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Language prejudice and the documentation of minoritized varieties of English – a summary Mama put in the OED: World Englishes and the Oxford English Dictionary

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Language prejudice and the documentation of minoritized varieties of English – a summary Mama put in the OED: World Englishes and the Oxford English Dictionary

OED Editions The Oxford English Dictionary was originally published in fascicles between 1884 and 1928. A one-volume supplement was published in 1933, and four further supplementary …

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The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes nearly 600 new words, phrases, and senses, including Yorkiepoo, Generation Alpha, and unreliable narrator.

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