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On December 18, 2024, Dr. Danica Salazar will give a talk on “Words of Japanese Origin in the Oxford English Dictionary” in the East Zone EC-203 from 16:40 to 18:10. Dr. Salazar is an Executive Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the largest and most highly regarded dictionary of English language. The talk will demonstrate some of the new functions and features of the OED online edition. There will be a Q&A session afterward, where Kyushu University faculty members and students can ask questions about the OED.
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1. Target：
   Current students and staff
2. Language：
   The Talk and Q&A Session will be in English.
3. Date & Time：
   2024.12.18 [Wed] 16:40 – 18:10
4. Venue name：
   Room EC-203,Building 1,East Zone,Ito Campus
5. Seating capacity：
   No
6. Participation fee：
   Free of charge

Event details

Speaker:
Dr Danica Salazar is Executive Editor for Oxford Languages, where she leads editorial projects for world varieties of English. She researches and writes World English entries for the Oxford English Dictionary, and represents Oxford Languages in lectures and conferences, as well as in international print and broadcast media.

Prior to joining Oxford University Press, she was the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in English Language Lexicography at the English Faculty and Hertford College of the University of Oxford. She holds a doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics (sobresaliente) from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (sobresaliente cum laude) from the University of Salamanca and a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Languages (Spanish and French, magna cum laude) from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

After the talk, there will be a Q&A session about the OED.

Inquiries

Name: Stephen Laker
TEL: 092-802-5741
Mail: laker.stephen.269★m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Address: Stephen Laker’s office is E-C-438
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Website

・https://flc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/cms5/2024/12/12/%e8%ac%9b%e6%bc%94%e4%bc%9a-words-of-japanese-origin-in-the-oxford-dictionary-%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8a%e7%9f%a5%e3%82%89%e3%81%9b/
・Kyushu University Website