The Dictionary Wars : : The American Fight over the English Language /

The Dictionary Wars : : The American Fight over the English Language / / Peter Martin.

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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Martin, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART ONE: NOAH WEBSTER'S BATTLES
  • 1. British Mockery and American Disdain
  • 2. Noah Webster
  • 3. Webster's First Dictionary
  • 4. Displacing Delilah
  • 5. The Lexicographer's Fifth Column
  • 6. Tea and Copyright
  • 7. Spelling Wars
  • 8. The "Common Thief "
  • 9. Webster's Decline
  • PART TWO: THE MERRIAMS AT WAR
  • 10. Taking Webster out of Webster
  • 11. Waiting for Worcester
  • 12. The Bohn Affair
  • 13. Converse's Complaint
  • 14. Children, Money, and "Trash"
  • 15. High Stakes
  • 16. The "Terrible Rival"
  • 17. The Merriams Triumphant
  • 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
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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