Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language; Intended to Exhibit I. the Origin and the Affinities of Every English Word ... to which are Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe; and a Concise Grammar, Philosophical and Practical of the English Language
Author: Noah Webster“A” dictionary of the English language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language ... to which are Prefixed an Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History, and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
A Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
A dictionary of the English language
Author: Noah WebsterNoah Webster and the American Dictionary
Author: David MicklethwaitPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786421572
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.
The Meaning of Everything
Author: Simon WinchesterPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195175004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.
The Meaning of Everything
Author: Simon Winchester OBEPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019254568X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English Dictionary was finally published. With its 15,490 pages and nearly two million quotations, it was indeed a monumental achievement, gleaned from the efforts of hundreds of ordinary and extraordinary people who made it their mission to catalogue the English language in its entirety. In The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester celebrates this remarkable feat, and the fascinating characters who played such a vital part in its execution, from the colourful Frederick Furnivall, cheerful promoter of an all-female sculling crew, to James Murray, self-educated son of a draper, who spent half a century guiding the project towards fruition. Along the way we learn which dictionary editor became the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame's Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, and why Tolkien found it so hard to define 'walrus'. Written by the bestselling author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map That Changed the World, The Meaning of Everything is an enthralling account of the creation of the world's greatest dictionary.
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