Longtime American Dialect Society member Dr. Jeutonne Patten Brewer, 76, a resident of Jamestown, NC, passed away on Tuesday April 5, 2016. Jeutonne received her B.A. from Harding University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from UNC at Chapel Hill. An…

From Thursday, January 7, through Sunday, January 10, 2016, the American Dialect Society will hold its annual meeting at the new Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., hosted as usual by the Linguistic Society of America. The theme is “Dialect and…

The American Dialect Society nominating committee (Luanne von Schneidemesser, chair; Jesse Sheidlower, Betsy Evans) proposes: Member of the Executive Council for four-year term 2016-2019: Kirk Hazen, University of West Virginia. Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by…