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When Digital Corpora Rewrite History: The OED’s Ever‑Shifting Earliest Citations
Episode 245
Published 1 day ago
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In this episode we dive into how digital corpora like COHA, Early English Books Online, and Google Ngram Viewer are constantly pushing back the earliest known uses of words, reshaping dictionary entries and challenging our sense of linguistic chronology. We explore what it means for lexicographers, scholars, and casual users when the “first citation” is no longer a static fact but a moving target.
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