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| LC control number |
2019931238 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691188911 |
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(hardcover) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691188912 |
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(hardcover) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
SDL |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
SDL |
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UAP |
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CPL |
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ILC |
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APL |
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SKYRV |
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MiTN |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us--- |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PE1611 |
| Item number |
.M295 2019 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
423.09 |
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M382d LITENG |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Martin, Peter, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1940- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The dictionary wars : |
| Remainder of title |
the American fight over the English language / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Peter Martin. |
| 246 34 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Dic*tion*ar*y wars. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Princeton : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
[2019] |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Princeton : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2019] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 358 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part one. Noah Webster's battles. British mockery and American disdain ; Noah Webster: "The wildest innovator" ; Webster's first dictionary ; Displacing Delilah ; The lexicographer's fifth column ; Tea and copyright: Goodrich takes over ; Spelling wars: the rise of Lyman Cobb ; The "common thief" ; Webster's decline -- Part two. The Merriams at war. Taking Webster out of Webster: from family feuds to the Merriam Brothers ; Waiting for Worcester ; The Bohn affair ; Converse's complaint ; Children, money, and "trash" ; High stakes: "Have we a national standard of language?" ; The "terrible rival": Worcesterian resurgence ; The Merriams triumphant: "Worcester! Worcester! all change for Webster!" -- 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Webster, Noah, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1758-1843. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Worcester, Joseph E. |
| Fuller form of name |
(Joseph Emerson), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1784-1865. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
G. & C. Merriam Company. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Lexicography |
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History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Lexicography |
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History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Lexicography. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Lexicography. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English language. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
2424 |