The Dictionary Wars

The Dictionary Wars
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780691210179
ISBN-13 : 0691210179
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Book Synopsis The Dictionary Wars by : Peter Martin

Download or read book The Dictionary Wars written by Peter Martin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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