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  • American Dialect Society

    Official Site: http://www.americandialect.org

    Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America and in other parts of the world, including the study of other languages, or dialects of other languages, that influence or are influenced by the English language.

    Benefits of Membership

    • One-year subscription to American Speech (four issues), one of the foremost publications in the field of linguistics and dialectology since its founding in 1925

    • Free online access to current and back issues of American Speech through a combination of HighWire Press and JSTOR

    • The opportunity to present a paper or serve as chair or discussant for conference sessions at the ADS annual meeting

    • A complimentary copy of the annual monograph Publication of the American Dialect Society (PADS), which presents longer works by American Dialect Society members

    • Connection to an invaluable forum of dialectologists, sociolinguists, and other scholars interested in the study of the English language

    For more information, please visit the American Dialect Society's Web site.

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  • ProductTitleCode A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage published on behalf of the American Dialect Society

    American Speech has been one of the foremost publications in its field since its founding in 1925. The journal is concerned principally with the English language in the Western Hemisphere, although articles dealing with English in other parts of the world, the influence of other languages by or on English, and linguistic theory are also published. The journal is not committed to any particular theoretical framework, and issues often contain contributions that appeal to a readership wider than the linguistic studies community. Regular features include a book review section and a “Miscellany” section devoted to brief essays and notes.

    Annual membership in the American Dialect Society includes a subscription to American Speech with electronic access through a combination of HighWire Press and JSTOR, as well as a copy of the Publication of the American Dialect Society (PADS), an annual supplement.

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    Indexed/abstracted in the following: Academic Research Library, Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Communication and Mass Media Index, Current Abstracts, Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Discovery, Historical Abstracts, Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907–1984, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Full Text, Humanities Index, Humanities Index Retrospective, 1907–1984, Humanities International Index, Intute, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Literature Online, Magazines for Libraries, MLA Bibliography, News and Magazines, OmniFile Full Text V, OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition, Professional Development Collection, Research Library, Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907–1984.

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  • Officers

    President: Connie C. Eble, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    President Elect: Luanne von Schneidemesser, Dictionary of American Regional English

    Past President: William A. Kretzschmar Jr., University of Georgia

    Vice President for Communications and Technology: Grant Barrett, Wordnik.com

    Executive Secretary: Allan Metcalf, MacMurray College

    Delegate to the ACLS: Richard W. Bailey, University of Michigan

    Executive Council Members

    Charles Boberg, McGill University (2009)

    Sali A. Tagliamonte, University of Toronto (2010)

    Benjamin Zimmer, Visual Thesaurus (2011)

    Julie Roberts, University of Vermont (2012)

    Nominating Committee

    Joan H. Hall, Dictionary of American Regional English (chair)

    William A. Kretzschmar Jr., University of Georgia

    Richard W. Bailey, University of Michigan

    Editor, PADS: Robert Bayley, University of California, Davis