Organisations, societies, and associations - The American Dialect Society (Pondial differences)
Founded more than a century ago, the American Dialect Society is dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it. http://www.americandialect.org/ The Apostrophe Protection Society (Grammar) The Apostrophe Protection Society was started in 2001 by John Richards, now its Chairman, with the specific aim of preserving the correct use of this currently much abused punctuation mark in all forms of text written in the English language. The rules concerning the use of Apostrophes in written English are very simple... (extract from "The Apostrophe Protection Society" site) http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation is a national, registered charitable organization committed to promoting literacy to the general public and to the private sector. http://www.abc-canada.org/ Founded in 1977, the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) is a professional organization of scholars who are interested in and actively contribute to the multi-disciplinary field of applied linguistics. http://www.aaal.org/ | |
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