Phonetics and Linguistics
Linguistic Links
http://www.ling.rochester.edu/linglinks.html
Links to many topics in linguistics, linguistics projects, and
university linguistics departments.
Linguistics and Phonetics Worldwide
http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/phonetik/joerg/worldwide/lingphon.html
Extensive links page that offers links to academic institutions
all over the world, networks and societies, publications, and
databases concerning linguistics or phonetics.
The Eclectic Company
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/lingmarks.html
Links to several sites in languages and linguistics. Includes
categories of links such as "Phonetics and Phonology,"
"History of English," and "The Chomskybot."
The International Phonetics Association
http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html
Information about the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and
offers archives of the electronic newsletter foNETiks.
Charts showing the complete IPA as revised in 1993.
Linguistic Society of America
http://www.lsa@lsadc.org
Information about the LSA--committees, membership, and linguistics
programs. Especially helpful is the Fields of Linguistics
section, which gives summaries on areas of linguistics such as
History of Linguistics, Speech Sounds, and Linguistics
and Literature.
What is Linguistics?
http://www.zompist.com/langfaq.html
Conversational overview of linguistics, answering questions
about linguistics, prehistoric language, dialects, Esperanto,
and Eskimo words for snow.
Stirling University's Online Phonology Course
http://www.stir.ac.uk/departments/humansciences/celt/staff/higdox/stephen/phono/phonolg.htm
Walk-through tutorial that teaches a basic understanding of
phonology. Information on phonemes: consonants, vowels, sound
simplifications, stress and intonations, and more. Based on British
"R.P." (Received Pronunciation).
British and American Vowels
http://faculty.washington.edu/dillon/PhonResources/vowels.html
Comparison of Present-Day American and British English vowels,
with audio clips of each phoneme.
The Great Vowel Shift
http://www.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs
A thorough treatment of the Great Vowel Shift, perhaps the
most important series of sound-changes in English since its beginning.
Animations and sound-files.
How to Pronounce GHOTI . . . and Why
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/phono.html
This site succintly explains "How to Pronounce GHOTI"
and gives information on the Germanic and Indo-European backgrounds
of English.
Indo-European Phonetics
http://babaev.narod.ru/archive/waw/phonetics.html
"A detailed description of the Indo-European phonetic system
and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European phonology"
(from the site). Shows the phonetic origins of the Slavic languages
and gives charts showing the consonants and vowels of Indo-European.
Also provides root words that began in IE and their cognates in
various European languages today.
Pronunciation from Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/single_image/0,5716,4417+bin%5Fid,00.html
Shows diagrams of the position of the tongue in articulating Present-Day English
vowels.
UCLA Speech Processing and Auditory Perception Laboratory
http://www.icsl.ucla.edu/~spapl/projects/mri.html
Pictures of vocal tract during articulation of speech-sounds,
created by techniques of magnetic resonance imaging.
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University
of Washington, Seattle http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/CP3/Images/Vocal_chords/cord_movie.html
Movies of the vocal cords during speech. These movies are MOV
files of approximately 1 MB; they require a movie player (e.g.,
QuickTime) and take some time to download.
Roots of English: an Etymological Dictionary
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html
Free, downloadable dictionary that traces the etymological history
of the English vocabulary.
Wilton's Etymology Page
http://www.wordorigins.org
Etymologies for many unusual English phrases. Also includes a
brief history of the English language and information about etymologies
that are often erronously traced.
World Wide Words
http://www.quinion.com/words/
Search to look up possible etymologies or meanings behind English
words and phrases. Everything from common sayings ("Once
in a blue moon") to British slang ("Telephone roulette")
to seldom-used words like "Omphaloskepsis." Also included
sections titled "Turns of Phrase," "Q&A,"
and "Weird Words."