Sunday, January 3, 2016

Linguistics

Various linguistics things from around the web that you might be into. The first link is for the complete International Phonetic Alphabet chart and some extras, which I have added in the left sidebar under "Languages".

IPA Complete Chart & Extras -- the extras are on the right sidebar of the webpage. There's even a chart with sounds so that you can hear them.

IPA Character Set for typing and transcription -- basically a virtual IPA keyboard

International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet) -- just for fun

How Many Languages are There? -- article

The Concept of Language (Noam Chomsky) -- video

Pittsburghese -- from the University of Pittsburgh. Podcasts featuring certain Pittsburghese words.

The Linguistics of AAVE -- video

Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross on Language -- video

Fry's Planet Word - Episode 1 -- video

Fry's Planet Word - Episode 2 -- video

Fry's Planet Word - Episode 3 -- video

Fry's Planet Word - Episode 4 -- video

Fry's Planet Word - Episode 5 -- video