Provides information on speech in the Americas (mostly Englishes but not limited to the USA). Includes links to journals, associations, dictionaries, information on American Englishes in general and individual dialects and dialect areas/phenomena.
National Lottery Heritage-funded initiative based at the University of Leeds, to present a snapshot of dialect in England today & assemble digitised collections
Updated online version of the 3 volume 2010 edition (held by the Library at PE 3721.G7 on floor 5), the most comprehensive dictionary of slang in the English language
Created by Paul Meier in 1998, the first archive of primary source recordings of English dialects and accents from over 130 countries
Contains information about varieties of language that differ from the standard variety that is normally used in the media and taught in the schools. Includes pidgins, creoles, regional dialects, minority dialects and indigenised varieties.
Uses data from the 2000 census and updates from the American Community Survey. Detail down to zip code level
Jonnie Robinson of the British Library in London has put together this excellent website which 'captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century'. Includes a clickable map of the UK linking to audio files and notes on each variety.
283 samples of 'accented' English recorded from speakers of languages from Afrikaans to Zulu, with detailed transcriptions and notes on phonological features for each accent.
Offers access to some publications and data based on US census and other surveys
Each year the team at OUP look at particularly significant words that have entered the English language. A fascinating way of looking at language in society and its ever evolving vocabulary
See also some of the audio-visual resources listed on the Sociology subject guide
