English Language History & Dialects

English Language History & Dialects

History

This site includes a list of resources compiled by the University of Toronto
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/hell/

The Wikipedia entry on History of the English Language:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_words

• Phonological history of the English language
• American and British English differences
• English phonology
• English studies
• List of dialects of the English language
• List of archaic English words and their modern equivalents
• List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents
• Lists of English words of international origin
• Languages in the United Kingdom
• Middle English creole hypothesis

Meaning and origins of phrases and sayings
http://www.phrases.org.uk/

Dialects

This site details phonemic variations in British and American English
(one page)
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/dialectsofenglish.html

If you find other sites, just comment or email me and I'll update this post.