.cfm BBC Learning English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml Ask About English - new words, Q&A, resources http://askaboutenglish.blogspot.com/ See also "Writing and Grammar Guides On Line," below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Audio Archives & Phonetics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three pages at the AUE Website with speech files and links to more: The a.u.e Audio Archive -- listen to speakers with varying accents http://alt-usage-english.org/audio_archive.shtml Other Sound files http://alt-usage-english.org/audio_archive.shtml#sundryfiles Audio References - more links to useful sound files http://alt-usage-english.org/categorized_links.shtml#audiorefs British Library archive of English accents, esp. Northern England: http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/ BBC Voices, collection of UK speech http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/ IDEA, the International Dialects of English Archive -- Large collection of MP3 speech files from around the world. http://www.ku.edu/~idea/ Fonetiks -- sound clips of 6 kinds of English plus 9 other languages http://www.fonetiks.org/ Voice of America Pronunciation Guide - Soundfiles of proper names http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/ University of Lausanne Phonetics Course -- pronouncing sounds http://www.unil.ch/ling/page30184.html Speech Accent Archives http://classweb.gmu.edu/accent/ IPA Handbook, Univ. of Victoria - sound files for many languages http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/handbook.htm ESL Cyber Listening Lab -- 100+ conversations with practice exercises. http://esl-lab.com/ Phonetics site made by University of Iowa http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/# UCLA Phonetics Lab -- A Course in Phonetics http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~ Word lists ~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Kelk maintains a Web page with pointers to numerous wordlists on the net - for UK English, US English and other languages. Many are bare lists of words but some have other info. There is also information on word and letter frequency and on phonetic alphabets (Alpha Bravo). http://www.bckelk.ukfsn.org/menu.html The Moby Project has large downloadable lists of words: Hyphenator, 5-Language, Parts-of-Speech, Pronunciator (American), Shakespeare, Thesaurus, and American Words.Available at www.gutenberg.org or http://icon.shef.ac.uk/Moby/ National Puzzlers' League: "Our Collected Wordlists" & related http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=solving:wordlists:the_lists Bookmarks for Corpus-based Linguists - links to word lists, archives and tools http://tiny.cc/corpora Webster's Second Edition (1934) list of over 200,000 words http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/astaff/reference/4.3network2/share/dict/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On-line dictionaries: General ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please look up simple questions of meaning and origin in a dictionary before posting to the group. There are now several large, recent dictionaries on-line to choose from. Merriam-Webster Collegiate, 10th Edition, 1994. With US pronunciations. http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm * Concise Oxford Dictionary http://oxforddictionaries.com/ Collins Dictionary Lookup, plus related features http://www.collinslanguage.com/ Onelook, which searches over 500 dictionaries at a single stroke. http://www.onelook.com/ Dictionary.com, based on the American Heritage Dictionary http://www.dictionary.com/ Cambridge International Dictionary, also Idioms & Phrasal Verbs http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Encarta World English Dictionary http://dictionary.msn.com/ Random House Webster's College Dictionary (no etymology) http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopdict.html Yourdictionary.com . A single lookup provides definition, synonyms, and usage examples. http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Word Net - includes "X is a kind of..." and "X consists of..." http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ Hyperdictionary -- accesses WordNet and other dictionaries http://www.hyperdictionary.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On-line dictionaries: Historical and Special Purpose ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language http://www.christiantech.com/ Webster's 1913 Revised Unabridged Dictionary http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html The Century Dictionary, 1914 (12 volumes scanned): http://www.global-language.com/century/ The Oxford English Dictionary is available for a subscription fee: http://oed.com Hobson-Jobson: Anglo-Indian Glossary, 1903 http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/hobsonjobson/ The Jargon Lexicon, the Jargon File or New Hacker's Dictionary - computer and hi-tech terms. Various copies on line including: http://www.catb.org/jargon/ Online Etymology Dictionary -- includes many placenames http://www.etymonline.com/ Slang dictionaries on the Web - Marius Hancu's list is here: http://tinyurl.com/477xj Urban Dictionary - slang defined by the general public http://www.urbandictionary.com/ AlphaDictionary.com - multilingual dictionary: type a word and choose from 16 languages http://www.alphadictionary.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Acronyms and abbreviations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Onelook (above) finds many initialisms. Two other searchable databases: * The Internet Acronym Server, by Silmaril http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms Acronym Finder http://www.AcronymFinder.