Jerard White
Magister Linguae Latinae
last updated
Friday, July 6, 2007
English Dictionaries, Grammars and Literary Resources
English Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster
- Collegiate dictionary, thesaurus, and unabridged dictionary
AskOxford.com
- A free site of excellent English and Dictionary resources
Webster's Online Dictionary,
The Rosetta Edition™
Cambridge University
- access to six different dictionaries from the English University
Dictionary.com
- an online dictionary of various languages and types - not as good as several others, but not bad
The Longman Dictionaries Website
Word Gumbo
- word lists from numerous languages
WordNet®
- an online lexical reference system from Princeton inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory.
Lexical FreeNet
- Connected thesaurus
Antagonyms
- words that are defined by antonyms
Difficult Words
- from Tiscali.reference
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- at Bartleby.com
Common Abreviations
Common Abbreviations in Writing
at Ohio State
Wierdalities in Words
Inherently funny words
Word Oddities
English Grammars
Common Errors in English
The Able Writer: A Rhetoric and Handbook
, by John P. Broderick, Ph.D.
History of the English Language
History of the English Language (HEL) Home Page
History of the English Language: Projects
Sources of Etymologies or Word Origins
Etymology Online
- from E. L. Easton
Evolution of Alphabets
- Prof. Robert Fradkin at University of Maryland
English
Resources
The Phrontistery
- English Word Lists and Language Resources
Roots of Style. Latin & Greek Elements in English
- from CUNY, Brooklyn
Grimm's Law
Focusing on Words
WordLab
- Free Naming and Branding Consultants and Resources (Think about how many new company's have to be named)
Rhetorical Structure Theory
- at Simon Fraser University in Canada
Latent Semantic Analysis
- at UC, Boulder
The Acronym Finder
The Heteronym Homepage
