The dictionary wars: the American fight over the English language
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019].
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Book
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x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
423.09 MAR
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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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English
ISBN:
9780691210179, 9780691188911, 0691188912
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-347) and index.
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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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Martin, P. (2019). The dictionary wars: the American fight over the English language. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Martin, Peter, 1940-. 2019. The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Martin, Peter, 1940-, The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language. Princeton University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Martin, Peter. The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language. Princeton University Press, 2019.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Part one. Noah Webster's battles. British mockery and American disdain ; Noah Webster: "The wildest innovator" ; Webster's first dictionary ; Displacing Delilah ; The lexicographer's fifth column ; Tea and copyright: Goodrich takes over ; Spelling wars: the rise of Lyman Cobb ; The "common thief" ; Webster's decline -- Part two. The Merriams at war. Taking Webster out of Webster: from family feuds to the Merriam Brothers ; Waiting for Worcester ; The Bohn affair ; Converse's complaint ; Children, money, and "trash" ; High stakes: "Have we a national standard of language?" ; The "terrible rival": Worcesterian resurgence ; The Merriams triumphant: "Worcester! Worcester! all change for Webster!" -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The "Webster" brand -- Appendix B: Four centuries of selected dictionaries of the English language -- Appendix C: Publishing terms -- Appendix D: "The spelling bee at Angels (reported by Truthful James)," by Bret Harte. | |
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