Please *resubmit* proposals for 2018 American Dialect Society conference
Read more: Please *resubmit* proposals for 2018 American Dialect Society conferenceIf you already submitted your proposal for the 2018 American Dialect Society conference, you will need to resubmit it. Please also inform your students and colleagues. There was an unavoidable technical issue with the conference software, so if you…
Call for Papers 2018 Annual Meeting, Jan. 4–7, Salt Lake City
Read more: Call for Papers 2018 Annual Meeting, Jan. 4–7, Salt Lake CityFrom Thursday, January 4 through Sunday, January 7, 2018, ADS will again follow the Linguistic Society of America westward, this time to Salt Lake City, for our annual meeting at the Grand America Hotel. Monday, August 14, is the deadline…
“Dumpster fire” is 2016 American Dialect Society word of the year
Read more: “Dumpster fire” is 2016 American Dialect Society word of the yearJW MARRIOTT, AUSTIN, TX—JAN. 6—In its 27th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted for dumpster fire as the Word of the Year for 2016. Defined as “an exceedingly disastrous or chaotic situation,” the term dumpster…
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- 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.
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- 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).