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Books
Ager, Simon. 2007, Omniglot Bibliography (list).
Bayard, Pierre. 2007, How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read (review and synopsis), Bloomsbury, New York.
Crystal, David. 1997, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (review), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Fischer, Steven Roger. 2004, A History of Writing, Reaktion Books, London.
Linguistlist.org Publications Area (index).
Martin, Benjamin. 1737, A Philological Library of Literary Arts and Sciences (digitized Oct 12, 2005), Idle & Noon, London.
Parkes, Malcolm Beckwith. 1993, Pause and effect: Punctuation in the West (review), University of California Press, Berkeley.
Unesco. 2008, ‘Languages Matter!’ (unesco.org, .pdf).
Yee, Danny. Linguistics Books Reviews (list).
Links
Dictionaries
English, www.etymonline.com, oxford.com, wordreference.com, onelook.com, englishforums.com, usingenglish.com, grammar.edu
Estonian, http://kiisu.eki.ee
Finnish, http://efe.scape.net, www.babylon.com/fi
French, http://machaut.uchicago.edu, virginia.edu/grammar, languageguide.org/francais, babylon.com/fr
German, http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de, www.babylon.com/de
Greek, www.kypros.org/lexicon, www.lib.chicago.edu/attic, www.babylon.com/greek
Hungarian, www.canuckabroad.com/hungarian, impulzus.sch.bme.hu/info, talkingcities.co.uk/hu
Italian, www.garzanti.it, hoepli.it, uvm.edu/grammatica, sintassi, proverbi, aforismi, sinonimi, etimologia, babylon.com/it
Latin, www.perseus.tufts.edu/latin
Japanese, www.purdue.edu/japanproj, www.df.lth.se/j-e, babylon.com/jp
Chinese, www.mandarintools.com, chardict, www.chinalanguage.com, leidenuniv.nl/chinese/project.pdf
Turkish, www.tureng.com, dragomanos.com, zargan.com, seslisozluk.com, www.turkishclass.com, babylon.com/tr
Polish, www.poltran.com
Portuguese, www.reverso.net/portuguese
Russian, www.cs.chalmers.se/russian, babylon.com/russian
Spanish, www.spanishdict.com, babylon.com/spanish
Google Multilingual Translator, http://translate.google.com
TFD by Farlex, www.thefreedictionary.com
LanguageGuide, www.languageguide.org
Webster’s Multilingual, www.websters-online-dictionary.org
Slang, www.urbandictionary.com, www.peevish.co.uk/slang
Italian Proverbs, www.italian.about.com/proverbs
LingoZ online dictionary community, www.lingoz.com
Linguist List Dictionaries, http://linguistlist.org
The Visual Dictionary, www.infovisual.info
Acronym Finder, www.acronymfinder.com
Languages and Linguistics
SIL Ethnologue: Languages of the World, www.ethnologue.com
World’s Language Families, www.zompist.com/wlf
Languages Relations, www.zompist.com/lr
Languages Sites (Verbivore) by R. Lederer, www.verbivore.com
Word Lists, http://thesaurus.com, thewordlist.com, numerical, Q-no-U, Vs, atkinson
“Representing IPA phonetics in ASCII” by E. Kirshenbaum, www.hpl.hp.com/ascii-ipa.pdf
Phonetic Fonts, www.linguistics.ucla.edu/fonts
“Guide to Grammar and Style” by J. Lynch, http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/writing
Punctuation Made Simple by G. Olson, http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation
Comparison of Languages Lenght, http://typophile.com/node/33400
EServer Accesible Writing, http://eserver.org
Encyclopedia Mythica, www.pantheon.org
Etymology and History of First Names, www.behindthename.com, www.fralenuvole.com, www.isimleri.tr
“Learning Vocabulary” by S. Ager, www.omniglot.com/language/vocabulary
“Common Errors in English” by P. Brians, www.wsu.edu/errors
“Esperanto-like Universal Typeface”, http://typophile.com/node/5968
