American Dialect Society

  • Annual Luncheon

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    Grant Barrett

    We are pleased to announce that the speaker at the ADS luncheon at our Chicago meeting will be Richard W. Bailey of the University of Michigan. His topic is “English in America: Chicago.” The luncheon will be at 12:15 p.m….

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    Nominate your 2007 words of the year

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    Grant Barrett

    The American Dialect Society’s word-of-the-year vote—the longest-running such vote anywhere—takes place in Chicago in January at its annual meeting. The academic society is now accepting word-of-the-year nominations at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Word of the…

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  • Nominating Committee Report

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    Grant Barrett

    The Nominating Committee (Joan Hall, chair; Michael Montgomery, Matt Gordon) is pleased to announce its nominee for ADS Executive Council member for the four years 2008-2011: Benjamin Zimmer, editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. Our constitution says: Additional…

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