37.1553, Confs: American Dialect Society Research Incubator (Online)

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Subject: 37.1553, Confs: American Dialect Society Research Incubator (Online)

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Date: 19-Apr-2026
From: Joe Salmons [jsalmons at wisc.edu]
Subject: American Dialect Society Research Incubator

American Dialect Society Research Incubator
Short Title: ADSRI1

Date: 18-Sep-2026 - 19-Sep-2026
Location: Online
Contact: Joe Salmons
Contact Email: jsalmons at wisc.edu
Meeting URL: https://americandialect.org

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Historical
Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 21-Aug-2026

- Working on a research project that would benefit from feedback
before you present it at a conference?
- Looking for a collaborative, low-stakes venue to talk about your and
others’ research?
Check out the new American Dialect Society Research Incubator
(ADSRI1)!
Online September 18–19, 2026, a half-day on Friday, Sept. 18, and most
of Saturday, Sept. 19.
Registration is free and open to all.
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/pMrcMEtwTTSOemm5RAFlrw
We are excited to announce our first American Dialect Society Research
Incubator (ADSRI1), an online opportunity to present work in progress
for discussion. Our aim is ultimately to encourage and provide
feedback on work that can later be presented at the American Dialect
Society Annual Meeting.
While the Research Incubator is designed for early-career researchers,
especially students, all are welcome to submit. The forum is designed
to be collaborative and provide rich feedback at every stage, from
initial abstract submission through the 20-minute presentation. Each
accepted presenter will have the opportunity to work with an ADS
mentor or a colleague to brainstorm and converse with them to develop
the presentation. At the incubator, sets of three presentations will
be followed by an hour-long discussion period where the audience will
actively help presenters sharpen their work and explore future
directions.
We invite presentations on any aspect of any language variety used or
found in North America,  associated islands in the Pacific and the
Atlantic, and in the Caribbean Basin. We also invite work on the
language varieties that influence them: spoken, signed, or written,
modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare. We
encourage topics related to lexicography, linguistic atlas projects,
linguistic landscapes, language and society, and public
language-awareness programs.
The deadline for abstracts is Friday, August 21, 11:59 pm Central
Time.
Presenters must be ADS members
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dukeupress.edu/american-dialect-society__;!!Mak6IKo!NF7hQqoEw0vHEp0owub4xj8scJuGSvJeQ0cfzkQgJiSv2e7mUH6n7rarct8a9YVreavh1V9HWrOsND2iPd4r8LbwwJeeygYVJ-4$
by the time of the Incubator (ADS memberships are only $25 for
students). Anybody can attend.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words as a PDF (with a second page for
data and references) will be submitted, reviewed, and processed for
the Incubator via the EasyChair system using this website
https://easychair.org/cfp/ADSRI1
Only include the title of the study at the top of the abstract. Do not
include your name or other identifying information on the abstract.
Abstracts that include the author’s names will not be considered. See
here for the Linguistic Society of America’s advice on abstract
preparation:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lsadc.org/content.asp?contentid=346__;!!Mak6IKo!NF7hQqoEw0vHEp0owub4xj8scJuGSvJeQ0cfzkQgJiSv2e7mUH6n7rarct8a9YVreavh1V9HWrOsND2iPd4r8LbwwJee5fk2KhQ$
and model abstracts
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lsadc.org/content.asp?contentid=345__;!!Mak6IKo!NF7hQqoEw0vHEp0owub4xj8scJuGSvJeQ0cfzkQgJiSv2e7mUH6n7rarct8a9YVreavh1V9HWrOsND2iPd4r8LbwwJeeU3AwmgY$
Contact Joe Salmons, jsalmons at wisc.edu, with questions.
We happily acknowledge that we owe this idea to the North American
Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://narnihs.org/__;!!Mak6IKo!NF7hQqoEw0vHEp0owub4xj8scJuGSvJeQ0cfzkQgJiSv2e7mUH6n7rarct8a9YVreavh1V9HWrOsND2iPd4r8LbwwJee7ZlJ47g$,
which created the first Research Incubator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americandialect.org/research-incubator-adsri1/__;!!Mak6IKo!NF7hQqoEw0vHEp0owub4xj8scJuGSvJeQ0cfzkQgJiSv2e7mUH6n7rarct8a9YVreavh1V9HWrOsND2iPd4r8LbwwJeeUPVQXyk$

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