“How Philosophy Pays Off” by E. Steinhart, www.wpunj.edu/philosophy/payoff
“On Language” by J. Reeves, www.judyreeveswriter.com/on_language
“Language is a Sense, Like Touch” by M. McLuhan, www.gingkopress.com/senses
“Lingua Italiana e Altra Linguistica” by M. Pistone, www.mauriziopistone.it/testi
“Dialectics”, www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/di
“Wordlings in a Web 2.0 World” by C. Lee, http://firstmonday.org/lee/wordlings
“Language and the Negative ‘Invented’ Man” by K. Burke, www.cla.purdue.edu/burke/human/negative
Glossary of Computer Acronyms, www.geocities.com/ikind-babel
Tautology in Logic and Rhetoric, http://wikipedia.org/tautology
Thinkmap Visual Thesurus, www.visualthesaurus.com
Dictionary of the History of Ideas, http://etext.virginia.edu/analytic
Linguist List Teaching and Learning, http://linguistlist.org/teach
Writing Systems, www.omniglot.com/writing
LexicOrient, www.lexicorient.com
Paleography: Dedicated Linkography, www.as8.it/edu/calligraphy
Editing and Stylebook
(APS) Associated Press Stylebook, www.apstylebook.com, wikipedia.org/APS
(APA) American Psychological Association, http://apastyle.apa.org, osu.edu/apa.php
(CMS) Chicago Manual of Style, www.chicagomanualofstyle.org, citation/guide; wikipedia.org/cms, osu.edu/cms.php, author-date.pdf
(USG) U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual
(IEP) Editorial Rules, Regole Redazionali, www.libraweb.net/norme.pdf
(MLA) Modern Language Association, www.mla.org, wikipedia.org/MLA, owl.pordue.edu/resource; osu.edu/mla.php
Writing & Styles
Latin terms (i); dashes (i) (ii) (iii) (n) (m); quotations (i); hyphen (i) (ii) (iii);
titles (i); footnotes (i) (ii); numbers (i); punctuation (i) (ii) (iii);
ligatures (i); irony (i) (ii); exclamation (i), emailing (i).
“Punctuation Handout” by S. Robbins (Editing Workshop), www.nyu.edu/classes/copyediting
“The Semicolon: English Punctuation Theory and Teaching Practice” by P. Bruthlaux, http://oxfordjournals.org
“Marginalia (on Punctuation)” by E.A. Poe, http://books.google.com/marginalia
“Paleography of Punctuation” by S. Reimer, www.ualberta.ca/~sreimer/punctuation
“Pause and Effect, Punctuation in the West” by M.B. Parkes, www.amazon.com/ISBN-0520079418
“Punctuation Resources” by J. Rubin, www.nationalpunctuationday.com
“Clear, Concise, Compelling” TOC, www.nakedize.com/ccc-contents
“How To Write a Thesis” by IEU, http://ieu.edu.tr/thesis.pdf
“Writing Tips” by Writer’s Block, www.writersblock.ca/tips
Avoiding Plagiarism, duke.edu/research/plagiarism, tamucc.edu/plagiarism, duke.edu/plagiarism.pdf, plagiarism.org
10 Typographical Rules by FTF, www.owlsoup.com/10-rules
Ten Typographic Mistakes Everyone Makes, www.recedinghairline.co.uk/10-type-mistakes
“Writing SI units and symbols” by C. Poynton, www.poynton.com/notes/units
“Typesetting of Technical Documents” by ----, www.poynton.com/notes/typesetting
Tips On Using Email Effectively, http://publish.ucc.ie/doc/mailtips
“Email (let's drop the hyphen)” by D. Knuth, www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email
“Internet :-) :-( Smilings or Emoticons” by A. Harmon, www.nytimes.com/smilings, designjunction.com/smilings
“Has Modern Life Killed the Semicolon ?” by P. Collins, www.slate.com/collins
Accenti, www.redattorisidiventa.wordpress.com/accenti
“France Says English Disease Should Be Brought to a Full Stop”, www.timesonline.co.uk/english-disease
Apostrophe RIP, www.nytimes.com/apostrophe, www.typophile.com/apostrophe
“Punctuation Education“ by L. Truss, www.eatsshootsandleaves.com, guide.pdf
The “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks Blog, http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com
