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The Dictionary Wars : The American Fight over the English Language /
A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samu...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; PART ONE NOAH WEBSTER'S BATTLES; 1 British Mockery and American Disdain; 2 Noah Webster: "The Wildest Innovator"; 3 Webster's First Dictionary; 4 Displacing Delilah; 5 The Lexicographer's Fifth Column; 6 Tea and Copyright: Goodrich Takes Over; 7 Spelling Wars: The Rise of Lyman Cobb; 8 The "Common Thief"; 9 Webster's Decline; PART TWO THE MERRIAMS AT WAR; 10 Taking Webster out of Webster: From Family Feuds to the Merriam Brothers; 11 Waiting for Worcester; 12 The Bohn Affair; 13 Converse's Complaint; 14 Children, Money, and "Trash."
- 15 High Stakes: "Have We a National Standard of Language?"16 The "Terrible Rival": Worcesterian Resurgence; 17 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)"; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index