A New Award of Excellence: The Roger Shuy Best Paper of the Year in American Speech Award
Read more: A New Award of Excellence: The Roger Shuy Best Paper of the Year in American Speech AwardThe American Dialect Society announces a new award of excellence: The Roger Shuy Best Paper of the Year in American Speech Award. This award honors the best paper to appear in the American Dialect Society’s journal American Speech in the…
Julie Roberts Appointed New Executive Secretary
Read more: Julie Roberts Appointed New Executive SecretaryThe American Dialect Society is pleased to announce its new Executive Secretary — Professor Julie Roberts of the University of Vermont. Professor Roberts has been a long time member of the American Dialect Society, having served on its executive council…
“Fake news” is 2017 American Dialect Society word of the year
Read more: “Fake news” is 2017 American Dialect Society word of the yearGRAND AMERICA HOTEL, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—JAN. 5—In its 28th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted for fake news as the Word of the Year for 2017. Defined in two ways, “disinformation or falsehoods presented…
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- American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
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- Members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
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