Support Students and Emerging Scholars with the American Dialect Society
Read more: Support Students and Emerging Scholars with the American Dialect SocietyDear American Dialect Society community, Thank you for your past support of the American Dialect Society, its publications, and its annual meeting. The American Dialect Society is involved in a number of activities that you might not be aware of…
2022 Word of the Year is “-ussy”
Read more: 2022 Word of the Year is “-ussy”Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center–Jan. 6—The American Dialect Society, in its 33rd annual words-of-the-year vote, selected the suffix “-ussy” as the Word of the Year for 2022. More than two hundred attendees took part in the deliberations and…
Nominations for Words of the Year 2022
Read more: Nominations for Words of the Year 2022Nominations for Words of the Year 2022 follow below. The final selection will be held at 5:30 pm MST on Friday, Jan. 6 (in the Centennial Ballroom of the Denver Hyatt Regency). American Dialect Society Words of the Year (2022)…
Join the American Dialect Society
Included in your membership:
- A subscription to American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
- One book in the PADS (Publication of the American Dialect Society) monograph series each year.
- Access to the American Speech online archive dating back to 1925.
- The society’s annual conference, held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America.
- The annual word-of-the-year vote.
- Access to the society’s member list.
- Access to the members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
- Access to the ADS-L discussion email list (also open to non-members).
- Being a part of an organization that supports the Dictionary of American Regional English.
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Publications
- American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
- PADS, Publication of the American Dialect Society, monograph series published once a year.
- Members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
- ADS-L email discussion list (also open to non-members).