[Ads-l] Call for papers and posters for the American Dialect Society 2017 meeting

[Grant Barrett]

The call for papers and posters for the 2017 annual meeting of the American
Dialect Society has been posted:

http://goo.gl/BvsKw1

>From Thursday, January 5, through Sunday, January 8, 2017, the American
Dialect Society will follow the Linguistic Society of America to the JW
Marriott in Austin, Texas, for its annual meeting.

*Monday, August 15*, 2016, is the deadline for proposals for 20-minute
presentations. Due to increasing submissions to our annual meeting, this
year we will implement a new procedure. Abstracts will be submitted,
reviewed and processed for *ADS2017* via the EasyChair website at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ads2017.

Proposals will be judged anonymously by a team of American Dialect Society
members. If your proposal is accepted, you’ll be asked for an abstract of
no more than 200 words for the LSA program.

This year a *poster session* will again be available. If you prefer to
present at a poster session, please say so with your proposal.

Presenters must be current members of the American Dialect Society. You can
join the society here. <http://www.americandialect.org/membership>

*This year we will have two panels:*

   1. *Teaching panel:* As usual, the ADS Committee on Teaching will
   sponsor a panel at the annual meeting. If you would like to propose a
   20-minute talk, or two or three coordinated talks, send your proposal
   directly to the chair of the Committee on Teaching, *Anne Curzan*,
at *acurzan at umich.edu
   <acurzan at umich.edu>*. Her deadline is also August 15.
   2. *Panel on the Linguistic Atlas: *This special panel will celebrate
   the memory of the original Atlas workers. It will review how the Atlas is
   moving into the future with new science, new presentation modes, and new
   interviews.

*Audio-visual equipment:* An LCD projector with sound will be available for
all presentations, along with a microphone. If you will need other
equipment, please say so when you send your proposal.

*Scheduling:* The 2017 meeting will follow this schedule:

Thursday, January 5: Executive Council and annual business meeting in
afternoon. Program session in late afternoon, followed by Word of the Year
nominations.

Friday, January 6: Program sessions in early morning and all afternoon.
Poster session in late morning. Words of the Year vote and
Bring-Your-Own-Book reception in early evening.

Saturday, January 7: Program sessions in morning and afternoon; Annual
Luncheon in between. Luncheon speaker: ADS President Robert Bayley,
University of California-Davis. Topic: “Dialectology in a Multilingual
North America.”

Sunday, January 8: Program sessions in morning.

*Session chairs:* If you’re interested in chairing a session, let the
Executive Secretary know at americandialect at mac.edu. Tell him any
preference you have for time or topic.

*Travel grants for students:* Four travel grants of $500 each will be
awarded to students whose papers have been chosen for the program.
Furthermore, all students who are members of ADS are invited to attend the
annual luncheon for free.

*Travel grant for ADS member:* The sixth annual Audrey Duckert Memorial
Travel Award of $500 to attend the Annual Meeting will be given to an ADS
member. The recipient will be chosen by ADS President *Robert Bayley*.
Applications in the form of a letter to President Bayley will be due after
the program for the annual meeting has been determined. Audrey Duckert was
a long-time member of ADS and co-founder of the *Dictionary of American
Regional English*.

*Hotel and registration:* ADS members will be eligible to reserve rooms and
register for the meeting at LSA member rates. For details see the LSA
website <http://www.linguisticsociety.org/event/lsa-2017-annual-meeting>.

*Future LSA-ADS meetings:* 2018: Salt Lake City, Jan. 4-7, Grand America
Hotel. 2019: New York City, Jan. 3-6, Sheraton New York Times Square.

*WOTY:* As we have done for a quarter of a century, we will choose
candidates for Word of the Year on Thursday and vote for our WOTY the next
day, with our Bring Your Own Book exhibit and reception immediately
following. Nominations for Words of the Year can be submitted all year long
to woty at americandialect.org.


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Grant Barrett

American Dialect Society

Vice President of Communications and Technology

http://www.americandialect.org

grantbarrett at gmail.com​

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