History of the English Language

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History of the English Language
Professor Sandidge's ENGL 348 The Language:

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html

Many interesting links here including a discussion list, HEL-L on this topic. Scroll down for "American & Present-Day Englishes" as well as for Conference Listings (still relevant although dated).

English Language History Online Resources (Towson University)

http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/hellinks.html

The English Language: Words Borrowed from Other Languages (Kryss Katsiavriades and Talaat Qureshi, UK)

http://www.krysstal.com/borrow.html

Lists of English Words of International Origin (Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_English_words_of_international_origin

GermanEnglishWords.com

http://germanenglishwords.com/

Yiddish Language and Culture (Iosif and Shura Vaisman)

http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/

Student Papers & Web Pages from Classes on Introduction to American English:

Yiddish influence on American English

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/YE/pp-yidd.html

Historical and Loan Word Influence

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/HLW/

Cultural Connections

World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World

http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm

Yahoo Cultures

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Cultures/

Immigration & Genealogy:

U.S. and International

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

http://www.cyndislist.com/

RootsL: United States Resources
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/

Find links to genealogical information state-by-state.

Massachusetts

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: US - Massachusetts
http://www.cyndislist.com/ma.htm
RootsL: United States Resources: Massachusetts
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ma.html

Ellis Island Immigrants

http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/ellis_island_immigrants.htm

The Belgium Roots Project

http://belgium.rootsweb.com/

Family Search (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

http://www.familysearch.org/

Massachusetts Local History <> Genealogy

http://home.att.net/~Local_History/MA_History.htm

For Fun:

Borrowed Words and Phrases

http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/4563.html

"English has borrowed many words from other languages. Here you'll find quizzes on many of these words." Included are Latin, Arabic, Chinese, British, Italian, Yiddish, Greek, German, and more. Quizzes do not work well with slow Internet connections.

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