Association for Linguistic Typology - Organization whose purpose is to advance the scientific study of cross-linguistic diversity and the patterns underlying it. www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/alt
Comparative Lexicostatistics - A brief history and bibliography of key works. www.ldc.upenn.edu/ldc/service/comp-ie/BIBLIOG.html
Language Universals - An overview of language universals: semantic, phonological, and syntactic, as well as absolute universals. www.uni-kassel.de/fb8/misc/lfb/html/text/2frame.html
Mama, Mother, an Etymology - Brief exploration of the similarities in the word for "mother" in several world languages. geocities.com/richston2/shiv/mama.htm