Directory of Reformed and Modified English Resources

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• Archaic English Project

  http://www.kafejo.com/lingvoj/conlangs/aep/
  Project to create a fictional language combining obsolete English words and grammar with modern language. Discusses words, grammar, spelling.

• ASD Simplified Technical English

  http://www.asd-ste100.org/
  Maintenance group for Simplified Technical English. Features history, members, frequently asked questions, distribution.

• Bruce R. Gilson: Americai Speak

  http://viewsoflanguage.host56.com/amerspek/index.html
  Respelled and simplified form of English. Includes alphabet, preface to book by Ruby Olive Foulk.

• E-Prime

  http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net/w_e-prime.html
  The English language without the verb to be. Features tutorials, pros and cons, traps, resources.

• E-Prime and Linguistic Revision

  http://www.hilgart.org/papers_html/091S196.B07.html
  Research presentation. Contrasts features of Western Indo-European grammar and E-Prime.

• E-Prime: The Spirit and the Letter

  http://www.xenodochy.org/gs/e-prime.html
  Essay. Argues that some common E-Prime constructions ignore the spirit of E-Prime.

• Experience with Caterpillar Technical English

  http://www.researchgate.net/publication/2284766_Controlled_Language_for_Multilingual_Document_Production_Experience_with_Caterpillar_Technical_English
  Academic article about Caterpillar English. Discusses the language's history, characteristics, development, benefits and challenges.

• Globish

  http://www.globish.com/
  English dialect with a vocabulary of 1,500 words. Features introductory video, dictionaries, online courses, book, online shop.

• Globish and Basic Global English: Two Alternatives for a Rapid Acquisition of Communicative Competence in a Globalized World

  http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/SLF/EngluVglSW/ELiX/grzega-061.pdf
  Research article. Compares various aspects of Globish and Basic Global English, argues that the latter is superior to the former.

• Judge David Wynn Miller

  http://dwmlc.com/
  Presents a constructed language claimed to promote the communication of facts in courts of law. Features dictionary, sentence structure, essays.

• Simplified Technical English

  http://www.shufrans-techdocs.com/what-is-simplified-technical-english/
  Controlled language for technical documentation.Introduces the language and advertises training programs.

• The Top Ten Arguments Against E-Prime

  http://www.generalsemantics.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/articles/etc/49-2-french.pdf
  Article by James D. French. Presents ten arguments against E-Prime, a modified version of English without the verb "to be".

• Wycliffe Associates EasyEnglish

  http://www.easyenglish.info/about-us/articles/communicator.htm
  Controlled language used to publish Christian texts for non-native English speakers. Discusses vocabulary, syntax, production tools, pros and cons.

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