The dictionary wars: the American fight over the English language
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[2019]
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Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
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9780691188911
9780691210179
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English language -- Lexicography -- History
English language -- United States -- Lexicography -- History
G. & C. Merriam Company
Webster, Noah, -- 1758-1843
Worcester, Joseph E. -- (Joseph Emerson), -- 1784-1865
English language -- United States -- Lexicography -- History
G. & C. Merriam Company
Webster, Noah, -- 1758-1843
Worcester, Joseph E. -- (Joseph Emerson), -- 1784-1865
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The dictionary wars : the American fight over the English language
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Lexicography
Webster, Noah
Worcester, Joseph E
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Worcester, Joseph E
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