Canadians in ADS

[Dennis R. Preston]

I believe the more comprehensive current statement (paraphrased) is
that ADS is dedicated to the study of the English language in North
America and to languages which it has influenced and been influenced
by. Moreover, it regularly engages in its publications important
general questions of dialect and language variation even if the
exemplary data do not come from the categories listed above.

Not too exclusive in my opinion.

dInIs






I am a bit surprised to learn that the ADS is dedicated only to the
English language in N Am.  I have to admit that I have never read the
the constitution of the ADS, but I was under the impression (I am
sure someone mentioned this to me once) that the ADS was dedicated to
all languages of N Am.  American Speech has published articles on
other languages, e.g. Chinook Jargon, and on areas outside North
America, e.g. New Zealand and South Africa.
As far as ADS-L is concerned, people contribute messages all the time
whose content has nothing to do with dialects--e.g. about food, sex,
politics, and so on.  So, I don't understand how Canadian English
could ever be considered off-topic.  I don't think many things really
stop at the 49th, esp. language features

Fritz

>>>  AAllan at AOL.COM 01/28/03 01:00PM >>>
Mention of
" Our constitution declares that we
study "the English language in North America," and in the past we have had
even a Canadian president (Murray Kinloch) and a Canadian executive secretary
(H. Rex Wilson).