Appendix:American Dialect Society
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The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, is a learned society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it." The Society publishes the academic journal, American Speech.
Wiktionary has indexed lists for two categories recognized by the American Dialect Society — Word of the Year and Most Outrageous Word of the Year.
Lists
- Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
See also
References
- ^ “About the American Dialect Society”, in Americandialect.org, American Dialect Society, 2012, retrieved 5 February 2012
Further reading
- Lerer, Seth (2007) Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language, New York, New York: Columbia University Press, page 195
- Mencken, H.L. (2006) The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States, Alfred A. Knopf
- Metcalf, Allan A. (2002) Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 188
- Wolfram, Walt with Natalie Schilling-Estes (2006) American English: Dialects and Variation, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, page 24
External links
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