Language and Social Action Research Project
- Collaborative research project studies the social organization of affiliation and disaffiliation using sociolinguistic conversational analysis.
- http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/sosio/project/affiliation/index.htm

Stanford University Sociolinguistics
- Stanford Sociolinguistics focuses on social influences of language variation. The corpus-based research program investigates regional and ethnic varieties of American English as well as pidgins and creoles.
- http://www.stanford.edu/dept/linguistics/socio/

Sociolinguistics Graduate Program at UPenn
- Leading graduate program in sociolinguistics includes links to associated faculty and scholars.
- http://www.ling.upenn.edu/research/socio.html

Sociolinguistics at the Summer Institute of Linguistics
- Sociolinguistic research aids in the planning of SIL language development programs. View language survey results and publications of the SIL.
- http://www.sil.org/sociolx/

Sociolinguistics and Computer Mediated Conversation
- Online research group and community blog site explores the intersection of Sociolinguistics and Computer-Mediated Communication.
- http://sociocmc.blogspot.com/

Accents and Dialects of the UK
- Learning resource of the British Library gives simple but detailed information on dialects and language variation in the UK.
- http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/

University of Edinburgh Sociolinguistics Research Group
- University of Edinburgh sociolinguistics discussion group examines how the context of language shapes its forms and uses. Find topic lists, participant biographies and meeting schedules.
- http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/research/glic/index.shtml

Sociolingo’s African Linguistics
- Mali weblog discusses African language policies and provides links to news and information on African sociolinguistics.
- http://sociolingolinguistics.wordpress.com/

BBC - Voices
- Resource for exploring language diversity in the UK features voice recordings of social and regional dialects, articles and news on linguistics and classroom materials.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/

Buckeye Natural Speech Corpus
- Corpus of conversations recorded in Columbus, Ohio provides data for the study of variation in speech. Site includes data access information, forums and details about the project.
- http://buckeyecorpus.osu.edu/

Lingva Prismo
- Promoting the concept of interlingualism (balancing language equality with effective communication), with language maps, quizzes, and information on world languages and writing systems. In English, Esperanto, and several European languages.
- http://lingvo.info/

LWP - The Language in the Workplace Project
- Research project at Victoria University of Wellington studying workplace interactions in New Zealand.
- http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/research/lwp/index.aspx

Sociolinguistics Laboratory - University of Ottawa
- Research program concentrates on language change in different contact situations in Canada and elsewhere.
- http://www.sociolinguistics.uottawa.ca/

Sociolinguistics Introduction
- Brief overview of sociolinguistics describes how the social context of language can affect its use.
- http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/socioling/index.html

LSA Fields of Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
- A brief introduction to the field by Walt Wolfram of North Carolina State University.
- http://www.lsadc.org/info/ling-fields-socio.cfm

Centre for Language and Ecology
- Supporting research into discourse analysis of language/texts which have ecological impact.
- http://www.ecoling.net/

PBS - Do You Speak American?
- Companion material to a TV documentary examining the dynamic state of American (USA) English.
- http://www.pbs.org/speak/

International Dialects of English Archive
- A repository of primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
- http://www.ku.edu/~idea/

The Global Language Monitor
- Essays and articles on various linguistic topics, and an algorithmic analysis of political language use in the United States.
- http://www.languagemonitor.com/

Language and Nationalism in Asia
- Research on language and orthographic reform in Han cultural sphere, including Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.
- http://www.de-han.org

Language Attitudes Toward Written Taiwanese
- A survey on current issues regarding the Taiwanese writing system.
- http://ebook.de-han.org/attitude

Language Varieties
- Varieties of language that differ from the standard variety normally used in the media and taught in the schools.
- http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/

Atlas of North American English
- A survey of linguistic changes in progress in North American English.
- http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/home.html

American Dialect Society
- Scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
- http://www.americandialect.org/

American Russian: An Endangered Language?
- Article by Maria Polinsky discussing a case of language attrition.
- http://ling.ucsd.edu/~polinsky/pubs/american-russian.pdf

Sociolinguistics as a Concept of 'Language'
- Undergraduate essay compares the sociolinguistic view of language as a continuum of varieties to the formal linguistic view of a fixed structure of rules.
- http://www.chez.com/phiallfish/und_essays/Sociolings.html

Language Futures Europe
- Links to sites about multilingualism, language policy and the dominance of English in Europe.
- http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/eulang.html

Promoting Community Languages
- From the Welsh Language Board. Ideas and suggestions to agencies, groups or individuals who wish to promote the use of minority languages in their communities.
- http://www.cymuned.org.uk/