CANCELED: American Dialect Annual Conference in San Francisco Jan. 7-10, 2021
Read more: CANCELED: American Dialect Annual Conference in San Francisco Jan. 7-10, 2021The American Dialect Society is sorry to have to cancel its January 2021 meeting in San Francisco due to COVID-19 and all of the related travel and health challenges it has brought. We are looking into remote meetings for our…
2019 Word of the Year is “(My) Pronouns,” Word of the Decade is Singular “They”
Read more: 2019 Word of the Year is “(My) Pronouns,” Word of the Decade is Singular “They”HILTON NEW ORLEANS RIVERSIDE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—JAN. 3—In its 30th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted for “(my) pronouns” as its Word of the Year (2019) and singular “they” as its Word of the Decade…
Nominations for Words of the Year 2019 and Words of the Decade 2010-2019
Read more: Nominations for Words of the Year 2019 and Words of the Decade 2010-2019Nominations for Words of the Year 2019 and Words of the Decade 2010-2019 have been posted. The final vote will be held at 5 p.m. CST, Friday, January 3rd, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, St. Charles Ballroom. Words of…
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