A new research project is aiming to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.
The project is a collaboration between Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and Oxford University Press.
Linguistics professor Sonja Lanehart explained, “Finally we will have a space that recognizes our language in a way that encompasses all the people within African American language communities. It will be much more expansive and inclusive of the language as opposed to [just] some words here and there. And instead of just defining or spelling the words, the project will also provide some historical context.”
Should this dictionary be studied in schools?
African American English Dictionary In The Works
