Proto Indo European
1. "Proto Indo European Language Demonstration and Exploration." Proto Indo European Language Demonstration and Exploration Website. University of Texas San Antonio. 12 June 2008
This site was great. It had so much information on Proto Indo European. It shows how many languages came from this common source. The site contained so many wonderful tools that showed the development of the many languages. It was really fascinating to see the root words and its development through time.
"Proto-Indo-European." Licking Valley Schools. 13 June 2008
This page gave lots of information about not just the origins of English, but how many other languages came from PIE. There is a great section on the pronunciation of PIE. I also found that to be extremely interesting. Because it is such and ancient language it seems that the pronunciations would be lost.
Indo European
3. "Indo-European Resources: the Comparative Method." The Electorium. 12 June 2008
This site was another really good source with lots of information. It was neither the prettiest nor the easiest to navigate, but it was full of many useful links and lots of great articles and information. The site discusses cognate which are one of the most fascinating parts of language in my opinion. I love seeing the links between languages.
4. Gamkrelidze, Thomas V., and V. V. Ivanov. "The Early History of Indo European Languages." The Early History of Indo European Languages. Mar. 1990. Scientific American. 12 June 2008
This article was really great and very informative. The authors discussed at great length the history of the Indo European family of languages and their links to one another. Not only did they discuss the history of the language, but a history of the societies and culture as well.
Old English
5. Jebson, Tony. "The Origins of Old English." 13 Jan. 1997. 13 June 2008
While this site is very simple in design, it has a great deal of information to offer. The author illustrates where OE got its start and the influences over time. There is a great breakdown of the development of the many languages that derived from Proto Indo European.
6. "The Old English Case System." Old English Grammar. University of Calgary. 13 June 2008
This site is a great resource for Old English grammar. This particular page contains a great deal of information about the case endings of OE and their uses. The page gives great definitions of all the cases in OE that we no longer use today.
7. "What are the Origins of the English Language?" Merriam-Webster Online. 13 June 2008
I found this article to be very interesting mainly because of the source. I thought it was very appropriate that a dictionary would discuss the origins of a language. While the article does cover the entire history of the language it had great information about OE.
Middle English
8. "The Great Melting Pot of Language." Random History. 13 June 2008
This site gives a great historical overview of the English language from its earliest beginnings. I liked this overview because of the events that it includes. It discusses the wars and migrations that helped form the language into what it is today.
9. "Middle English language." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 16 Jun. 2008
This article talks a lot about the language itself and not just the history behind the origins of ME. It discusses how the language was divided into different regions throughout Great Britain. It also discusses the three periods of Middle English and some of the main authors of those periods.
10. "The English Language in the Fourteenth Century." The Geoffrey Chaucer Page. Harvard University. 13 June 2008
This page focused on ME of the fourteenth century. I found it to be really interesting because of the focus of the article. I also found the discussion of the many dialects of Middle English to be enlightening. We did not spend much time in class talking about dialects, so I found that section to be of particular interest.
Early Modern English
11. "Early Modern English." Creighton University. 16 June 2008
This page was quite simple, but contained a wealth of knowledge. I really like how it discussed many historical events as well as inventions that helped the language progress and grow. Another interesting aspect of this page was that it included the importance of dictionaries, standardized spelling and the importance of loan words.
12. "Early Modern English." University of Toronto. 16 June 2008
This site was a great find. It contains so many links to other tools and resources. It is broken down into three categories, Culture and History, Language and Courses. I found it nice that they would provide links to courses for people to learn more about the language.
13. Erdmann, Peter. "A Brief History of English Lexicography." English Lexicography. 2001. Berlin Technical University. 16 June 2008
I found this site to be interesting for a number of reasons. The first being that it was published by a German university and also that it is published in English. The content was extremely important however. Just as we discussed the many bibles that were published, this site covered the many dictionaries that have been published.
Present-Day English
14. Percy, Carol. "Present-Day English." 16 June 2008
Just like the other website published by the University of Toronto, this page gives links to many wonderful resources about PDE. I found it interesting that they broke the language down into: World English, Pidgins and Creoles, Canadian English, American English and British English. I guess I really had not considered that Canadians have their own style and variation of English as well.
15. "Phonological Atlas of North America." Telsur Project. University of Pennsylvania. 16 June 2008
I am really glad that I came across this website. I have always had an interest in the different regional dialects and accents that are found in the United States. This site is dedicated to the study of just that. It offers links to the study as well as regional maps that discuss the findings in greater depth.
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