36.1764, Jobs: English; Lexicography, Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics: Researcher, Oxford Dictionary of African American English, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

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Subject: 36.1764, Jobs: English; Lexicography, Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics: Researcher, Oxford Dictionary of African American English, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

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Date: 03-Jun-2025
From: Steven J. Niven [sjniven at fas.harvard.edu]
Subject: English; Lexicography, Ling & Literature, Sociolinguistics: Researcher, Oxford Dictionary of African American English, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University


Job Location: USA
Web Address: https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/odaae
Job Title: Researcher
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Lexicography; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics

Specialty Language(s): English (eng)

Description:
The Oxford Dictionary of African American English is a landmark
scholarly initiative documenting the lexicon of African American
English (AAE) in a dictionary based on historical principles. The
ODAAE will be compiled and edited by a team of researchers,
lexicographers, and editors sponsored and led by the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED) and Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African
& African American Research. The joint team will apply the depth and
rigor of the OED’s historical methodology specifically to the study of
African American English (AAE) in order to create a dictionary to
further illuminate the history, meaning, and significance of this body
of language.
As an ODAAE researcher, you are responsible for carrying out a variety
of pre-editorial and research tasks to support the revision and
drafting of ODAAE entries in collaboration with ODAAE editors,
including researching previous lexicographical work relating to AAE,
searching and analyzing corpora of digital and digitized texts, and
recording quotation evidence to illustrate and elucidate the history
and development of AAE words and senses. This is a term position of
six months with a possible six-month renewal. US resident.   Include
cover letter, cv with reference(s) and writing sample.

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: sjniven at fas.harvard.edu
Contact Information:
        Steven J. Niven
        Email: sjniven at fas.harvard.edu



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