New Oxford dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a ...

Now, a new dictionary — the Oxford Dictionary of African American English — will attempt to codify the contributions and capture the rich relationship Black Americans have with the English ...

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is what’s called a historical dictionary. Along with definitions, it includes evidence of a word’s origins and notes how its usage and meaning have changed over time.

The new dictionary, which Gates said is heavily influenced by “words invented by African Americans,” will serve as an authoritative record of African-American English.

“If you sat down and read the dictionary, you’d get a history of the African American people from A to Z.” Gates also makes note of one other significant call out.

The “Oxford Dictionary of African American English” has its first 10 ... Characteristic of early hip-hop or rap music that emerged in New York City between the late 1970s to the mid ...

The folks at the New Oxford American Dictionary have picked "unfriend" as their Word of the Year for 2009, a testament to how much social media is affecting the lexicon. Unfriend - verb - To ...

In 2005, for example, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose “podcast” – right before the programming format exploded in popularity. More commonly, the celebrated neologisms don’t age well.