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 The Dictionary Wars 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

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Peter Martin

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A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English The Dictionary Wars 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

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• Authors: Peter Martin
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780691210179
• ISBN: 978-0-691-21017-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography, Language: history & general works, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Lexicography, History of the Americas, Language: history and general works