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
Word of the Decade Nominations Open for 2000-2009
January 16, 2009
At the American Dialect Society annual meeting in Baltimore next January, not only will the Society choose Words of the Year just past, but members and friends will also have the solemn responsibility of choosing a Word of the Decade…
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Calls for Papers
Call for Papers: English and Other Immigrant Languages in the United States
January 13, 2009
The American Dialect Society, Midwest Region with the Midwest Modern Language Association November 12-15, 2009 Hyatt Regency St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri We welcome papers dealing with varieties of English and other languages spoken in the United States. Presentations may…
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News, Words of the Year
American Dialect Society 2008 Word of the Year is “Bailout”
January 9, 2009
In its 19th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “bailout” as the word of the year. In the specific sense used most frequently in 2008, bailout refers to the rescue by the government of companies…
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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.
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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