Charlton Laird è stato un linguista e autore americano la cui carriera è stata dedicata alla lingua inglese. È ampiamente riconosciuto per la creazione dell'edizione standardizzata del Webster's New World Thesaurus. Il lavoro di Laird si è concentrato sullo smitizzare la linguistica per il lettore comune attraverso i suoi libri accessibili e i numerosi contributi a dizionari e thesauri. Il suo approccio mirava a illuminare le sfumature e la ricchezza dell'inglese per tutti.
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