Chapter 1
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Examples and Resources
| Page # | Callout # | Link | Description |
| 5 | 1.1 | http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html | Interactive IPA chart, from Ladefoged's A Course in Phonetics. |
| 6 | 1.2 | a) http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/ b) http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/ c) http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/index.html |
Additional phonetic resources: a) The sounds of American English b) IPA charts c) The International Phonetics Association |
| 8 | 1.3 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/languages-sound-foriegners-smoukahontas_n_4912793.html | Video: What languages sound like to foreigners. |
| 9 | 1.4 | https://www.ethnologue.com/ | Ethnologue: Languages of the World. |
| 9 | 1.5 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gytCi5a7AJg | Video: Xhosa Clicks. |
| 9 | 1.6 | http://www.languagemonitor.com/new-words/number-of-words-in-the-english-language-1008879/ | The number of words in the English language, from the Global Language Monitor. |
| 12 | 1.7 | https://books.google.com/ngrams/info | Google Books Ngram Viewer. |
| 16 | 1.8 | a) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ981ihX6I8 b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNZ1O2KTOOg |
a) Video: Robert Klein routine in American Tongues b) Video: My Cousin Vinny, courtroom scene |
| 16 | 1.9 | http://www.popvssoda.com/ | The Pop vs. Soda Page: Interactive maps of this well-known example of language variation. |
| 19 | 1.10 | http://www.euphemismlist.com/ | The Euphemism List: Twenty-six pages of common (and not-so-common) euphemisms. |
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Suggested Reading
Language and Linguistics
Curzan, A., & Adams, M. (2006). How English works: A linguistic introduction. New York, NY: Pearson Longman.
Daniels, H. (1983). Famous last words: The American language crisis reconsidered. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Harrison, K. D. (2007). When languages die: The extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kramer, S., Miller, D. A., & Newberger, J. (Producers/Directors) (2008). The linguists [Motion picture]. United States: Ironbound Films.
Nettle, D., & Romaine, S. (2000). Vanishing voices: The extinction of the world's voices. Oxford: Oxford University Press.