عنوان

The dictionary wars :

شابک

0691188912

شابک

9780691188911

عنوان اصلي

The dictionary wars :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the American fight over the English language /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Peter Martin.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Princeton, New Jersey :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Princeton University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2019]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2019.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 358 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-347) and index.

متن يادداشت

"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." --

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

American fight over the English language

عنوان روي جلد

Dic*tion*ar*y wars

موضوع مستند نشده

Webster, Noah,1758-1843.

موضوع مستند نشده

Worcester, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson),1784-1865.

موضوع مستند نشده

Webster, Noah,1758-1843.

موضوع مستند نشده

Worcester, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson),1784-1865.

موضوع مستند نشده

G. & C. Merriam Company.

موضوع مستند نشده

G. & C. Merriam Company.

موضوع مستند نشده

Encyclopedias and dictionaries-- History and criticism.

موضوع مستند نشده

English language-- United States-- Lexicography-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Amerikanismus

موضوع مستند نشده

Anglais (langue)-- États-Unis-- Lexicographie-- Histoire.

موضوع مستند نشده

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

موضوع مستند نشده

Englisch

موضوع مستند نشده

English language-- Lexicography.

موضوع مستند نشده

Wörterbuch

موضوع مستند نشده

United States.

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

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نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

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کد سيستم

کد سيستم

کد سيستم

کد سيستم

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Martin, Peter,1940-

تاريخ عمليات

20200822123211.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y