Dr.
Johanna Rubba
English Department
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo
Last update: 9/14/99
Websites
of interest in linguistics
- Linguistic
Society of America (The main professional organization for linguists in the
USA) With information about graduate programs, grants,
national conferences, and the organization's official stance on matters such
as bilingual education, Ebonics, English as official language, etc.
- Ask
a linguist - got a question about language? Pose it here!A
professional linguist will respond with a clear answer in terms anon-linguist
can understand.
- Peter
Ladefoged's UCLA Phonetics page: Listen to all sorts of weird sounds
from languages all over the world. See photos and a movie of the vocal cords
in action, in living color!
- Universite
Laval de Quebec French Phonetics Site:
With lessons, pix and sound 'bytes'!
- The
Linguistic Olympics - test your skill on language puzzles for everyone!
Not for linguists only!
- The
Berkeley Women and Language Group: A research group on language and gender;
they hold a conference at UC Berkeley every 2 years (even years). Poly students
should definitely submit abstracts of their ENGL 495 Language & Gender
papers for possible presentation at this conference.
- Dr.
Battenberg's Cal Poly Linguistics Page More cool
links, information about Dr. Battenberg's courses at Cal Poly, and about
the Central Coast Online Dictionary, and ESL-teaching experiences of Cal Poly
alumni.
- Rachel
Raymond's Africa Page, a Cal Poly student web project with information
on languages in Africa
- Native American languages: