English language research and E Guide - Resources and Review

Listings of Internet resources for writing and communication such as dictionaries, thesauri, grammar guides and research and reference sites.
 
Computer program to automatically generate a plausible letter of complaint about any individual nominated by the user.
 
Collection of more than one hundred middle English texts online. Includes King Arthur and King Cornwall, The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, The Ploughman's Tale, Lancelot of the Laik, and a collection of Robin Hood tales.
 
Series of links investigating the origins and development of the English language. Includes material relating to old, middle, modern, American, and present day English, and pre
historical resources such as the Indo-European and Nostratic languages. Provides access to a discussion list, HEL-L.
 
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.
 
Definitions and history of English words and phrases. Topical terms that do not yet have dictionary entries are covered, along with a section of 'weird words', and answers to users' questions about word history and usage. Articles on various aspects of language are available, along with book reviews and a phonetic key.
 
Online version of the US newspaper column which answers readers' questions about words and language. Features an archive of back columns arranged either by the word or phrase they cover, or by the date of publication.
 
English language resource with information on the introduction and evolution of words throughout the 20th century, a guide to better writing, a selection of word games, and a discussion on 'global english'. A word of the day, quotation of the week, and prize quizzes and crosswords also feature.
 
Notes and queries grouped by county, pertaining to the derivation and meaning of place names in Scotland. Provides news of ongoing projects in toponymics, past and future conference announcements and reports, and a bibliography of classic texts and new publications.
 
Highlights and discusses common deviations from standard English usage (with an emphasis on American English).
 
Offers a bi
directional corpus of Portuguese and English language fiction. Provides free access to original texts aligned with their translations, to allow users to compare and contrast features of Portuguese and English.
 
A service supporting the teaching and learning of English within the UK higher education system.
 
A large collection of phrases in English which can be searched or browsed. The meaning and source of each phrase is given. There is also a forum for discussion of the derivation of English phrases.
 
An online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept.
 
UCSD research institute, mainly focusing on neural aspects of language learning.
 
Offers information on the English language in New Zealand. Outlines the origins of New Zealand English, examines social variations in dialect, and offers audio files illustrating the pronunciation of the common sounds. Also features a bibliography and details of related research projects.
 
Document discussing the differences in verb movement syntax between the northern and southern dialects of Middle English. It is proposed that this difference is due to the imperfect learning of Old English by Scandinavian invaders.
 
The Association aims to maintain the broader unity of humanistic scholarship in the face of increasing specialisation, through the publication of original work, including journals, bibliographies, monographs such as the The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL).
 
Texts and translations of a collection of literary works of Classical and Medieval civilisation. Provides a facility for downloading texts, and allows Boolean searching.
 
Topics covered include old English language and literature, Anglo
Latin and Latin ecclesiastical texts, palaeography, diplomatic, illumination, history, numismatics, onomastics, archaeology, fiction, and children's books.
 
Includes articles on word class usage, phrases, clauses, sentences, form, function, and exercises on grammatical components such as adjectives, prepositions, and conjunctions. Also features a glossary, index, and search facility. Available free of charge to users from UK educational institutions.
 
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