2002 Words of the Year
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Read more: 2002 Words of the YearThe grim forebodings of the past year were reflected in the American Dialect Society’s choice of weapons of mass destruction and its abbreviation WMD as word (or phrase) of the year 2002. In the 13th annual vote among members and…
Call for Papers: Annual Meeting 2004
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Read more: Call for Papers: Annual Meeting 2004The American Dialect Society will hold its next annual meeting in Boston, January 8-10, 2004, at the Sheraton Boston with our host the Linguistic Society of America. Friday, August 15 is the deadline for proposals for that meeting. Send 150-300…
Sept. 2002 NADS
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Read more: Sept. 2002 NADSSeptember 2002 newsletter (300K) of the American Dialect Society, available here in PDF format. Among other matters, the newsletter also announces publication of Volume 4 of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a project sponsored by the society.