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050		4	_aPE1611 _b.M295 2019
092			_a423.09 _bM382d LITENG
100	1		_aMartin, Peter, _d1940-
245	1	4	_aThe dictionary wars : _bthe American fight over the English language / _cPeter Martin.
246	3	4	_aDic*tion*ar*y wars.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2019]
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2019]
300			_ax, 358 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPart 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			_aPeter 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	1	0	_aWebster, Noah, _d1758-1843.
600	1	0	_aWorcester, Joseph E. _q(Joseph Emerson), _d1784-1865.
610	2	0	_aG. & C. Merriam Company.
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States _xLexicography _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xLexicography _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States _xLexicography.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xLexicography.
650		0	_aEnglish language. _92424
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