Language prejudice and the documentation of minoritized varieties of English. Thu, 20/01/2022 · 5:00 PM London (GMT 0:00) The Oxford English Dictionary has always included words from across the English-speaking world,…
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The OED offers a record of English as it has been used for more than 1,000 years and each entry tells the story of a word’s place in the English…
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Lauren Forman holds an MSt in Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics from University of Oxford. She is currently a venture capital investor, funding purpose-driven startups, but continues to pursue linguistic research…
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2x Freelance Bibliographical Researcher roles Application deadline: 10 December 2021 Oxford Languages is a department of Oxford University Press and is the world’s leading dictionary publisher. Our world-class language research…
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In the first of this series of blog posts, I described the process by which the Historical Thesaurus of English was created from dictionary data, especially the Oxford English Dictionary….
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In this case study, Exploring word meaning in historical texts with computational methods: when time makes a difference, Dr Barbara McGillivray details her experience using the OED API to aid…
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A historical lexicographer’s perspective on reviewing the OED’s coverage of vocabulary relating to climate change and sustainability. In 2021, the OED embarked on a project to broaden and review its…
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Over the course of the last 30 years or so, the OED’s editors have researched and recorded many of the best-known terms related to climate change, such as global warming,…
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The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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The Climate Connection (#TheClimateConnection) is a new podcast series from the British Council which explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education. In partnership with Oxford University Press,…
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