Newsletter Fall 2025

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Newsletter Fall 2025 Table of Contents Member & Dictionary News In Memoriam: Christine Ammer, Ian Lancashire, and Robert O'Neill 2025 DSNA Project Grant Winners: Blaine T. Billings and Martina Guzzetti DSNA25 Report (Walter Hakala and Lisa Berglund) The Whole World in a Book: An Exhibition and Symposium (Michael Adams) Grant Opportunity from the American Council of Learned Societies (Lisa Berglund) Society News (Lindsay Rose Russell) Upcoming Conferences Publication Information Member & Dictionary News Shawn Anthony Robinson’s article on dictionaries has been published by the Mensa Foundation: https://www.mensafoundation.org/decoding-dyslexia-dictionary-symbols/  David Gold shares news of a recently published article. Gold, David L. 2025. “Sample entries of Slavic interest in a discursive etymological dictionary of Yidish in preparation.” Зборник Матице српске за славистику / Matica Srpska: Journal of Slavic Studies [= MIRACULUM VITAE: For Michael Borisovich Meylakh on His Eightieth Birthday]. Vol. 107. Pp. 409-420. https://www.maticasrpska.org.rs/category/katalog-izdanja/naucni-casopisi/zbornik-matice-srpske-za-slavistiku/  This article, which continues the author’s earlier research into Slavic influence on Yidish (chiefly Gold 1985, 2009b, and 2009c), consists of ten entries chosen to illustrate the diverse kinds of knowledge needed...
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Newsletter Spring 2025

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Newsletter Spring 2025 Table of Contents Member & Dictionary News Message from the President (Kory Stamper) DSNA25 Update (Lisa Berglund) Journal Update (M. Lynne Murphy) 2025 American Council of Learned Societies Report (Lisa Berglund) Upcoming Conferences Publication Information Member & Dictionary News What have you been up to? The DSNA loves to share news of member projects, publications, programs, and more! Please send your news to dsnaadmin@gmail.com for inclusion; deadline for submissions for the Fall 2025 issue is Monday 25 August. You can also see and share what’s happening on DSNA’s Member Forum, Facebook, and X/Twitter. Steven van Leeuwen announces that half (1.2 of 2.3 million text-blocks) of the full-text of the New English Dictionary (Murray et al. 1893) is available at his website, WEHD.com. Cristiano Furiassi reports on the tenth Richard Allsopp Memorial Lecture: Date: March 14th, 2025Place: University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, BarbadosOrganizer: Jason F. Siegel (Richard and Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography)Guest lecturer: Cristiano Furiassi The Richard and Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography in conjunction with the...
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Newsletter Spring 2022

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Newsletter Spring 2022 Table of Contents Society Announcement: Project GrantsMember NewsColumn: Quotations by Elizabeth KnowlesColumn: Michael Hancher Retiring from Classroom Lectern by Edward FineganIn Memoriam: Allan Metcalf by Joan HallUpcoming ConferencesNews from the DSNA Office by Lindsay Rose RussellReport from DSNA's Globalex Representative Orin HargravesReport from DSNA's ACLS Delegate Jack LynchPublication Information Society Announcement: Project Grants The Dictionary Society of North America will award small grants in support of practical or scholarly lexicographic projects by independent researchers, dictionary makers, and early-career scholars. The awards aim to support existing projects for which a small grant would make a substantial difference in bringing the project to a more advanced stage or to completion. The grants may be used to support purchase of necessary resources, including travel to sites to gather data from libraries or native speakers. While awards are not limited as to language, projects related to Indigenous languages of the Americas are encouraged. DSNA will make one or two awards, not exceeding $2,500 each. Applications comprise three...
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