The dictionary wars: the American fight over the English language
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 lexicograph...
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| Summary: | 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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| spelling | Martin, Peter 1940- Verfasser (DE-588)122527151 aut The dictionary wars the American fight over the English language Peter Martin Princeton ; Oxford Princeton University Press [2019] © 2019 x, 358 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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 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 Webster, Noah / 1758-1843 Worcester, Joseph E. / (Joseph Emerson) / 1784-1865 Webster, Noah 1758-1843 (DE-588)118806467 gnd rswk-swf Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 (DE-588)117423483 gnd rswk-swf G. & C. Merriam Company Geschichte 1780-1865 gnd rswk-swf English language / United States / Lexicography / History English language / Lexicography / History Amerikanisches Englisch (DE-588)4094804-3 gnd rswk-swf Lexikografie (DE-588)4035548-2 gnd rswk-swf Wörterbuch (DE-588)4066724-8 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Lexikografie (DE-588)4035548-2 s Amerikanisches Englisch (DE-588)4094804-3 s Wörterbuch (DE-588)4066724-8 s Geschichte 1780-1865 z DE-604 Webster, Noah 1758-1843 (DE-588)118806467 p Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 (DE-588)117423483 p V:DE-605;X:IDS application/pdf http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2019/07/17/file_5/8534572.pdf Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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