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Free virtual panel discussion: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English in the making

When: 22nd September 2022; 18:00 BST (UTC +1) / 13:00 EDT (UTC -4)https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt / 10:00 PDT (UTC -7)https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt

Oxford Languages and Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African & African American Research have partnered for a three-year research project, whose aim is to compile the Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE).

The project is spearheaded by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief), Director of the Center and Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard, and is funded in part by grants from the Mellon and Wagner Foundations.

Join some project team members for a panel discussion covering:

* Project overview and aims * Where we are now * Why we are compiling ODAAE * The socio-linguistic importance of African American English * Q&A - bring your questions to the panellists or send them in advance to oed.uk@oup.commailto:oed.uk@oup.com Book your place: http://tiny.cc/ODAAE-ML

With kind regards, The OED Team