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The Linguistics & Science Fiction Newsletter covers topics such as CyberSpeak and constructed languages in SF, linguistics and linguistic myths within SF plots, and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Free to members of the Linguistics & Science Fiction Network (annual dues $5). or . In print since Sep81. [Suzette Haden Elgin, newjour, 22Nov99.]

The Religious Language Newsletter covers topics such as metaphor in religious language, translating religious language, and nonverbal communication in religious language. Free to members of the Lovingkindness Network (annual dues $5). or . In print since Sep81. [Ibid.]

The Women & Language Newsletter focuses on women's issues in language, linguistics, and communication. Free to members of the Grandmother World Network (annual dues $5). or . In print since Sep81. [Ibid.]

Language & Communication is a journal about verbal and non-verbal communication, as studied in anthropology, the arts, AI, education, ethology, linguistics, physiology, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences. . [Talbot Taylor and Roy Harris , newjour, 24Oct00.]

Language Sciences is a journal of general linguistics, with contributions from anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists, and sociologists. . [N. Love , newjour, 25Oct00.]

The J. of Language and Social Psychology includes linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, communication, sociology, and education. . [, newjour, 21Feb00.]

Hebrew Computing is a newsletter about Hebrew computer software and issues of right-to-left languages in general. . Other Jewish and Hebrew lists can be found through . [, NEW-LIST, 05Apr00.]

A couple of tools for recognizing the source language of a text document are offered on . [Georg Rehm , comp.ai.nat-lang, 21Nov00.]

ePals.com offers free translation between English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French. [BW e.biz, 23Oct00, p. EB 12.]

The German Word of the Day newsletter can help you learn a new language. Send a "SUBSCRIBE to German Word of the Day" message to . [NEW-LIST, 15Dec99.]

The Tongue Twister site has over 1500 examples in 64 languages, including Esperanto, Mandarin Chinese, and Latin. . [Frank Bohan , NetSites, 17Apr00.]

Puzzlemaker, which makes custom crossword and word search puzzles, is just one of the "fun with words" sites listed on the Word Play jump page, . [Robin Nobles , WebAndStuff, 06Mar99. net-hap.]

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