From Thursday, January 6, 2011, through Saturday, January 8, in Pittsburgh, the American Dialect Society will hold its annual meeting, hosted as usual by the Linguistic Society of America. Read the full meeting schedule and abstracts. Updated: The schedule has…

The American Dialect Society is now accepting nominations for the “word of the year” of 2010. What is the word or phrase which best characterizes the year? What expression most reflects the ideas, events, and themes which have occupied the…

From Thursday, January 6, 2011, through Saturday, January 8, in Pittsburgh, the American Dialect Society will hold its annual meeting, hosted as usual by the Linguistic Society of America. Read the full meeting schedule and abstracts. Updated: The schedule has…