Linguistics
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- European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL)
- Association of language teaching professionals interested in all aspects of the use of technology for language learning. Membership information, events and publications.
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- Egyptian Hieroglyphics
- An introduction to Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and numbering. Interactive examples allow users to create hieroglyphic numbers and fractions.
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- Hierolgyphs.net
- Tools for learning, teaching and using hieroglyphs. Includes two-way dictionaries, interactive grammar lessons, and an online translator which accepts transliterations or English words.
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- The Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian
- Detailed introduction and survey, including some helpful .wav files.
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- Prehistoric Writings in Greece
- Tracks the development of Linear B from Cretan hieroglyphics via Linear A; some transliteration of symbols derived from Greek words given.
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- Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the human brain
- William Calvin and Derek Bickerton offer three ways for getting from ape behaviors to syntax. They focus on the transition from simple word association in short sentences (protolanguage) to longer recursively structured sentences (requiring syntax).
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- NOVA Online-Transcripts-In Search of the First Language
- There are surprising similarities among the languages of the world. Could it be that at one time long ago, we all spoke the same language?
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- The Extended Mind: Understanding Language and Thought in Terms of Complexity and Chaos Theory
- Robert K. Logan, Professor of Physics, argues that the origins of speech and the human mind emerged simultaneously as the bifurcation from percepts to concepts.
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- University of Cambridge Phonetics Lab
- Contact information, details about research, people, news and events.
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- IPAScript
- Description and online Demo of an input system for generating IPA symbols from SAMPA (Ascii) keystrokes
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- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Specialist keyboarding software. Add-in programs for typing IPA phonetic symbols in Microsoft Word, using either SAMPA codes or automatic cycling of variant symbols.
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- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Provides information, world spelling alphabets, NATO phonetic alphabet, charts, fonts and keyboards.
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- The IPA in Unicode
- Unicode standard used by current browsers covers all the IPA phonetic symbols. Listed with their meanings, codes, and advice on Unicode fonts that contain them.
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- The Sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet
- All the sounds used in the English language with sound recordings and symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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- Acoustics of the Vowel
- Experiments concerning the physical characteristics of vowels: formants and pitches (F0), formant pattern ambiguity, formant number alteration. Important for all sciences related to speech, acoustic phonetics, speech therapy and speech recognition.