The following sites can help you keep up with developments within various areas of linguistics. Some are more serious and specialized than others.
American Dialect
Society
A society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America—and
of other languages or dialects of other languages influencing it or influenced
by it"
Big Dog's Grammar
"A bare bones guide to English"
Brain and
Mind
Items from the field of neuroscience, some of which bear on humans' linguistic
capabilities
Center for Applied Linguistics
Many resources for those interested in English as a Second Language
The University of Chicago Department of Linguistics
James
Crawford's Web Site
A site focusing on the politics of language
The
Dictionary of American Regional English
A dictionary that documents the varieties of English spoken in various parts
of the United States
Endangered
Languages
Information about endangered languages in the world today
The Friendly
Crocodile
An example of a story in Tok Pisan
The Grammar Lady
Answers to questions, prescriptions, and some recipes for language play
The Human Languages
Page
"A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources"
International Phonetic
Association
See the International Phonetic Alphabet
The Internet
Grammar of English
"An online course in English grammar"
Language
Policy Web Site and Emporium
Papers by James Crawford on language-policy issues
Language
Sites on the Internet
A compilation of "verbivorous" sites
Linguistic
Links
A list of links compiled by the University of Rochester Linguistics Department
Linguistic
Society of America
Founded for "the advancement of the scientific study of language"
New Zealand
to U.S. English Dictionary
A list of words and expressions used in New Zealand with their U.S. equivalents
The North
American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association
For those interested in systemic-functional grammar
On-line
Chinese Tools
Tools "to assist people in learning and using the beautiful Chinese language"
Papers
on Word Grammar
Papers by Richard Hudson on word grammar and on teaching grammar
SIL International
"To facilitate language-based development through research, translation,
and literacy"
Deborah
Tannen's Home Page
Help with Tannen's work on communication across genders
Terralingua
A site for all those concerned about preserving the world's biological, cultural,
and linguistic variety
Virtual
Library: Linguistics
Allows you to search the Internet for items about languages and linguistics
Why
Translate the Bible?
Information about Bible translation
Word
Frequencies
Word frequencies in written and spoken English