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  • News, Words of the Year

    Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote

    December 21, 2009

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    Grant Barrett

    Early nominations for the American Dialect Society’s 2009 word of the year vote are now available from society members who specialize in following language trends. All nominations will be considered for the American Dialect Society’s 20th annual word-of-the-year (WOTY) vote,…

    Read more: Early nominations received for the 2009 word of the year vote
  • Calls for Papers, News

    Call for papers: American Dialect Society Northeast Regional Meeting, Apr. 14-17, 2010

    December 10, 2009

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    Grant Barrett

    From Thursday, April 15, 2010, through Saturday, April 17, the American Dialect Society—Northeast Region will hold its first meeting in several years, hosted by the International Linguistic Association, at the State University of New York—New Paltz. See the full conference…

    Read more: Call for papers: American Dialect Society Northeast Regional Meeting, Apr. 14-17, 2010
  • News, Words of the Year

    Now accepting nominations for the 2009 “word of the year” and the 2000-9 “word of the decade”

    November 15, 2009

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    Grant Barrett

    The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the “word of the year” of 2009, as well as for the “word of the decade” for 2000-2009 What is the word or phrase which best characterizes the year or the…

    Read more: Now accepting nominations for the 2009 “word of the year” and the 2000-9 “word of the decade”


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The mission of the American Dialect Society, a not-for-profit organization, is to encourage the study of any aspect of all languages and dialects used or found in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare.

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