Pitt's
University Library System (http://www.library.pitt.edu/)
This link will take you to Pitt's ULS which includes PittCat and
other helpful library research tools.
Linguistics
Glossary
(http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/)
Long, detailed list of terminology for linguistics
The
Sounds of Language (http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/vowels/contents.html)
Peter Ladefoged's Web site on the sounds of language
The
Sounds of English and Spanish
Animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish and English
(Click on "English Sounds Library" on the right.)
Language
Matters
(http://www.legalaffairs.org/july_august2002/july_august2002_stories04.html)
Can you be discriminated against because of the way you speak?
article by Michael Erard on racial profiling
Language
Maps (http://www.zompist.com/Langmaps.html)
Maps that indicate where various languages are spoken
Language
Families (http://www.krysstal.com/langfams.html)
A guide to the top language families
Scores
of Languages Just Disappearing (http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/endangered_languages.html)
Linguists and Native Speakers Fight to Preserve Dying Languages
Practice
with Language Families (http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/aspects/langfam/index.html)
Some computer-based exercises for practice
Top
Ten International Faux Pas (http://www.marybosrock.com/fauxpas.htm)
Ten mistakes that are commonly made when dealing with people from/in
other countries
Culture:
Hand gesture (http://www.handspeak.com/byte/gesture/gesture.html)
Meanings of some hand gestures in various countries
Computational
Linguistics:
AT&T
Labs Text to Speech (http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html)
Interactive Multi-Lingual Demo
ELIZA
(http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html)
Have a conversation with ELIZA, a Web-based version of a person-centered
therapist emulator