Glottolog – a catalog of the world’s languages and dialects, with bibliographic information; focuses especially on endangered languages
Ethnologue – a collection of demographic data for the languages and their speech communities around the world (Columbia provides basic access)
World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) – outlines the phonological, grammatical, and lexical properties of the world’s languages
Linguistics Research Guide – Columbia Library’s guide to linguistics research, including resources for bibliographies, databases, handbooks, corpora, grammars, and selected journals.
Lexicon of Linguistics – online dictionary of linguistics terms.
Linguistic Resources on the Internet – SIL’s list of linguistics resources, organized by topic
Grambank – a more specific index of grammatical structures
Phoible – a collection of the phonemic inventories of the world’s languages
The Linguist List – online forum with job, internship, and conference postings (plus more)
Linguistic Society of America (LSA) – offers a job board, an annual conference, and other events like summer workshops, conferences, and committees
Columbia Undergraduate Research Funding – Funding for senior thesis and summer research
Columbia Undergraduate Research and Fellowships – Columbia’s larger database of research opportunities and fellowships, aimed at all undergraduates.
Columbia College Travel Award for Presenters – 4x annually offered travel stipend for Columbia College students
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – a catalog of ongoing NSF-funded research that funds undergraduate research assistantships; it is possible to filter for opportunities in linguistics.
Ling Alert – blog for updates and conference calls in generative linguistics
LSA Summer Institute – every other year; last meeting was July 7-August 8, 2025 in Oregon
LSA CoLang – every other year; next meeting is June 22-July 10, 2026, at the University of Nevada, Reno
Crete Summer School in Linguistics – every other year; next meeting is July 18-31, 2026
Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics – July 6-17, 2026; Leiden
Eastern Generative Grammar (EGG) – July 27-August 5; Brno, Czech Republic
North American Summer School of Logic, Language and Information (NASSLI) – June 23-27, 2025; Seattle
UPenn Mindcore Fellowship Program
Yale Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Summer Undergraduate Internships
Boston University Phonetics, Acquisition & Multilingualism Lab
CUNY Language Acquisition Research Center
Other internship opportunities are offered by Non-Profits below
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
AES World Languages & Cultures Institute
Endangered Language Alliance — Non-profit directed by Ross Perlin, focused on Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages in New York City.
Linguistics Careercast – A podcast for linguistics opportunities beyond academia
Lexicon Valley – John McWhorter’s podcast on language and how linguistics relates to current events and headlines
Otherwords – PBS series hosted by Dr. Erica Brozovsky, presenting linguistics concepts for a general audience
All Things Linguistic – Linguist and author of Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch’s blog
Lingthusiasm – Gretchen McCulloch’s podcast
Lingule – Wordle, for languages
Gramle – Wordle, but using a spectrogram
Language Squad – Language guessing game from audio and orthographies
Field Notes – A podcast where field linguists share their experiences from the field
Babel — A quarterly language magazine that covers linguistics in current events, pop culture, and technology