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. ... [English professor] Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Peter, 1940-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Webster, Noah, > 1758-1843.
Worcester, Joseph E. > (Joseph Emerson), > 1784-1865.
G. & C. Merriam Company.
English language > United States > Lexicography > History.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism.
Physical Description:x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Dic*tion*ar*y wars [Cover title]
American fight over the English language
Format: Book

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