The Economist Style Guide, www.economist.com/research/styleguide
Underlines in Forms, http://typophile.com/node/21137
“Typography & Font Managments” by M. Witherell, www.indesignusergroup.com/07.25.06.pdf
Typing Speed Test, http://speedtest.aoeu.nl
Typo Hunt, spelling/grammar blogs, www.jeffdeck.com/teal
Ergonis Typinator, www.ergonis.com/typinator
Online English Handbook 1.2 (Mac OS Classic), www.archive.org
Word Counting
SMOG Readability Calculator, www.wordscount.info/smog, www.harrymclaughlin.com/smog
Words Count, www.wordscount.com, http://wordscount.ezpublishing.com
Syllabe Counter, www.wordscount.info/syllable
Letter Frequency Meter, www.typotheque.com/type_utilities/lettermeter
Wordle, www.wordle.net, alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/wordle
Resources
“Writing Studio (Resources for Writers)” by Duke University, http://duke.edu/studio/resources
TLE – Teaching and Learning Excellence – UW Madison, https://tle.wisc.edu
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, http://owl.english.purdue.edu
NLP Neuro-linguistic Programming, http://wikipedia.org/nlp, www.nlpu.com
Linguist List Text and Computer Tools, http://linguistlist.org/tools
WordReference.com Language Forums, http://forum.wordreference.com
Evertype by M. Everson, www.evertype.com
“Gentium – a typeface for the nations” by V. Gaultney, http://scripts.sil.org/gentium
“Languages at a Glance” by E. Sorkin, www.as8.it/linguistics/languages_at_a_glance
“Which Country; Which Language ?”, by J. Greenwood, www.globalbydesign.com
MyFonts International Typography, www.myfonts.com/International
Font Language Coverage, http://typophile.com/node/34854
Study Skills Glossary, http://cdu.edu.au/studyskills/glossary
Indispensable Writing Resources, www.quintcareers.com/writing
Language & Learning Skills Writing Resources, www.unimelb.edu.au/writing
“Charlotte Mason’s Coposition and Grammar” by S.W. Bauer, www.welltrainedmind.com/charlotte-mason
Latin Transliteration Norms, http://unesco.org/culture/ltn
Unesco Linguistic Resources, http://unesco.org/culture/linguisitc_resources
International Federation of Translators (IFT), www.fit-ift.org
Nobel Prize Winners Elastic List, http://well-formed-data.net/nobel_elastic_lists
English Grammar Myths, www.typophile.com/node/42956, www.ngm.typepad.com/rogers
“Lists: Theory and Practice”, by E. Tufte, www.edwardtufte.com/lists
“How to Write a Book Proposal” by E. Lupton, www.elupton.com/book-proposal
“How To Make a Music Bibliography”, www.music.utoronto.ca/assets/library/bibliography.pdf
“Dictionary Design Bibliography” thread, http://typophile.com/node/53246
“Microtipografia: Il Progetto dei Nuovi Dizionari Collins” at P. Biľak, www.typotheque.com/microtipografia
“Glossary of Internet and Web Jargon” by UC Berkeley, www.lib.berkeley.edu/internet/glossary
Glossario di Organizzazione della Conoscenza, www.iskoi.org/glossario
“Ten Recipes for Persuasive (Website) Content” by C. Jones, www.uxmatters.com/persuasive-content
“How Crafty Word Order Can Instantly Improve Your Writing” by P. Yaffe, www.acm.org/ubiquity/yaffe
“Developing Effective Writing Assignments” by L.M. Hermsen, http://blade.rit.edu/faculty/writing
Developing Teachers Tips, www.developingteachers.com/articles
CTS Centre for Textual Scholarship, www.cts.dmu.ac.uk
Poetry Glossary, www.poets.org/glossary
Lyrics Directory, www.lyricsdir.com
RhymeZone Finder, www.rhymezone.com
Conversion Equivalences, www.themeter.net, www.metric-conversion-tables.com
Chemistry Periodic Table, www.webelements.com
The RSPB UK Bird Guide, www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide
