<html><body><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">The call for papers for the 2026 American Dialect Society conference in New Orleans has been posted! </span></font><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="https://americandialect.org/2026-cfp/" style="font-size:14px"><font face=".SF NS">https://americandialect.org/2026-cfp/
</font></a><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">The American Dialect Society will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Thursday, January 8, through Sunday, January 11, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Marriott.</span></font></div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">Friday, August 1, 2025, is the deadline for poster and 20-minute paper proposals.</span></font></div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">Proposals should address topics related to English varieties in North America, and of other languages or dialects of other languages that influence or are influenced by these varieties. We also encourage topics related to lexicography, linguistic atlas projects, linguistic landscapes, language and society, and public language-awareness programs.</span></font></div></div></div><div><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">Grant Barrett</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">American Dialect Society</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px">Vice President of Communications and Technology</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.americandialect.org">http://www.americandialect.org</a></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face=".SF NS"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:grantbarrett@gmail.com">grantbarrett@gmail.com</a></span></font></div></div></body></html>