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Words and language ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking for the origin of a colorful expression? The a.u.e webmaster has arranged a combined link to the indexes of many of the sites below. Enter your word once at the AUE Website Search field and get links to each place the term is discussed. http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ The Maven's Word of the Day (formerly Jesse's) Large archive of dictionary editor answers to word questions. http://tinyurl.com/yunh9 Common Errors in English -- Tips on hundreds of confusing words and pairs such as affect/effect, adapt/adopt, advice/advise, etc. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Michael Quinion, World Wide Words -- Discusses new words and the reappearance of old ones. Q&A section. http://www.worldwidewords.org/ Evan Morris, The Word Detective -- Answers questions on origins of colorful words and phrases. Large archive. http://www.word-detective.com John Lawler -- A linguistics professor gives masterful explanations of how language really works http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue.html sci.lang FAQ -- language and linguistics questions commonly asked http://www.zompist.com/langfaq.html Take Our Word -- the Weekly Word-origin Webzine http://takeourword.com/ Wordorigins.org - Dave Wilton's Etymology Page http://www.wordorigins.org/ Sharp Points by Bill Walsh -- real-life copy editing dilemmas http://www.theslot.com/sharp.html Atlas of North American English -- Maps and articles on regional dialects in the US. Knowledge of basic linguistics advised. http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/ * Dialect Survey Maps and Results - Over 100 US regionalisms http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html Word2Word -- links to dictionaries, translators, language sites, etc. http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html Fun with Words -- unusual words, lists of oddities, etc. http://rinkworks.com/words/ Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics http://www.wordways.com/ Double-Tongued Word Wrester -- definitions, citations of modern words http://www.doubletongued.org/ Science Fiction Citation Project - Help OED find words in SF literature http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_citations.shtml The Big Apple - history of words from New York City http://www.barrypopik.com/ American Dialect Society ListServ - discusses words, phrases, etc. http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ads-l Australian Word Map - shows regionalisms http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/default.htm LinguaFranca - radio show about language. Read or listen (or both!) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/ After Deadline - NY Times columns on grammar & style http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/after-deadline/ Karen Chung's Language and Linguistics Links http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/linguistics%20links.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grammar: Frequently Requested Topics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Adjective order ("a small brown wooden house") http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives Agreement of subject & verb. Singular/plurals.(Use "Next" & links) http://www.bartleby.com/68/40/240.html Conditionals ("if I would...") http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm Conjugate any English verb; other languages, too - at Verbix http://www.verbix.com/languages/english.shtml Diagramming sentences http://www.utexas.edu/courses/langling/e360k/handouts/diagrams/ Phrasal Verbs, separable & inseparable (see also linked list) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#phrasal Place Names with their adjectives (-an, -ian, -ese, etc.) http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/placename.html Tenses in English -- learn "progressive," "continuous," etc. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/tense_frames.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Writing and Grammar Guides On Line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guide to Grammar and Writing, by Charles Darling http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm Online English Grammar http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm Grammar and Style Notes by Jack Lynch http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ Handbook of Style, by Merriam-Webster, Inc. http://szotar.sztaki.hu/webster/info/index.html The Online English Grammar, by Anthony Hughes http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/toc.cfm The Guardian Style Guide (British newspaper): http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/styleguide/ Bartleby -- US style guides: American Heritage Book of English Usage, Columbia Guide to Standard American English (1993) and Strunk's Elements of Style (1916). Also, UK: Fowler, The King's English, 1908. http://www.bartleby.com/ Chicago Manual of Style: FAQ and index (not the manual itself) http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html English Style Guide -- recommendations from the European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/translation/writing/style_guides/english/index _en.htm US Government Printing Office Style Manual http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html The Internet Grammar of English: modern grammar (word classes, etc.) