Australian Standards for Editing Practice (PDF)
This is the current standard issued by the Council of Australian Societies of Editors (CASE).

Guidelines for Editing Research Theses (PDF)
The national policy drafted by CASE and the Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (DDOGS), the peak body for forty universities in Australia and New Zealand.

The Institute of Professional Editors
IPEd exists to advance the profession of editing, by planning and implementing national initiatives — an accreditation scheme, promotion and communications campaigns, training and mentoring — and other activities to support Australian societies of editors and their members, and editors in general.

The Society of Editors (NSW)
The Society of Editors (NSW) is a non-profit organisation that promotes using editorial services, developing editing standards, and exchanging and disseminating information and ideas between editors.

I am a linguist, so I find this stuff interesting ...

Definitions of Linguistics
Most people have no idea what linguistics is about - Some definitions about the field of linguisitics at answers.com

Sociolinguistics - Wikipedia
A pretty good summary, even though it is somewhat anglo-centric.

Sociolinguistics - language variation
A university page form the University of North Carolina about sociolinguistics with some introductory explanations for the lay person or new student. Covers aspects of language variation such as dialect, accent and speech communities.

Systemic Functional Linguistics
A short description of this compex field from isfla.org.

SFL - A (much) more technical explanation
A technical introduction by Christian Matthiessen & M. A. K. Halliday.

Green Ideas Sleeping Furiously
A well written review of Chomskian linguistics and its influence, particularly as it applies to cognitive science.

George Lakoff's theory of cognitive models
For anyone interested in how our minds categorise and frame our experience and mental concepts, then George Lakoff's work is certainly worth reading. Cognitive linguistics - what can our languages teach us about our mind?

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