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A Study of the Formants of the Pure Vowels of British English - http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/formants/index.htm
MA Thesis (1960) of Prof. J.C. Wells of the University of London concerning the pronunciation of vowels in "Received Pronunciation".

Alan Cooper's Homonyms - http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html
Extensive list of homonyms/homophones in American English from various sources, along with links.

Alt.Usage.English FAQ - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-usage-english-faq/
Newsgroup discussing English usage, maintained by Mark Israel.

American Proprietary Eponyms - http://www.searstower.org/rkrause/brands.html
Database of American brand names in general use today.

Common Errors in English - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Clear and concise explanation of the difference between correct and incorrect usage in American English spelling, grammar and idiom, with entertaining examples.

Department of Grammar and History of English, Kyiv National Linguistic University - http://grammar-history.kiev.ua
The representative department of the Ukrainian Society for the Study of English (ESSE member). Includes information on the department, courses and research.

English Grammar Gone Awry - http://www.grammarerrors.com/
Collection of common errors made by native English speakers.

History of the English Language - http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
Collection of links maintained at University of Vermont.

International Dialects of English Archive - http://www.ku.edu/~idea/
Extensive collection of freely downloadable recordings of real people speaking English in their own native accents and dialects.

Language Sites on the Internet - http://www.verbivore.com/rllink.htm
Word mavens may browse etymology, dictionary, thesaurus links, links to anagrams, oxymorons,palindromes, puns, idioms, banished words and expressions, city-by-city slanguage, mondegreens, logophilia, heteronyms, chiasmus, common punctuation errors.

List of Banished Words - http://www.lssu.edu/banished/
Annual list published by Lake Superior State University of words that should be banished from the English language for misuse, overuse, and just general uselessness.

Loosely Speaking - http://looselyspeaking.tripod.com
Requests that the reader take a quick, 5-question survey to determine usage in various geographical locations.

Neologism Cliche Aphorism and Novel Language Pattern - http://www.angelfire.com/nd/danscorpio/word4.html
Extensive list of new sayings, cliches, aphorisms, and neologisms. Has additional pages on related language matters.

Online Technical Writing: Common Grammar, Usage, and Spelling Problems - http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/gramov.html
Advice on common problems in the use of spellings, punctuation, and grammar.

Speechskript - http://www.speechskript.com/Speechskript/speechsk.htm
Complete instructions for learning to read and write using this phonetic spelling system.

Survey of English Usage - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english-usage/
University College (London) researchers focusing on grammar and linguistics, plus world-wide usage. Includes the "Internet Grammar of English".

The American Dialect Homepage - http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html
Resource for both linguistic and literary scholars about regional varieties of English in the United States and Canada. Includes maps, annotated link directory, and dialectology bibliography.

The American Language by H.L. Mencken - http://www.bartleby.com/185/
Online publication of the full text of a classic book on the history and nature of American English, with particular attention paid to the discrepancies between British and American English.

The Be/Have Paradigm with Intransitive Verbs During the Restoration Period - http://www.update.uu.se/~nea/uppsats/D_uppsats.html
A Master's thesis from the University of Uppsala, dealing with the development of be and have as auxiliaries with the perfect tense of intransitive verbs in the second half of the 17th century.

The Nautical Origins of Some Common Expressions - http://www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html
Explaining the marine origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions.

The Vocabula Review - http://vocabula.com/index.asp
A free, monthly journal about the state of the English language, dedicated to supporting its clear and expressive usage.

The Xtag Project - http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~xtag/
Lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammar (TAG) project, a geometric method for analysing English grammar.

Varieties of English - http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/
Linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary) of different varieties of English spoken in the US, Canada and Britain.

World Wide Words - http://www.worldwidewords.org/
More than 1400 pages which explore the history, evolution, byways, quirks, and curiosities of the English language. A weekly newsletter is sent by e-mail and RSS.

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