Language and Linguistics   Tags: language, language_acquisition, language_teaching, linguistics  

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Note that a number of the resources listed are available only to the BYU community.

The Blackwell Linguistics Reference Online offers you a number of handbooks & encyclopedias ranging from language acquisition to syntax, from phonetics to writing systems, from English to Japanese. 

You can easily input (and format) journal articles, books, websites, and other resources for your paper !

RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that helps you collect and organize citations and access them from any computer with a Web connection.

RefWorks will even take your list and generate a bibliography of references, using APA, MLA, or any other format  you select.

When gathering records from other databases, look for instructions for how to directly export your records to RefWorks.

TellMeMore is a language learning software database you can use to supplement your coursework, maintain and improve your language skills, or just learn a new language in ways that can be playful and fun, including virtual cultural excursions.

Most important for spoken language is the ability to engage with the computer and improve pronunciation through speech-recognition software.

Or... if you miss the way language was taught by your stern high school teacher (and feel you don't deserve fun) there are extra tools for rote learning and grammar explanations.

Current languages available for self-study or supplementing coursework
(in 13 different language interfaces) include:

American English - ESL
British English - ESL Cheers
French
Dutch
German
Italian
Latin-American Spanish
Castilian Peninsular Spanish

After connecting to the database using the link above, sign up for your own individual account.
Then log in, choose your level of language proficiency, and enjoy your language-learning experience!

These are books in language acquisition and linguistics recently received in the Harold B. Lee Library:

Linguistics

TESOL and English language

Hyperborean, Native American and artificial languages

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