Linguistic maps
- Collection of links on regional varieties in Germany: https://regionalsprache.de/regionalsprachenforschung-online.aspx
- Regional Variation: https://prowiki.ids-mannheim.de/bin/view/AADG/WebHome
- WALS (World Atlas of Language Structures Online): https://wals.info/
- APiCS (Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online): https://apics-online.info/
Corpora
- Corpus of the Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache: https://www.dwds.de/
- Download their App from: https://www.dwds.de/a
- Recourses of the Institut für deutsche Sprache (IdS): https://www.ids-mannheim.de/onlineangebote/
(COSMAS II requires registration) - EnglishCorpora.org: https://www.english-corpora.org/
(requires registration; only limited number of searches per day in in the free version)
Linguistic science communicators in Germany
- Carry Ankerstein (Saarbrücken)
- Science slam (Linguistik: Deutsch lernen als Amerikanerin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaL2dBQMD40
- François Conrad (Hannover):
- https://www.francoisconrad.com/
- Conrad, François. 2021. Warum Deutsch bellt und Französisch schnurrt. Mannheim: Duden Verlag.
- Science slam (“Warum kling Deutsch so (schön) hart?”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4uQznE8Bfk&t=1s
- Science slam (“Bestes Hochdeutsch”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrFv3CUiWqE&t=1s
- LanguageJones:
- Website: https://www.languagejones.com/
- Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@languagejones/featured
- Annette Leßmöllmann (Karlsruhe) : Science communication, specialization linguistics
- Simon Meier-Vieracker (Dresden)
- https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/germanistik/al/die-professur/inhaber
- Meier-Vieracker, Simon. 2024. “Sprache ist, was du draus machst”. München: Droemer.
- Fußball-Linguistik: https://fussballlinguistik.de/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fussballinguist
- (with colleagues) Podcast (currently dormant): https://spielverlagerung.de/phrasendrescher-podcast/
- Der Germanist: https://www.tiktok.com/@der.germanist
Linguistic science communicators outside of Germany
- Gretchen McCulloch:
- Blog with podcast (All things linguistics): https://allthingslinguistic.com/
- Arika Okrent: https://arikaokrent.com/
- Michael Erard: https://www.michaelerard.com/
- Ben Zimmer: https://benzimmer.com/
- Lane Greene: https://www.lanegreene.com/
- Julie Sedivy: https://juliesedivy.com
- David Peterson (creator of the conlangs of Game of Thrones): https://artoflanguageinvention.com/
- Language Log: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
- https://lingcomm.org
- https://www.lingoblog.dk/
- High School Linguistics: https://www.hslinguistics.com/
Mid-length presentations
- Francis Blanchette (Double negatives): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV0IirfzUK0
- François Conrad (“Warum kling Deutsch so (schön) hart?”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4uQznE8Bfk&t=1s
- François Conrad (“Bestes Hochdeutsch”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrFv3CUiWqE&t=1s
Institutions
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS, https://dgfs.de/):
- DGfS macht Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DGfS-macht-YouTube
- ZAS (Leibniz-Zentrum Allgem. Sprachw., Berlin, https://www.leibniz-zas.de/en/):
- App Plapper
- IDS (Leibniz-Zentrum Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim):
- many activities, see: https://www.ids-mannheim.de/aktuell/socialmedia/
- Grammis portal (“Was Sie schon immer über Grammatik wissen wollten”): [https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/|
- Podcast Tuwort: https://www.tuwort.com/