American Dialect Society – Page 3 – 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.

News, Words of the Year
UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8
January 3, 2011
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…
Read more: UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8
News, Words of the Year
Now accepting nominations for the 2010 word of the year
December 20, 2010
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…
Read more: Now accepting nominations for the 2010 word of the year
News, Words of the Year
UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8
November 3, 2010
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…
Read more: UPDATED: American Dialect Society Annual Meeting 2011 in Pittsburgh, January 6–8

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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