Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English
The dictionary will be released in 2025 and is expected to include about 1,000 words. “The editing of the Oxford Dictionary of African American English will realize a dream I’ve nurtured since I first studied the pages of Samuel Johnson’s ‘Dictionary of the English Language,’” Gates said in a press release. “Every speaker of American English borrows heavily from words invented by African Americans, whether they know it or not.
Usually of a person’s foot: to tap in rhythm with music, sometimes to demonstrate participation in religious worship. Some linguists and lexicographers agree that African American language and culture deserves its own dictionary. Tracey Weldon, a sociolinguist currently working at the education executive search firm Greenwood Asher & Associates and one of dictionary’s executive editors, illustrated the project’s importance.
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