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Applied Linguistics
Dialects
Historical Linguistics
Kenisics and Proxemics
Morphemics
Phonemics
Phonetics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
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The wisdom of disappearing languages -- MPR (WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 2003)

linguistics -- Wikipedia

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synchronic linguistics (structural linguistics)

phonemics

phonetics

morphemics

syntax

semantics

diachronic linguistics (historical linguistics)

sociolinguistics / psycholinguistics

• distributional studies
  
  
  • dialectology
    
    
• Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet -- UNESCO
  
  
• Native Words, Native Warriors [American Indain Code Talkers] -- National Museum of the American Indian
  
  
• kinesics / proxemics
  
  
• applied

After E.A. Hoebel, Anthroplogy: The Study of Man, 4th ed. (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1972.)

In the news . . .

• Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent -- BBC Future (23 February 2024)
  
  
• Cockney accent disappearing among young -- BBCNews (02 November 2023)
  
  
• Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas - The Guardian (16 January 2023)
  
  
• The Rosetta Stone: The real ancient codebreakers -- BBCCulture (26 September 2022)
  
  
• What the Queen's English reveals about a changing world -- BBCFuture (15 September 2022)
  
  
• When did everything become ‘awesome’ and ‘amazing’? I blame the Americans -- The Guardian (01 September 2022)
  
  
• New Zealand minister defies Ardern in Māori language chocolate bar row -- The Guardian (30 August 2022)
  
  
• Russia’s Sami fight to save their language and traditions – photo essay -- The Guardian (07 July 2022)
  
  
• Aranese: Spain's little-known language -- BBCTravel (18 January 2022)
  
  
• The Magic of "Untranslatable" Words -- Scientific American (12 July 2016)
  
  
• The Enduring Mystery of 'Jawn,' Philadelphia's All-Purpose Noun -- Atlas Obscura (24 March 2016)
  
  
• The Ethnic Group in China That Doesn’t Have a Word for Father -- Pacific Standard (13 October 2014)
  
  
• Why Did You Become a Linguist? -- ScienceNordic (22 February 2013)
  

New Book Chronicles Asia, North America Language Link -- EurekAlert (29 June 2010)

A Person's Language May Influence How He Thinks About Other People -- EurekAlert (12 July 2010)

Languages Use Different Parts of Brain -- Science News (05 April 2010)

Songbird DNA May Offer Clues To Human Speech -- NPR (01 April 2010)

Sensual Sounds Can Get Lost In Translation -- NPR (19 March 2010)

Bilingual Babies Learn Language in the Womb -- Discovery News (17 February 2010)

Saving Endangered Languages from Being Forgotten -- ScienceDaily (28 January 2010)

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Crack Brain's Codes for Noun Meanings -- EurekAlert (12 January 2010)

How Do We Understand Written Language? -- EurekAlert (16 December 2009)

The teens who can barely talk - they only have an 800 word vocabulary -- Luke Salkeld, MailOnline (11 January 2010)

Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy Nature -- New York Times (11 November 2009)

Words, Gestures Are Translated By Same Brain Regions -- ScienceDaily (10 November 2009)

Babies May Pick Up Language Cues In Womb -- NPR (06 November 2009)

What is unique in the brain of an Arabic speaker? -- EurekAlert (04 November 2009)

A Gene Critical for Speech -- Science News (23 September 2009)

A Language of Smiles -- New York Times (27 October 2009)

Vive la Différence of Languages -- New Scientist (25 October 2009)

A Gene Critical for Speech -- Science News (23 October 2009)

Classifying 'Clicks' In African Languages To Clear Up 100-year-old Mystery -- ScienceDaily (16 July 2009)

Language May Be Key to Theory of Mind -- New Scientist (23 June 2009)

Thousands of languages face extinction -- IOL.com (19 February 2009)

• The Animal Communication Project -- Stephen Hart
  
  
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
  
  
• Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia -- UNESCO
  
  
• International Mother Language Day
  
  
• Language Structure Is Partly Determined by Social Structure -- Science Daily (21 January 2010)
  
  
• Literature, Languages and Linguistics -- The University College for the Creative Arts
  
  
• Open Semiotics Resource Center
  
  
• Sign Language Study Shows Multiple Brain Regions Wired for Language -- EurekAlert (29 April 2010)
  
  
• The positive lexicography project -- Tim Lomas