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1   Link   Definitions of Linguistics
Most people have no idea what linguistics is about - Some definitions about the field of linguisitics at answers.com
2   Link   Sociolinguistics - Wikipedia
A pretty good summary, even though it is somewhat anglo-centric.
3   Link   Sociolinguistics - language variation
A 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.
4   Link   Systemic Functional Linguistics
A short description of this compex field from isfla.org.
5   Link   SFL - A (much) more technical explanation of basic principles
A technical introduction by Christian Matthiessen and M. A. K. Halliday.
6   Link   Green Ideas Sleeping Furiously
A well written review of Chomskian linguistics and its influence, particularly as it applies to cognitive science.
7   Link   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?