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Dictionary Society of North America DICTIONARY SOCIETYof NORTH AMERICAThe Dictionary SocietyThe Dictionary Society of North America was formed in 1975 to bringtogether people interested in dictionary making, study, collection, anduse. Our 500 members who live in 42 countries around the worldincludepeople working on dictionaries, academics who engage in research andwritingabout dictionaries, dictionary collectors, librarians, booksellers,translators,linguists, publishers, writers, collectors, journalists, and peoplewithan avocational interest in dictionaries.The only requirement for membership is an expression of interest inlanguage, in words, dictionaries and lexicography, or any combinationofthese.Members receive a semi-annual newsletter that gives informationaboutthe Society and its members, dictionaries or lexicographic research inprogress or recently published, lexicography courses and workshops, andrecent or forthcoming conferences of lexicographic interest. Oncea year they also receive the journal Dictionaries, containingforumson issues in lexicography; articles or notes and queries on the making,critique, use, collection, and history of dictionaries, includingsketchesof lexicographers; descriptions of significant dictionary collections;reviews of dictionaries and books on lexicography or closely relatedtopics;and bibliographies on various aspects of lexicography. Amembershipdirectory is published every few years. Other occasionalpublicationsare issued. Members areentitled to free classified advertising in the newsletter once ayear. Memberships are for the calendar year, January through December.Current annual dues (calendar year 2008) for regular members orinstitutionsin the United States, Canada, and Mexico are $40, non-NorthAmerica$50;for students and retired members in North America $30, others$40. See our Membership Form and Dues Schedule. New members (non-institutional) receive a Directory of Members andcurrentissues of the newsletter and journal. We invite you to joinus! We meet every other year to make or renew acquaintance with otherlexicophilesand to present and hear papers about dictionaries. We have met inTerre Haute, Indiana; Urbana, Illinois; London, Ontario; Cincinnati,Ohio;Newark, Delaware; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Cleveland,Ohio; Columbia, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Madison, Wisconsin;Berkeley, California; Ann Arbor, Michigan (inconnection with thecelebrationof the completion of the Middle English Dictionary,the first fascicleof which was published in 1952); Durham, North Carolina; Boston,Massachussetts; and Chicago, Illinois. The next DSNA Biennialmeeting will be held in 2009, inconjuction with Indiana University in Bloomington. See below formoreinformation as it becomes available.The Dictionary Society of North America was founded by participantsin a colloquium entitled "Research on the History of EnglishDictionaries"held at Indiana State University, in Terre Haute, Indiana, on May20-21,1975. As stated in its handbook, "The purpose of the Society is tofoster scholarly andprofessionalactivities relating to dictionaries" (defined as lists of words orothervocabulary items, with information about their meaning or otherlinguisticproperties). "The Society shall carry out its stated purpose bypromotingthe exchange of information and ideas among members through meetings,researchprojects, publications (such as a newsletter, a journal,bibliographies,directories)and any other means it may deem appropriate."The DSNA is a member of the AmericanCouncil of Learned Societies, whose mission is "the advancement ofhumanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and thesocial sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relationsamongthe national societies devoted to such studies."Suggestions for reading on lexicography, dictionaries, and themakersof dictionary can be found in our SuggestedReading List.DSNA XVII, Biennial Meeting, Indiana University,May 27-30, 2009The 2009 Biennial Meeting will be held at Indiana University inBloomington, Indiana, May 27-30. Stay tuned for furtherinformation.The DSNA Biennial Meeting XVI was held June 13-16, 2007, inChicago, inconjuction with the Oriental Institute at the University ofChicago. A conference blog contains the meetingschedule and otherinformation. DSNA held its fifteenth BiennialMeeting in conjunction withBoston University June 9 - 11, 2005. Please see the Meetingwebsite for a list of papers presented. More Information about DSNA DSNAAdministration DSNAMembership Application/Renewal Form -- now pay through PayPal! 2008 LaurenceUrdang-DSNA Award SuggestedReading List Dictionaries:Table ofcontents 1979 to 2007 Note: publication of the 2007 issue issomewhat delayed. Table of contents for the Papersof the DSNA, 1977, 1979, 1981 DSNA publications available for purchase Newsletters DSNANewsletter 32.1 Summer 2008 DSNANewsletter 31.1 Spring 2007 DSNANewsletter 30.2 Fall 2006 DSNANewsletter 30.1 Spring 2006 DSNANewsletter 29.2 Fall 2005 DSNANewsletter 29.1 Spring 2005 DSNANewsletter 28.2Fall 2004 DSNANewsletter 27.3/28.1 Fall 2003/Spring 2004 DSNANewsletter 27.2 Summer 2003 DSNANewsletter 27.1Spring 2003 DSNANewsletter 26.2Fall 2002 DSNANewsletter 26.1 Spring2002 DSNANewsletter 25.2 Fall 2001 DSNANewsletter 25.1 Spring2001DSNA discussion listDSNA has a discussion list for DSNA members. Tojoin/subscribeto the DSNA group, send a blank e-mail to: DSNA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You will receive a subscription pending message. Once we've confirmedthatyou are a member in good standing of DSNA, we'll send you an invitationto join the group. Simply reply to the invitation message orclickon the link provided to join via the Yahoo! Groups web site. Note:If your e-mail address doesn't reflect your real name (i.e. issomethinglike Grandma47@hotmail.com), you may receive an e-mail asking you tosendyour real name to Erin McKean.You can also e-mail her directly and ask to join. Looking for a lexicographer?The Executive Secretaryhasalistof DSNA members who are freelancelexicographers interested inemployment. Please contact her if you are interested in employing such individuals. Links of InterestOther lexicographical societies: EURALEX,European Association for LexicographyAFRILEX,African Association for LexicographyAUSTRALEX,Austalasian Association for LexicographySealex, Southeast Asian Lexicography Other societies and projects:AmericanDialect SocietyDictionaryof American Regional EnglishLinguistikonline (This site has an issue on lexicography, 2/99. Allpapersin German.) Links of DSNA members:ArtLexDictionary of ArtBarnhart Dictionary CompanionBurger'sWordtree, a reverse dictionaryCentrefor Lexicography, University ofAarhus, DenmarkCordellCollection of DictionariesDIMAP- Dictionary Maintenance ProgramsDictionaryof Newfoundland EnglishDictionaryof the Scots LanguageDictionaryResearch Centre, University of Birmingham EnglishConsulting and Language Reference ServicesExaminingthe OEDGeiriadurPrifysgol Cymru/Dictionary of the Welsh LanguageOrinHargraves Dr.Isamu Hayakawa LexicalDatabase of the Torwali DictionaryLexicoLexicography,Inc.LexicographyMaster ClassMy WordSandroNielsen, List of PublicationsOnlineSesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) - English DictionaryOxford English DictionaryTheOnomantic ParadigmSHARP,The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & PublishingTrainingWorkshop in Lexicography and Lexical ComputingWordmallWordsmythYaleDictionary of Quotations Information for the newsletter should be sent to: Katy IsaacsFor information regarding membership contact: Lisa Berglund, DSNAExecutive Secretary Buffalo State College, Dept. of English Ketchum Hall 326 1300 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo NY 14222 Telephone: 716 878-4049 Fax: 716-878-5700 Return to topLast modified: June 3, 2008. 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