Dialect Studies & Issues

American Dialect Society (ADS) Links - Links to dictionaries, linguistic atlases, and topic sites having to do with both dialect and historical linguistics.

ADS-L Archives Search Engine - A means of searching the ADS e-list archives from 1992 to the present. You can search for discussions of specific words and phrases (like "Big Apple") or grammatical issues (like prescriptive grammar or Ebonics, for which see below). When it's working properly, this is the most efficient way to search the archives. Thanks to Grant Barrett for creating and maintaining it.

The Dictionary of American Regional English - This is not an online version of DARE, but it is a good introduction to its methodology, including maps, examples, and quizzes for you to test what you know about American regionalisms.

BritSpeak - A lighthearted comparison between American and British English. A good way to check your idioms.

Center for Applied Linguistics African-American Vernacular English Information Page - A comprehensive collection of materials related to what linguists usually refer to as African-American Vernacular English [AAVE] or Black Vernacular English [BVE], including the controversy in 1997 over so-called "Ebonics".