Journal Sales

The following publications of the Society are available for purchase:

Dictionaries: We have copies of 1979, 1980-81, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992-93, 1994, 1995, 1999-2006. $10 per volume for members, $15 per volume for non-members.

Dictionaries 28 (2007), 29 (2008) and 30 (2009): $30 per volume for members, $40 per volume for non-members.

Newsletter: $3 per issue. (All newsletters since fall 1998 are available for free on the website.)

Papers, 1977 and 1981: $8 per volume.

Johnson's Dictionary: A Bibliographical Survey by J.E. and Elizabeth Congleton, 1984. $5 hardbound, $3 paperbound.

Please add $3 for postage per volume of Dictionaries, Papers or Johnson’s Dictionary for shipping within the US, up to $9 for 3 volumes. For larger shipments, contact the Executive Secretary. Please add $10 per volume for shipping outside the US.. There is no shipping charge for single copies of the newsletter.

Purchasing Individual Articles: To receive by email a scanned copy of an article in an issue available for sale: $.50 per sheet ($1.00 for non-members) up to the cost of the journal.To receive by email a scanned copy of an article in an issue no longer available for sale: $0.25 sheet ($.50 for non-members) To receive by regular mail a photocopy of an article: same prices as above plus postage.

For issues of Dictionaries no longer available for sale, contact the Executive Secretary at dsnaadmin@gmail.com

Send a check made out to Dictionary Society of North America, together with a list of the publications you wish to order, to DSNA, Buffalo State College KH 326, Buffalo, NY 14222. To pay by credit card, use the PayPal link below, and also send an email to the Executive Secretary at dsnaadmin@gmail.com listing the publications you wish to purchase.

International Fund

If you wish to contribute to our International Fund, to help pay membership for colleagues who have difficulty doing so due to currency conversion or government policies, please click below and fill in the desired amount. Contributions to the International Fund are tax deductible.

International Fund


To apply for membership support through the International Fund, or for more information, contact the Executive Secretary at dsnaadmin@gmail.com.

Paying for DSNA Membership

Membership Application/Renewal 2010

Membership in DSNA is for the calendar year. To pay for your new membership or to renew via regular mail, print out a copy of the 2010 membership form (available by clicking here: http://www.dictionarysociety.com/2009/11/2010-dsna-membership.html) and send it with your check to DSNA, c/o Buffalo State College KH326, Buffalo, NY 14222. Checks should be made payable the Dictionary Society of North America, and should be drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars, or on a Canadian bank in Canadian dollars. Travelers' checks are accepted. Membership may be renewed for up to three years at a time. For information on life memberships, please consult the membership form.

To pay by credit card, using PayPal, click on the appropriate PayPal button below and complete your purchase. Then, fill out the electronic membership form which can be found here: http://www.dictionarysociety.com/2009/11/2010-dsna-membership.html.

Please note that joint members receive one copy of DSNA publications. Institutions do not receive the membership directory.

Membership, North America, Regular/Joint/Institution )

Membership, outside of North America, Regular/Joint/Institution

Membership, North America, Student/Retired

Membership, outside of North America, Student/Retired

Looking for a lexicographer?

The Executive Secretary has a list of DSNA members who are freelance lexicographers interested in employment. Please contact her if you are interested in employing such individuals.

The 2008 Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award

The Laurence Urdang–DSNA Award winner for 2008 is Traci Nagle, a Ph.D. student at Indiana University, Bloomington, for her project, "The Making of the Hobson-Jobson." The subtitle for Hobson-Jobson is A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical, and Discursive. Dated 1886/1903, this work provides remarkable insight into the entry of Indian words into English, through the speech of British officers in colonial India.

[Update] Ms. Nagle used the award to fund two weeks of archival research in Scotland and England in June–July 2008. During her stay she was able to examine documents related to the 1886 Anglo-Indian glossary Hobson-Jobson and to its primary author, Sir Henry Yule, in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, and in the British Library and the Royal Geographical Society in London. A side trip took her north of Loch Ness to the former home of Yule’s daughter, Amy. The home’s current owner has tracked down a wealth of information about Ms. Yule, but reported, sadly, that the personal papers of her and her father were most likely discarded in the 1960s by the University of Edinburgh. The 2009 DSNA meeting will feature the first product of this research trip: a paper offering new information gleaned from the publisher’s archives about the glossary’s unusual title.

The 2009 DSNA Award

The Dictionary Society of North America is offering its annual award for research and study in lexicography. The Award will support one or more lexicographical projects during the year 2009, with grants of up to $2,500.

Laurence Urdang funded this award from 1995 to 2008; the award for 2009 will be presented in his memory.

Applicants must be current members of the Dictionary Society of North America. To join the Society, visit http://tinyurl.com/asrfbh or contact the Executive Secretary.

The proposal should include the following:

• Project name.
• Applicant's name, mailing address and email address.
• A statement of the project's immediate goals and expected long-range results.
• A description of the methodology or procedures to be used.
• A summary budget of total expenses for the project. The budget may include costs of travel, tuition, materials, subsistence, and related expenses.
• An identification of other sources of support available for the project.
• A one-page biographical resume for the applicant.

The proposal, including the resume, should total no more than three pages, single-spaced.

Mail proposals to:
DSNA President PROF. TERRY PRATT
932 PETERS ROAD, RR#3
BONSHAW, P.E.I.
C0A 1C0, CANADA,

or to tpratt@upei.ca.

Proposals must be received by December 1, 2008. Awards will be bestowed and full payments sent early in 2009.

The Society requests that copies of any publications arising from the Award be sent to the Executive Secretary.

DSNA Administration

Michael Hancher, President 2009-2011

Orin Hargraves, Vice-President 2009-2011

Terry Pratt, Past President

Lisa Berglund, Executive Secretary 2009-2013

Ed Finegan, Board Member 2007-2011

Steve Kleinedler, Board Member 2007-2011

Julia Plier, Board Member 2009 - 2013

Donna Farina, Board Member 2009- 2013

William Frawley, Editor of the DSNA journal Dictionaries

Katy Isaacs, Editor of the DSNA Newsletter

Connie Eble, American Council of Learned Societies Delegate (2005-2010)

DSNA Executive Secretary

You may contact the Executive Secretary of the Dictionary Society of North America the following ways:

By postal mail:
Dr. Lisa Berglund, Executive Secretary
Buffalo State College
KH 326
Buffalo, NY 14222

By phone/fax:
716-878-4049; fax 716-878-5700

By email:
dsnaadmin@gmail.com

You may also contact the Executive Secretary's Assistant at dsnaoffice@gmail.com

2009 Membership .doc

2009_DSNA_Renewal_Form.doc

2009 DSNA Conference Program

Dictionary Society of North America XVII Biennial Meeting
Indiana University
27-30 May 2009

DSNA_program.doc

Membership .Pdf 2009

2009_DSNA_Renewal_Form.pdf