Linguistics Online
Linguistics, by almost definition, is of interest to the creator of languages. This page will provide authoritative online resources in the field of linguistics for conlangers.
- Glossary of Linguistic Terms
- www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/
- An in-depth glossary of terms from abessive case to zero morph.
- Indo-European Word Roots
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:List_of_Proto-Indo-European_roots.
- An index to the roots in Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch by Pokorny is available at homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.wordingham/pok/pok_index.htm.
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - Audio Illustrations
- web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm
- Audio files of each symbol in the IPA
- IPA Helper
- http://arimah.beoch.net/misc/ipahelper.html
- A helpful resource to convert IPA characters into HTML. Very handy for creating web pages using IPA
- IPA Transcriptions in Unicode
- www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.htm
- Prof. John Wells presents the International Phonetic Alphabet in Unicode.
- JSTOR Participating Institutions
- www.jstor.org/page/info/about/organization/participantLists/participantsAll.jsp
- This page lists all the institutions worldwide that have access to JSTOR. For those who aren't aware, JSTOR provides online access to over one thousand academic journals. It is a great source for scholarly research into a number of subjects including language and linguistics. Note that this link does not provide access to the journals themselves. Those interested will have to visit the institutions listed or login to their websites to gain access to articles.
- Leipzig Glossing Rules
- www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php
- This page from the Department of Linguistics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology provides the glossing rules for interlinear translations. According to the site, they consist of ten rules for the "syntax" and "semantics" of interlinear glosses, and an appendix with a proposed "lexicon" of abbreviated category labels. Also included is a PDF version of the rules.
- PIE Lexicon (download MS Excel)
- vii iiix first mentioned the availability of this file on the CONLANG-L listserv. Due to popular demand (and the gracious sharing of the file), it is being made available here in MS Excel format as well as a PDF (in a .zip file). The original spreadsheet was compiled by conlanger Samuel "The Goat Man" McCabe and included a Read Me file. Sai has also converted the file to a Google spreadsheet (also a list view) requiring only a web browser to view.
- The Lord's Prayer in Tok Pisin
- www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-pisin.html
- Part of a larger web site that displays this text in a multitude of natural languages. Useful for comparisons of natlangs.
- The Universals Archive
- typo.uni-konstanz.de/archive/
- An online database of Linguistic Universals hosted by Universität Konstanz.
- The Speculative Grammarian
- specgram.com
- The premier online source for linguistics humor (Yes, linguistics humor).
- The World Atlas of Language Structures Online
- wals.info/index
- Published by the Max Planck Digital Library, the online resource is a comprehensive database of language structures from around the world as well a wealth of supporting documentation.
- X-SAMPA (Wikipedia article)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-SAMPA
- Gives a thorough introduction to X-SAMPA and includes a detailed table of X-SAMPA characters, their IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) equivalents, linguistic descriptions, and examples.