Indo-European languages various information on the indo-european languages, their spread, divisions and modern descendants http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/general/IE.html http://www.humanjourney.us/indoEurope.html https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/IE_Main2_Centum.html http://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/indo-european http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0   Psychoactive substance harm reduction/information providing you with the facts, what to do if someone overdoses, where and why to get clean needles, etc. http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Syringe_Exchange http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/psychoactives.shtml http://www.lycaeum.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.maps.org http://www.bluelight.org   Privacy/encryptionRead the Rest…

Language Tree: http://40.media.tumblr.com/0b7fc2e4a1cf6f5cd29353c706385316/tumblr_ndyeaiWf2E1qf3997o1_1280.jpg Cognates: http://www.friesian.com/cognates.htm Spanish in Tagalog: http://www.tagalogsayings.com/learn-tagalog/lessons/similarities-between-spanish-tagalog.html PDF on loanwords: http://elizabethclaire.com/store/media/general/free-download/Words-that-English-Has-Borrowed-from-Other-Languages.pdf English in other languages: http://theweek.com/article/index/242413/how-foreign-languages-mutate-english-words Romance languages side by side: http://ielanguages.com/romlang.html Romantic and Germanic: http://linguaphilioist.tumblr.com/image/97297548285 Chinese Influence on surrounding countries: http://www.interestingchinese.com/language-exchange-china-japan.html English- Japanese False Cognates: http://kairosity.tumblr.com/post/67030637178/english-japanese-false-cognates Aphasia and Bilingualism: http://neurosciencestuff.tumblr.com/post/62625689063/aphasia-and-bilingualism-using-one-language-to English- Spanish False Cognates: http://spanishcognates.org/blog/top-20-false-cognates-esl-students Faux Amis:Read the Rest…

Linkguistics! Accents and Dialects: Is there such a thing as a “gay accent?”  I wouldn’t even touch this question were there not a decent amount of scholarly research about it.  The notion of “talking gay,” after all, is a staple of homophobic parody.   So before going further, let me stateRead the Rest…

Cory Stapleton Linguistic Links Charles F. Hockett http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Charles_F._Hockett.html Hockett’s Design Features of Language http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/jcoleman/design_features.htm Phonology http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsPhonology.htm Phonetics of the American Language http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset-ad3.html Semantics http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/533811/semantics Syntax http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test1materials/syntax.htm Transformational Grammar Transformational Grammar by: Noam Chomsky from Shiela May Claro Brief Summaries of Noam Chomsky Theories http://quizlet.com/13442598/language-theory-noam-chomsky-and-psycholinguistic-theorysyntactical-model-flash-cards/ Sociolinguistic Basics http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/sociolinguistics/sociolinguistics/ Acting in DialectRead the Rest…

American Sign Language, despite not being a voiced language, is in fact a fully complex, linguistically complete language. I began learning ASL when I was in 6th grade and continued practicing up until college.   Here is a link for the signs of the alphabet:  http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/fingerspelling.htm Along with a videoRead the Rest…

Here are some linguistic-related links that I found fun and interesting. –This is a link to a website that lists the 10 most spoken languages in the world. The order of the languages was not what I expected: http://listverse.com/2008/06/26/top-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world/ –Here are a few links that show linguistic differences between EnglishRead the Rest…

  Growing up in a very diverse city, and also in a multilingual and very worldly house hold is something that many people could wish for. I on the other hand found it as a struggle, even though as a grew up I found it to be awesome and IRead the Rest…

By Laura Kalmanson Starting out your own garden? Check out how to beautify your backyard! http://www.perennials.com/content/top-10-perennials/best-perennials-for-shady-gardens-regular-moisture/   Maybe you already have a good thing going and want to try something new and different to spice up your garden. Look at these crazy plants: http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/insanely-cool-conversation-piece-plants-for-your-garden   Feng Shui is all fineRead the Rest…

Back in the years of middle school, I had a final oral presentation that essentially dictated whether or not I moved onto the high school English class that I wanted. The only real guideline for the speech was that I teach about what I was passionate about. So partially asRead the Rest…

When I was young, my parents made the mistake of only teaching me English rather than their natives tongues, Japanese and Tagalog. Because of school I had to learn a language and my parents pressured me to choose between the two languages.  I chose Japanese. Just like any other languageRead the Rest…