American Dialect Society – Page 2 – An academic not-for-profit organization that encourages the study of any aspect of all languages and dialects used or found in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare.

Links and Reference Works
Online Slang Dictionary
February 19, 2005
A small list of slang that seems to have ceased being updated.
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Links and Reference Works
Maledicta Press
February 19, 2005
Specializes in uncensored language research protected by the First Amendment.
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Links and Reference Works
Dictionary of Slang
February 19, 2005
English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom.
Read more: Dictionary of Slang

A subscription to American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
One book in the PADS (Publication of the American Dialect Society) monograph series each year.
Access to the American Speech online archive dating back to 1925.
The society’s annual conference, held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America.
The annual word-of-the-year vote.
Access to the society’s member list.
Access to the members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
Access to the ADS-L discussion email list (also open to non-members).
Being a part of an organization that supports the Dictionary of American Regional English.

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American Speech, the society’s quarterly journal.
PADS, Publication of the American Dialect Society, monograph series published once a year.
Members-only ADS-M announcement email list.
ADS-L email discussion list (also open to non-members).

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