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/ The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ APA Style Tips - for academic writing, bibliographies, etc. http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html The Plain English Campaign: guides to writing letters, reports, etc. http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/ Garbl's Writing Resources On Line: A descriptive list of links about writing, and a style manual http://garbl.home.comcast.net/writing/index.htm Yahoo! Grammar & Usage -- A long list of sites. http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Linguistics_and_Human_Languages/Lang uages/Specific_Languages/English/Grammar__Usage__and_Style/ Grammar resources, listed at "English as a Second Language" website http://www.rong-chang.com/grammar.htm The Writing Center, advice on academic writing http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Encyclopedias & Search Engines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes, language questions are tied closely to history, science, geography, and other factual matters. * Wikipedia is where many look first, but be wary of errors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page InfoPlease - encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, more http://www.infoplease.com/ * Biographical Dictionary - an excellent quick reference http://www.s9.com/ Biography.com http://www.biography.com/ Dictionary of Famous People http://www.explore-biography.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ British English; Scots ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The American-British British-American Dictionary http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/ Estuary English - recent developments in southern England http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/index.html The Best of British http://www.effingpot.com/ English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ Scotsgate - info, dictionaries, links on Lowlands Scots http://www.scotsgate.com/ Dictionary of the Scots Language - site combines two large dictionaries http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black English (African-American Vernacular English, Ebonics) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ African American Vernacular English (Ebonics) by Jack Sidnell http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/definitions/aave.html The Center for Applied Linguistics: Ebonics Information Page http://www.cal.org/ebonics/ John Lawler on Ebonics: a statement by linguists, bibliography & links: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/ebonics.lsa.html African-American History and Culture http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/blackga.htm Characteristic Features of AAVE http://www.hf.ntnu.no/engelsk/staff/johannesson/111SoS/L09-O04.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Historical English, and English Literature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Word Safari: Megalist of Word Links -- History Section: A good starting point with links to a number of sites on the development, grammar, pronunciation, and literature of Old English or Anglo-Saxon (example, Beowulf) and Middle English (example, Chaucer). http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/megalist.htm#Jump3 Da Engliscan Gesidas - Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Includes sound files. http://www.kami.demon.co.uk/gesithas/index.html I have not yet found a good site about "Early Modern English," but you can use these two sites to search for your own usage examples: Search Shakespeare sites http://www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare/help/ http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ (search single plays only) Bible Gateway - Search the Bible (King James and other versions) http://bible.gospelcom.net/ "Thou, Thee & Archaic Grammar" -- a brief overview by AUE members: http://www.alt-usage-english.org/pronoun_paradigms.html Sites for "Modern English" literature from 1700-2000: Bibliomania - search many classic novels and essays simultaneously http://www.bibliomania.com/ Search E-Books - another literature search http://www.searchebooks.com/ Literaturepost.com - Google <site:literaturepost.com> to search texts http://www.literaturepost.com/ Making of America - many books & journals of mid-1800s http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ Amazon.com: Books / Search Inside the Book -- search text of new books! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10197021/103-6386191-42830 24 The On-Line Books Page -- thousands of works of literature that are available for free download & search. Includes Project Gutenberg titles. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Google Books - large number of scanned books, although erratic quality http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search University Of Virginia's Modern English Collection -- electronic texts searchable by year http://tinyurl.com/nv8skg or http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/ Schulers Books Online http://schulers.com/books/ * The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) - Search word use from 1990-on. http://www.americancorpus.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This series of seven "Intro Documents" is intended to aid newcomers to the newsgroup. The articles are posted frequently in the newsgroup and are installed at this Web site for your convenience, along with a menu of links to the seven Intro documents. At this site's home page you will find links to other helpful information, including the FAQ. Comments and corrections to these Intro documents should be emailed to me. -- Donna Richoux
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