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=== Corpus & Usage Research ===
=== Corpus & Usage Research ===


* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' β€” [https://books.google.com/ngrams Google Ngram Viewer]
* '''Google Books Ngram Viewer''' β€” [https://books.google.com/ngrams Google Ngram Viewer] β€” Track historical frequency of words.
Β  Track historical frequency of words.
* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' β€” [https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ english-corpora.org/coca] β€” Modern American English usage patterns.
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* '''British National Corpus''' β€” [https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/ english-corpora.org/bnc] β€” British English usage data.
* '''COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English)''' β€” [https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/ english-corpora.org/coca]
* '''Sketch Engine''' β€” [https://www.sketchengine.eu/ sketchengine.eu] β€” Advanced corpus querying tool.
Β  Modern American English usage patterns.
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* '''British National Corpus''' β€” [https://www.english-corpora.org/bnc/ english-corpora.org/bnc]
Β  British English usage data.
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* '''Sketch Engine''' β€” [https://www.sketchengine.eu/ sketchengine.eu]
Β  Advanced corpus querying (professional tool).


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=== Etymology Research ===
=== Etymology Research ===


* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' β€” [https://www.etymonline.com/ etymonline.com]
* '''Online Etymology Dictionary''' β€” [https://www.etymonline.com/ etymonline.com] β€” Quick-reference etymology.
Β  Quick-reference etymology.
* '''Wiktionary''' β€” [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org] β€” Collaborative etymology chains.
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* '''Perseus Digital Library''' β€” [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ perseus.tufts.edu] β€” Classical Greek and Latin texts.
* '''Wiktionary''' β€” [https://www.wiktionary.org/ wiktionary.org]
* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' β€” [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com] β€” Historical English dictionary (subscription required).
Β  Collaborative etymology chains and multilingual entries.
* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' β€” [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com] β€” Early American English reference.
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* '''Perseus Digital Library''' β€” [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ perseus.tufts.edu]
Β  Classical Greek and Latin texts.
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* '''Oxford English Dictionary (OED)''' β€” [https://www.oed.com/ oed.com]
Β  Historical English dictionary (subscription required).
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* '''Webster’s 1828 Dictionary''' β€” [https://webstersdictionary1828.com/ webstersdictionary1828.com]
Β  Early American English reference.


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=== Pronunciation Tools ===
=== Pronunciation Tools ===


* '''IPA Chart (International Phonetic Alphabet)''' β€” [https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/full-ipa-chart ipa chart]
* '''IPA Chart''' β€” [https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/full-ipa-chart ipa chart]
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* '''Forvo''' β€” [https://forvo.com/ forvo.com] β€” Crowdsourced pronunciation recordings.
* '''Forvo''' β€” [https://forvo.com/ forvo.com]
* '''Wiktionary Audio Archives''' β€” [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation commons pronunciation files]
Β  Crowdsourced pronunciation recordings.
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* '''Wiktionary Audio Archives''' β€” [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pronunciation commons pronunciation category]
Β  Community-recorded pronunciation files.


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=== Frequency & Register Checking ===
=== Frequency & Register Checking ===


* '''Word Frequency Lists''' β€” [https://www.wordfrequency.info/ wordfrequency.info]
* '''Word Frequency Lists''' β€” [https://www.wordfrequency.info/ wordfrequency.info]
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* '''Google Scholar''' β€” [https://scholar.google.com/ scholar.google.com] β€” Academic register reference.
* '''Google Scholar''' β€” [https://scholar.google.com/ scholar.google.com]
* '''Project Gutenberg''' β€” [https://www.gutenberg.org/ gutenberg.org] β€” Literary corpora for historical usage.
Β  Academic register reference.
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* '''Project Gutenberg''' β€” [https://www.gutenberg.org/ gutenberg.org]
Β  Literary corpora for historical usage.


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