2025 Annual Meeting Call for Papers
Read more: 2025 Annual Meeting Call for PapersPlease read these instructions carefully as they have changed from previous years. The American Dialect Society will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Thursday, January 9, through Sunday, January 12, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania….
2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification”
Read more: 2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification”Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY–Jan. 5—The American Dialect Society, in its 34th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected “enshittification” as the Word of the Year for 2023. More than three hundred attendees took part in the deliberations and…
Nominations for Words of the Year 2023
Read more: Nominations for Words of the Year 2023Nominations for Words of the Year 2023 follow below. The final selection will be held at 7:30 pm EST on Friday, Jan. 5 (in the Metro East Ballroom of the Sheraton Times Square). American Dialect Society 2023 Words of the…
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- The society’s annual conference, held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America.
- The annual word-of-the-year vote.
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- American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
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- Members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
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