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_aMartin, Peter, _d1940- _eauthor. |
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_aThe dictionary wars : _bthe American fight over the English language / _cPeter Martin. |
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_aPrinceton, New Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2019] |
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_a"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 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. The overwhelming questions in the dictionary wars involved which and whose English was truly American and whether a dictionary of English should attempt to be American at all, independent from Britain. Martin tells the human story of the intense rivalry between America's first lexicographers, Noah Webster and Joseph Emerson Worcester, who fought over who could best represent the soul and identity of American culture. Webster believed an American dictionary, like the American language, ought to be informed by the nation's republican principles, but Worcester thought that such language reforms were reckless and went too far. Their conflict continued beyond Webster's death, when the ambitious Merriam brothers acquired publishing rights to Webster's American Dictionary and launched their own language wars. From the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the Civil War, the dictionary wars also engaged America's colleges, libraries, newspapers, religious groups, and state legislatures at a pivotal historical moment that coincided with rising literacy and the print revolution. Delving into the personal stories and national debates that arose from the conflicts surrounding America's first dictionaries, The Dictionary Wars examines the linguistic struggles that underpinned the founding and growth of a nation." -- _cDust jacket. |
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_gPart one. _tNoah Webster's battles. _tBritish mockery and American disdain ; _tNoah Webster: "The wildest innovator" ; _tWebster's first dictionary ; _tDisplacing Delilah ; _tThe lexicographer's fifth column ; _tTea and copyright: Goodrich takes over ; _tSpelling wars: the rise of Lyman Cobb ; _tThe "common thief" ; _tWebster's decline -- _gPart two. _tThe Merriams at war. _tTaking Webster out of Webster: from family feuds to the Merriam Brothers ; _tWaiting for Worcester ; _tThe Bohn affair ; _tConverse's complaint ; _tChildren, money, and "trash" ; _tHigh stakes: "Have we a national standard of language?" ; _tThe "terrible rival": Worcesterian resurgence ; _tThe Merriams triumphant: "Worcester! Worcester! all change for Webster!" -- _gConclusion -- _gAppendix A: _tThe "Webster" brand -- _gAppendix B: _tFour centuries of selected dictionaries of the English language -- _gAppendix C: _tPublishing terms -- _gAppendix D: _t"The spelling bee at Angels (reported by Truthful James)," / _rby Bret Harte. |
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_aEncyclopedias and dictionaries _xHistory and criticism. _9218496 |
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_aWebster, Noah, _d1758-1843. |
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_aWorcester, Joseph E. _q(Joseph Emerson), _d1784-1865. |
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