Virtual panel discussion: Tracking the history of English with the Oxford English Dictionary
Thu, 23 October, 05:00 – 06:30 PM BST (UTC +1)

Book your place:
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Join OED editors and guest speakers for a discussion where they will uncover a thousand years of the English language.
This session will cover:

- Overview of University College London's 'From Old English to World Englishes' project
- How the work of OED's historical lexicographers complements the work of historical linguists
- How linguists and lexicographers can contribute to society's knowledge of how the language has evolved from Old English to Middle English to Modern English
- How the history of English helps us understand why the words we use look or sound the way they do
- Why English has borrowed so extensively from other languages, and why it has many different varieties spoken in different parts of the world
- The talk will feature several examples of words and senses recorded in the OED
- Q&A time

The event will be recorded for those who can’t attend the live session or would like to watch it again at a later date.

Book your place:
http://tiny.cc/History-of-English-LL

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Language Documentation
Lexicography
Text/Corpus Linguistics