A
Dictionary of Slang - English Slang and Colloquialisms
of the UK.
This online resource is a reference guide to the many slang
and informal expressions heard in the United Kingdom.
American
vs British English: Basic
Differences and Influences of Change
American
English
American - British, British - American dictionary
BBC
Online - Routes of English
Melvyn Bragg explores the varieties of British English.
British
National Corpus
The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100 million word collection
of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range
of sources, designed to represent a wide cross-section of
current British English, both spoken and written.
email.txt
- The Language of Electronic Mail - a rather academic paper
but interesting nonetheless.
ER
Glossary
Words related to the medical profession
Estuary
English
A site dedicated to the study of the evolution of Estuary
English - a bit academic but worth a look.
Evolution of the English Language
The Exciting Evolution of a Global Language
The
Future of English? assesses the likely world popularity
of English in the 21st century by examining global trends
in technology, demography and the economy. With abstracts,
summaries, charts, and pointers to sources of data on the
World Wide Web, this easily navigable text provides the basis
for in house workshops or systematic independent study.
IDEA
The International Dialects of English Archive
Jamaica
fe Real
Jamaican and Foreign - Patois Translation
Slang
Research and the Slang Archive at King's College London
Language
in the Workplace
Language
of War - Decoding the jargon of war
Language
Varieties
This site is about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety
that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
Listening
Accent Gallery RealAudio Streaming Audio examples of
various North American Accents
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