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The Dictionary Society of North America
XV Biennial Meeting
Boston MA
June 8-11, 2005
The fifteenth Biennial Meeting of the Dictionary
Society of North America will take place this year at Boston
University, in the New
England area where American
lexicography had its beginnings. In addition to the meeting, members will be
able to attend events at the offices of the local dictionary publishers
Houghton Mifflin and Merriam-Webster.
Papers will be given on a wide range of topics in
lexicography and lexicology. Presentations are twenty minutes, followed by
five minutes for discussion, and the program will include a forum on
dictionary usage open to the public The conference will include a tour of
Merriam-Webster and the American Antiquarian Society, and a reception hosted
by Houghton Mifflin. There will also be a tour of Harvard University’s Houghton Library and the Boston Public Library’s
Rare Book Room.
New England has played an important role in North American
lexicography and continues to do so today. It is fitting that lexicographers
from around the world will convene here and learn
about the modern publishers of American dictionaries and have an opportunity
to see documentation of the history of lexicography including American
lexicography leading up to the present.
David
Jost
DSNA
President
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