“The Cook’s Thesaurus” by L. Alden, www.foodsubs.com
Advertising Glossary by M.J. Motto, www.motto.com/glossary
Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms, www.symbols.com
Significato dei Simboli e Simbolismo, http://fralenuvol.com/simboli
The International Plant Names Index, www.ipni.org
Flower Meanings, picture-atlas, www.otaw.com/flower-symbols, antiquesndynasties.com, theflowerexpert.com/flowers
Dizionario dei Fiori, www.italiafiori.it, www.chatincanto.com/fiori
Christian Symbols drawn by R. Koch, http://catholic-resources.org/koch
Islam Glossary, www.islamanswering.com/glossary
Sanskrit Yoga Glossary by G. Feuerstein, www.traditionalyogastudies.com
“Writing, Literacy & Orality in Ancient China” bibliography by W. Behr, www.leidenuniv.nl/biblio.pdf
“Cursive Writing May Be Fading Skill, But So What?” by T. Breen, www.sfgate.com/breen/writing/cursive
“Fahrenheit 451” by R. Bradbury, http://wikipedia.org/fahrenheit451, enotes.com/fahrenheit451/fabers
EEA Multilingual Environmental Glossary, http://glossary.eea.europa.eu
GeoGeek Glossary, http://geography.berkeley.edu/geogeek
Wordorigins Resources, www.wordorigins.org/resources
Dizionario Fralenuvol dei Proverbi Italiani, http://fralenuvol.com/proverbi
Omniglot Radio Sations, www.omniglot.com/links/radio
Omniglot Newspapers & Magazines List, www.omniglot.com/links/news
Omniglot Foreign Phrases, www.omniglot.com/language/phrases
Action Verbs, www.quintcareers.com/action_verbs
Anagram Generators, www.wordsmith.org/anagram, www.anagramgenius.com/server
“Anagram Studies” Thesis by D. Bailey, http://typophile.com/node/32971, davebailey.us
Technopaegnia (Figure Poems), www.camrax.com/symbol/figure-poem
A Word A Day, http://wordsmith.org/awad
Jabberwacky Chatterbot, wikipedia.org/jabberwacky, philosophersnet.com/floridi, bbc.co.uk/loebner; news
“Grawlix: Cursing, A Word For That @#$%&?!!” by J. Hoefler, www.typography.com/ask/grawlix
“Bob Hayes NFL Hall of Fame forgery” by T. Phinney, www.thomasphinney.com/bob-hayes
“The Power of the Word” by P. Kemp, www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/kemp
“Thank You” in many languages and other greetings by J. Runner, www.elite.net/runner/jennifers
“Developing Effective Writing Assignments” by L.M. Hermsen, http://blade.rit.edu/faculty/writing
“The Visual Nuclei Hypothesis” threads, typophile.com/node/4829, snopes.com/apocrypha, languagehat.com, bisso.com
The Longest Word in English, wikipedia.org/longest-word-in-english
Foodparing, www.foodpairing.be
ArtLex Art Dictionary, www.artlex.com
Credopedia Search Engine on Religion, www.creedopedia.com
Babel Fish, http://babelfish.com
NNDB People Activities, www.nndb.com
Oddcast Text-To-Speech, www.oddcast.com/tts
Dictionarist Online Talking, www.dictionarist.com
“Greek To Me”: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension, http://strangemaps.com/incomprehension
AbsoluteAstronomy Encyclopedia, www.absoluteastronomy.com
Swiss National Bank Glossary (SNB), www.snb.ch/en/system/glossary
International Encyclopaedia of Laws (IEL), www.ielaws.com
Poets.org, www.poets.org
Encyclopedia of Life, www.eol.org ; tolweb.org, historyshots.com
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“Wikipedia and the Future of the Past” by R. Rosenzweig, http://chnm.gmu.edu/resources/essays
“How and Why Wikipedia Works” by D. Riehle, www.riehle.org/research/wikisym
Reliability of Wikipedia, http://wikipedia.org/reliability-of-wikipedia
Lexicon Wikipédia Summary, www.lexisum.com
World Statesmen, www.worldstatesmen.org
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