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."[1] 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.
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Lists [edit]
- Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "About the American Dialect Society", Americandialect.org, American Dialect Society, 2012. Retrieved on February 5, 2012.
Further reading [edit]
- 2007, Seth Lerer, Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language, Columbia University Press:
- 2006, H.L. Mencken, The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States, Alfred A. Knopf:
- 2002, Allan A. Metcalf, Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company:
- 2006, Walt Wolfram; Natalie Schilling-Estes, American English: Dialects and Variation, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing:
