The Dictionary Wars

Autori

• Peter Martin

Parametri

• 376 pagine
• 14 ore di lettura

• Biografie
• Linguistica
• Saggistica
• Storia degli Stati Uniti
• Tema stórico

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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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2020

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