Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used, and now a new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

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 ...

Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language. To which is now added a Supplement of 25,000 Words and Phrases. Edited by W. T. Harris, Editor-in-Chief. (London: George Bell and Sons.) ...

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 ...

A comprehensive dictionary is being compiled to showcase the impact Black Americans have had on the development of the English language. The Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE ...

Sheet of 4¢ U.S. postage stamps featuring Noah Webster (1958) (image courtesy the Grolier Club) Noah Webster, The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, edited by George W. Ogilvie (1907 ...

Well, how many words are there in the English language? If you’ve ever marveled (or laughed!) at a list of new words added to the dictionary in the past year, you know that that number is ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions (what they mean). Dictionaries are arranged in ...